The Hartt School Announces April Events
By: Kelsey Denette Mar. 29, 2013
The Hartt School presents a variety of music, dance, and theatre performances this April, many of which are free, and all are open to the public. All events take place at the University of Hartford's main campus, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT, unless otherwise noted. Please call the University Box Office at860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and information.
Wednesday, April 3
Institute of Contemporary Music presents Cindi Hubbard
Ms. Hubbard, Arts Management Consultant and Program Manager for Music Alive Composer Residencies and EarShot New Music Reading Network, and composer Gabriela Lena Frank (via Skype), discuss issues pertaining to composers and career opportunities.
5:00 PM
Fuller Music Center, F410, 4th Floor*
Admission: No Charge
Thursday, April 4
Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Miró Quartet, with Special Guest Colin Currie, Percussion
Now in its second decade, the Miró Quartet is acknowledged as one of America's premier quartets, having won virtually every important chamber music prize available, including the Naumberg Award and the Avery Fisher Career Grant. For this appearance, the Miró will be joined by the sensational Scottish percussionist Colin Currie for an evening that will include several works written expressly for these five musicians, along with traditional quartet-only repertoire. The program includes: Quartet in C minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz" - Schubert (1797-1828); Nagoya Marimbas for percussion - S. Reich (b. 1936); Since Brass nor Stone... for string quartet and percussion - A. Goehr (b 1932); Mojave for percussion - M. Torke (b. 1961); Molto adagio from Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 - Barber (1910-1981); all three movements of Strophe (2013) for vibraphone and string quartet - J. Pereira (b. 1957); and Starry Night for string quartet and percussion - S. Martland (b. 1959). For more information about the artists, visit www.miroquartet.com and www.colincurrie.com.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: $35 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups
Friday, April 5
Graduate Percussion Group
The Hartt Graduate Percussion Group presents an evening of chamber music, featuring Toru Takemitsu's Rain Tree (for mallet percussion); Guo Wenjing's Parade (for gongs); Thierry de Mey's Table Music (for table!); and John Cage's landmark work, Third Construction.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Saturday, April 6
Junior Vocal Recital
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Saturday, April 6
Hartt Sinfonia and Philharmonia
The Hartt orchestras perform Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte, with Robert Barefield, baritone soloist; Kodaly's Galanta Dances; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica," all under the direction of Maestro Edward Cumming.
Millard Auditorium
7:30 PM
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups
Wednesday, April 10
Hartt Big Band (Concert Jazz Ensemble)
The Big Band performs music by Jackie McLean, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and others.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Wednesday, April 10
Hammerklavier
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Thursday through Sunday, April 11-14
The King Stag
The King Stag is a fairy-tale romance set in a magical kingdom. Director Annmarie Davis utilizes puppetry to take the audience on a journey to Serendippo, where love is thwarted by mischief, mayhem, and the destructive voices of love and ambition. All seems lost, but, as with all fairy-tales, everything ends happily ever after.
Thursday through Saturday, 7:30 PM
Sunday 3:00 PM
The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater
Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups
Thursday, April 11
Evening with Guitar
Undergraduate and graduate students in the classical guitar department perform solo and chamber music.
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Friday, April 12
Sophomore Opera Blackbox
Join the sophomore acting/movement class for a program of opera scenes based on the works of William Shakespeare.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Saturday, April 13
Horn Masterclass with Froydis de Werke
Open to the public for observation.
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Fuller Music Center, Room 410/412*
Admission: No Charge
Saturday, April 13
Collegium Musicum
Collegium Musicum presents a program featuring works by Georg Muffat, Johann Fux, and Georg Philip Telemann. Excerpts from G.F. Handel's Ariodante feature sopranos Alethea Ganetis and Carena Montany, and tenor Owen Hughes.
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Monday, April 15
2013 Hartt Music Theory Forum
Janet Schmalfeldt, leading music theorist and Professor of Music at Tufts University, presents "Brahms, Again the 'Master of Allusion,' with his Godson in Mind."
7:30 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Monday, April 15
Hartt Trombone Ensemble - Everything But the Kitchen Sink
The Hartt Trombone Ensemble presents a program of music throughout the ages. Featuring music from all eras and styles, this concert will have something for everyone, with music from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. The Hartt Trombone Ensemble is made up of undergraduate and graduate trombone majors in combinations of quartets, quintets, octets, and full trombone choir, led by director Matthew Russo.
7:30 PM
Bliss Music Room, Fuller Music Center, 2nd Floor
Tuesday, April 16
Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble Concert
8:00 PM
Bliss Music Room, Fuller Music Center, 2nd Floor
Admission: No Charge
Wednesday, April 17
Public Works
Enjoy a showcase of new works by Hartt composers. Come hear the latest and greatest!
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Thursday, April 18
Hartt Saxophone Ensemble
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Friday, April 19
Lions Gate Student Marathon Concert: The Beethoven Concert
6:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Saturday, April 20
Hartt Percussion Ensemble
The Hartt Percussion Ensemble presents "East meets West," an evening of Asian-influenced works for percussion, featuring music and/or composers from China, Japan, and Indonesia.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Sunday, April 21
Spring Jazz Vocal Recital
The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz presents a jazz vocal recital, featuring the students of Shawnn Monteiro.
