Ode to Joy Festival at The Hartt School Set for 9/25-28

Lions Gate Trio, The Hartt School's trio-in-residence, along with Hartt faculty, present Ode to Joy, a festival of Beethoven's chamber music, September 25 through 28. All events take place in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. A reception will follow each concert. All are welcome and there is no admission charge.

Come hear Beethoven's complete violin and piano sonatas, his complete cello and piano sonatas, and other gems, including the Septet Op. 20, Scottish Songs Op. 108, and the Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 11. Guest artists include pianist Michael Friedmann from Yale University, and guest speakers include Kenneth Nott from Hartt's own Music History Faculty and Lesley Karsten, a dramatic speaker from New York City.

The University of Hartford's Hartt School is a performing arts conservatory 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. Hartt marked its 90th year of providing world-class performing arts education to students in Greater Hartford and around the world in 2010. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions each year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

The University of Hartford, centrally located in Connecticut, provides a distinctive educational experience across seven schools and colleges for one of the most diverse student bodies in New England. Hartford's faculty are attracted by the opportunity to challenge and support students as they pursue degrees in more than 100 programs in the arts, humanities, science, business, engineering and technology, education, and health professions. Chartered in 1957, Hartford has more than 5,000 undergraduate and, 1,600 graduate students from 48 states and 63 countries, and 75,000 alumni worldwide. Visit www.hartford.edu for more information.

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