The Hartt School Features the Work of John Corigliano in the 2012 'Unclaimed Property' Concert Series

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Hartt announces the 2012 Unclaimed Property Composer-In-Residence Concert Series, featuring one of the world's most celebrated composers, John Corigliano, with concerts on Wedneday, May 2, Thursday, May 3, and Saturday, May 5. Corigliano's scores, now numbering more than one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, the Grawemeyer Award, three Grammy Awards, and an Academy Award (the "Oscar") and have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. This residency consists of three concerts of his music featuring the students and faculty of The Hartt School. The "Unclaimed Property" concerts are generously sponsored by Susan Brake.

Opening the Series is a Faculty Recital featuring Foot in the Door, Hartt's Contemporary Music Ensemble, on Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This recital features five Hartt faculty members - Anton Miller, Cherie Caluda, Janet Arms, Rebecca Flannery, and Christopher Ladd; members of the Foot in the Door Ensemble, led by Glen Adsit and Edward Cumming; and The Hartt Chamber Choir, under the direction of Ed Bolkovac. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.

On Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 PM, the Foot in the Door Ensemble performs one of Corigliano's latest chamber pieces, "Mr. Tambourine Man," featuring Hartt Vocal Studies Division faculty member Cherie Caluda, soprano. This remarkable work uses the poetry of Bob Dylan, remarkably set to music by Corigliano. In addition, Robert Barefield, baritone, performs "The Cloisters." This performance is in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.

The Hartt Wind Ensemble and Hartt Symphony Orchestra perform Corigliano's epic First Symphony and his Circus Maximus on Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Circus Maximuscreates the atmosphere and decadence of the Roman Colosseum. Come see and hear Lincoln Theater turned into a Circus Maximus, complete with marching bands and17 trumpets! Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.