The Hartt School Announces Their Upcoming Events

The Hartt School presents Free Improvisation Concert
The Hartt School presents a performance by students from the Free Improvisation course on Wednesday, December 2, at 8:00 PM in Berkman. 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 School presents an Undergraduate Composers' Concert
The Hartt School presents an Undergraduate Composers' Concert on Wednesday, December 2, at 5:00 PM in Bliss Music Room in the Fuller Music Center on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. This concert features works by Hartt's first-year student composers. 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 School presents The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Student Ensemble
The Hartt School presents The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Student Ensemble on Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4, at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. Several student combos present a broad range of jazz repertoire. 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.

Saturday and Sunday, December 5 & 6
The Hartt School presents Performance 20/20
The Hartt School presents Performance 20/20 Honors Chamber Music Program. The performance entitled, "The Anatomy of a Concert" presents three different and distinctive programs of great chamber music accompanied by video prepared by the student performers showing how a concert is prepared. This performance will be on Saturday, December 5, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 6, at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. 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 School presents Hartt Dances
This fall's main stage dance concert features choreography by Katie Stevinson-Nollet, ballet excerpts re-staged by Hilda Morales and Alla Nikitina, works of original choreography by Miguel Campaneria. Performances are on Friday, December 4,and Saturday, December 5, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 PM in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. 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.

The Hartt School presents Bass Band
The Hartt School presents a Bass Band concert on Tuesday, December 8, at 7:30 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. This concert features transcriptions and original works for double bass ensembles. 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 School presents the 2009 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-In-Residence Concert Series
Composer William Bolcom is spotlighted in this concert series taking place on Tuesday, December 8 through Friday, December 11 sponsored by Susan Brake. Concerts include:

Contemporary Players Ensemble- Tuesday, December 8
The Contemporary Players Ensemble presents "ABC's of Postmodernism". This concert features three classic American postmodern composers, John Adams, William Bolcom, and John Coriliano. The Ensemble will perform John Adams' minimalist wild and wonderful work Grand Pianola Music features two grand pianos; Bolcom's Commedia for "Almost" 18th Century Orchestra and Orphee Serenade; and Poem in October, John Corigliano. The concert will take place at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium. 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.

Hartt Symphony Orchestra- Wednesday, December 9
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, December 9 at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. Under the direction of Christopher Zimmerman, the orchestra will perform works by William Bolcom, The Overture to Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss II, and Beethoven's Symphony No.2.
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.

Hartt Wind Ensemble, Hartt Symphony Band- Friday, December 11
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band on Friday, December 11 at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. The Hartt Wind Ensemble will perform Bolcom's latest large-scale work, Symphony No.1 for Wind Ensemble (2009). The Hartt Symphony Band will perform Song, one of Bolcom's original works for band, written for the retirement concert of H. Robert Reynolds. 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.

The Hartt School presents Hammerklavier
The Hartt School presents Hammerklavier on Wednesday, December 9, at 7:30 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. This concert features solo performances by pianists from the Hartt Piano Department. 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 School presents the German Diction Class Lieder Recital
The Hartt School presents the German Diction Class Lieder Recital on Thursday, December 10, at 2:00 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. The Fall semester German Diction Class performs all 26 Lieder of Robert Schumann's song cycle Myrthen, coached and accompanied by instructor Kevin Jones. Myrthen includes poems by Goethe, Heine, Rückert, and Robert Burns, and was presented to wife Clara Schumann by husband Robert Schumann on their wedding night. 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 School Presents The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, featuring Bolcom and Morris
The Hartt School presents the Bolcom and Morris, part of The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series on Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This Series has been made possible by a grant from the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the HartFord Foundation for Public Giving. A special pre-concert dinner precedes this performance and begins at 6:00 PM in the University's 1877 Club. Patrons may purchase Series subscriptions or individual tickets to the performances and/or the pre-concert dinners. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
Admission: $30 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups

The Hartt School presents An Evening with Guitar
The Hartt School presents an Evening with Guitar on Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. This concert features the students of Richard Provost. 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 School presents Band Geeks!
The Hartt School presents Band Geeks! on Thursday, December 10 through Sunday, December 13 in the Roberts Foundation Theater, at the Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Performances on Thursday, December 10 through Saturday, December 12, are at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 13, at 2:00 PM. Band Geeks! is a high-stepping tribute to high school marching bands and misfits everywhere. With just nine members and dwindling funds, the Cuyahoga High Marching Beavers are close to extinction. When a troubled athlete is relegated to their ranks, Elliott, the tuba-playing band captain and Laura, his best friend, must find a way to unite the band, overcome their pride and embrace their inner geek. Tickets are free but required and must be obtained through the University Box Office. 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 School presents Undergraduate Opera Scenes
The Hartt School presents Undergraduate Opera Scenes on Saturday, December 12, at 7:30 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. This performance features Mozart's The Magic Flute (abridged). 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 School presents The Hartt Percussion Ensemble presents "Brasileria"
The Hartt Percussion Ensemble, led by guest artist Rogerio Boccato, will perform folkloric and contemporary music from Brazil on Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium. 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.