3:00 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Monday through Sunday, April 22- 28
The Drowsy Chaperone and Big River in Repertory
The Drowsy Chaperone
As a middle-aged musical theatre fan sits alone, playing a recording of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 hit The Drowsy Chaperone, the show comes to life. This play-within-a-play is crammed full of every cliché, gag, and gimmick from the golden age of musicals. Directed by Alan Rust, musical direction by Phil Rittner, and choreography by Ralph Perkins.
Monday, April 22, 7:30 PM
Wednesday, April 24, 7:30 PM
Friday, April 26, 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 27, 3:00 PM
Big River
Join us for an epic journey on the mighty Mississippi in the poignant musical based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Directed by David Watson, musical direction by Michael Morris, and choreography by Denise Eason.
Tuesday, April 23, 7:30 PM
Thursday, April 25, 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 28, 3:00 PM
Kent McCray Theater
Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups
Monday, April 22
Double Bass Studio Recital
8:00 PM
Alfred C. Fuller Music Center, Room 163*
Admission: No Charge
Monday, April 22
Hammerklavier
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Tuesday, April 23
Lions Gate Trio presents Art on a Grand Scale
The Lions Gate Trio presents a program of two magnificent and large scale trios: Beethoven's Archduke Trio and Tchaikovsky's Trio in A Minor.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Wednesday, April 24
Composers Ensemble presents Puzzle Pieces
Enjoy a musical extravaganza featuring two new concertos written by ensemble members for Hartt faculty member Robert Black, double bass, and Hartt percussionists Kevin Good, Jared Otto, and Cassandra Thielen. Also on the program, music by Dello Joio and Lutoslawski, both in their centennial year, and a new medley of Beatles tunes arranged by Evan Cogswell, scored for the ensemble and the Composers Ensemble Chorus.
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Thursday, April 25
Wednesday, April 24
Steve Davis Sextet featuring Larry Willis
Join the Steve Davis Sextet featuring Larry Willis, all heard on Steve's latest CD Gettin' It Done (Posi-tone), for a thrilling concert of new work and jazz greats. This all-star line-up features renownEd Hartt faculty members Steve Davis, trombone, and Nat Reeves, bass; Larry Willis, piano; and rising stars Mike DiRubbo, alto saxophone, Billy Williams, drums, and Josh Bruneau, trumpet. For more information, visit www.stevedavis.info.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: $10, no discounts available
Thursday, April 25
Saxophone Studio Recital
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Thursday & Friday, April 25 & 26
Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Ensemble Concerts
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Friday, April 26
Faculty Recital Series featuring David Macbride and Benjamin Toth
Hartt faculty members Benjamin Toth and David Macbride present a concert of chamber music for piano and percussion, featuring works by Macbride, James Romig, and others.
7:30 PM
Bliss Music Room, Fuller Music Center, 2nd Floor
Admission: No Charge
Friday through Sunday, April 26-28
Hartt Dances
This spring's spectacular main stage dance concert features the beloved Swan Lake Suite, by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, restaged by Hilda Morales; The Winged, by José Limón, restaged by Nina Watt, with a new score by Lief Ellis; and three new works by guest choreographers Viktor Plotnikov, Gregory Dolbashian, and Loni Landon, with original score by Scott Comanzo.
Friday, 7:30 PM
Saturday, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, 2:00 PM
Lincoln Theater
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups
Saturday, April 27
Hartt Steel Band
The Hartt Steelband presents an evening of Caribbean music, featuring the calypso and soca music of Trinidad. The ensemble performs on hand-crafted steel drums (or "pans") created from finely tuned 55-gallon oil barrels by Trinidad-native Clifford Alexis and Hartt alumnus Kyle Dunleavy.
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Sunday, April 28
Senior Seminar Recital
2:00 PM
St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church
285 Church Street, Hartford
Admission: No Charge
Sunday, April 28
Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Spring Jazz Vocal Recital
3:00 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge
Sunday, April 28
Performance 20/20 Marathon
2:00 PM-9:00 PM
Join ensembles from Hartt's honors chamber music program, Performance 20/20, for seven hours of great chamber music from around the world. Join the fun and festivities, come and go as you please throughout the day, and enjoy light snacks served in our adjoining refreshment room.
- The Americas: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM - music of Siegmeister, Hartmann, Larsen, Piston, and Amram.
- Brasses and Saxes: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM - 30 minutes of music for brass, followed by 30 minutes of saxophone chamber music.
- East/West Fronts: 5:00 PM-7:00 PM - music of Shostakovich, Gaubert, Beethoven, Findeisen, and Kolar.
- Instrumental Melting Pot: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM - music by Koechlin, Rush, Másson, and Reynolds.
- Prism: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM - six world premieres, by Hartt students Robert Tomasulo, Joshua Denenberg, Maria Mykolenko, Catherine Phang, Hanna Kim, and Matt Cramer.
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
Monday, April 29 through May 2
The Hartt School Chamber Music End of Year Concerts
The Hartt School Chamber Music Ensembles perform a wide variety of repertoire over five concerts, each featuring a unique and diverse program.
7:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall*
Admission: No Charge
* Seating is limited
The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Founded in 1920, Hartt has been an integral part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the University in 1957. 2010 markEd Hartt's 90th year of providing world class performing arts education to students in Greater-Hartford and around the world. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
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