Upcoming Events have been announced at The Hartt School for December 2011.
The Hartt School Presents Porgy and Bess - A Study in Black and White (Abridged)
The Hartt School presents Porgy and Bess - A Study in Black and White (Abridged) Thursday, December 1, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. America's great folk opera, using the platform of the impoverished community of Catfish Row in the 1920s, tells a timeless story of the triumph of the human spirit over tragedy. Come and experience this amazing work as Hartt's talented undergraduate singers explore this unique treasure of American opera and break down racial stereotypes. Ron Luchsinger directs, with music direction and conducting by Doris Lang Kosloff. 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 Ensembles
The Hartt School presents The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Ensembles on Thursday and Friday, December 1 and 2, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The ensembles perform a variety 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.
The Hartt School Presents an Evening with Guitar
The Hartt School presents an Evening with Guitar on Thursday, December 1, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Evening with Guitar features undergraduate and graduate students of the classical Guitar Department performing solo and chamber music. 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents The Hartt Percussion Ensemble with Guest Artist Shane Shanahan
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Percussion Ensemble with Guest Artist Shane Shanahan on Friday, December 2, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Hartt Percussion Ensemble, led by guest artist Shane Shanahan, performs traditional and contemporary music on an array of Middle Eastern and Asian hand drums. 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 Performance 20/20
The Hartt School presents Performance 20/20 on Saturday, December 3 at 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM, and Sunday, December 4, at 5:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The ensembles perform different repertoire at each performance, featuring music for dancing, including the Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Trio; music that will tug at your heart strings, including the Brahms Clarinet Trio; and rich, full, captivating sounds from winds, brass, and percussion. Please visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information and specific performance details. 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Community Division Presents an All-School Recital
The Hartt School Community Division presents an All-School Recital on Saturday, December 3, at 3:30 PM, in Bliss Music Room, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is free.
The Hartt School Presents a Double Bass Studio Recital (Part I)
The Hartt School presents a Double Bass Studio Recital (Part I) on Saturday, December 3, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents T'was the Night Before A Viola Cookie Christmas and Sing-along
The Hartt School presents T'was the Night Before A Viola Cookie Christmas and Sing-along on Saturday, December 3, at 8:00 PM, in Bliss Music Room, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Join the merry music and pastry-making as Hartt violists hold their annual holiday concert! Music featured this year includes a viola rendition of "T'was the Night Before Christmas," with newly written music by students of Hartt's Composition Department for this well-known poem. And don't forget Sleigh Ride! 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Community Division Presents Hartt Suzuki Recital
The Hartt School Community Division presents Hartt Suzuki Recital on Sunday, December 4, at 1:00 PM, in Room 410 of the Fuller Music Center, 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents a Double Bass Studio Recital (Part II)
The Hartt School presents a Double Bass Studio Recital (Part II) on Sunday, December 4, at 5:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, 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. Seating is limited
The Hartt School Community Division Presents the Community Division Ensembles
The Hartt School Community Division Presents the Community Division Ensembles on Sunday, December 4, at 7:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This concert features the Community Division's younger and intermediate ensembles, including the Stringendo String Orchestra, the Community Division's newest orchestra; Sinfonia String Orchestra; Harmony Winds, under the direction of Alan Francis, performing works by Mendelssohn, Erickson, Stalter, and Story; Philharmonia Wind, performing works by Goldman, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Villoldo. 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 a Free Improvisation Concert
The Hartt School presents a Free Improvisation Concert on Monday, December 5, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall. Students of Robert Black's Free Improvisation classes present an evening of improvisation. 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents Hammerklavier
The Hartt School presents Hammerklavier on Tuesday, December 6, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall. This concert features solo performances by pianists from Hartt's 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents Foot in the Door
The Hartt School presents Foot in the Door, Hartt's contemporary music ensemble, on Wednesday, December 7, at 7:30 PM, 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 School Presents Sunday in the Park with George
The Hartt School presents Sunday in the Park with George Thursday through Saturday, December 8 through 10, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, December 11, at 3:00 PM, in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater, Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Kevin Gray directs this 1984 musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. 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 Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band on Friday, December 9, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Wind Ensemble portion of the program features a new work commissioned by the National Wind Ensemble Consortium Group, founded by Hartt Director of Bands Glen Adsit. This powerful new work for winds explores various elements of aggression. 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 Hartt Symphony Orchestra
The Hartt School presents Hartt Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, December 10, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Maestro Cumming conducts works that include España by Chabrier; Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz; and Symphony No. 3 by Hartt composition faculty member Larry Alan Smith. 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 the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Mihai Tetel, Cello
The Hartt School presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Mihai Tetel, Cello, on Sunday, December 11, at 2:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Join Mihai Tetel and Friends for a concert featuring works by Bach, Debussy, and Arensky. Joining Tetel are Hartt faculty members Maggie Francis, Anton Miller, Rita Profiris, and Susan Robison. 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Community Division Presents a Suzuki Orchestra Concert
The Hartt School Community Division presents a Suzuki Orchestra Concert on Sunday, December 11, at 3:00 PM, 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 School Presents The Hartt Chamber Student Music End of Semester Concerts
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Chamber Student Music End of Semester Concerts Monday through Thursday, December 12 through 15, at 7:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. "Playing Together" features The Hartt School chamber groups performing a wide selection of repertoire over four nights. Each concert features a different program played by different 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. Seating is limited.
The Hartt Community Division Presents Suzuki Group Concerts
The Hartt Community Division Presents Suzuki Group Concerts on Saturday, December 17, at 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM, 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 School Presents Suzuki Piano Recitals
The Hartt School presents Suzuki Piano Recitals on Saturday, December 17, at 3:30 PM and 4:45 PM, in Bliss Music Room, 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 School Community Division Presents The Nutcracker
The Hartt School Community Division presents The Nutcracker on Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, December 18, at 2:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. With staging by new Artistic Director Samantha Dunster, HCD's fully staged production of Tchaikovsky's time-honored classic transports you to a magical world. Truly a Hartt and Hartford dance community collaboration, severAl Hartt and HCD dance faculty, former Hartford Ballet dancers (HCD is a legacy of the School of the Hartford Ballet), and two BFA students also share the stage. Each performance also features special guest appearances by local celebrities. Admission is $30 for adults; $15 for students 12 and under; and $20 for other students and senior citizens with ID. Group and University of Hartford discount rates are not available for this production. 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 Community Division Presents the Connecticut Youth Symphony
The Hartt School Community Division presents the Connecticut Youth Symphony on Sunday, December 18, at 3:00 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Connecticut Youth Symphony is the Hartt Community Division's premier youth orchestra. Repertoire for this concert includes Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije, the fourth movement of the Bruch Violin Concerto featuring Gunnar Moll, Puccini's Preludio Sinfonico, and a commission by composer Josh Hummel. Admission is $8.00. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
