Hartt Students Join Hartford Symphony Orchestra POPS! For Tribute

Music Theatre students of The Hartt School perform with The Hartford Symphony Orchestra POPS! for "a few of our favorite things" at Richard Rodgers Revue featuring The Hartt School on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Mortensen Hall in the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets range in price from $30-$62. Student tickets are $10. $20 tickets are available for patrons age 40 and under. Prices do not include applicable fees. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact HSO ticket services at (860) 244-2999 or visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.
Joined by an ensemble of Music Theatre majors from The Hartt School, HSO Music Director Edward Cumming will lead an original show dedicated to Musical Theatre icon, Richard Rodgers, who is best known for his collaborations with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. The program will feature works from such popular Broadway shows as Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Carousel, and more.

HSO Music Director Edward Cumming says, "I am delighted that my final POPS! concert as music director will be with the fabulously gifted young men and women in the Music Theatre program at The Hartt School. And who - if anyone - can resist the music of that fabulous melodist, Richard Rodgers? Prepare to be engaged, enchanted, and enthralled."

Co-created by Edward Cumming and Michael Morris, Hartt's Director of Music in the Theatre Division, this show will start off with a medley from State Fair. The revue will continue with such musical hits as "Kansas City," accompanied by a tap dancing solo, "The Lady is a Tramp," and the sensational "Oklahoma!." After intermission, Hartt dancers will perform original choreography to "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," Rodgers' only jazz ballet. The second half of the show also will feature Rodgers' well known "Blue Moon" and favorites from The Sound of Music, including "Edelweiss" and "My Favorite Things." The program will end with the dazzling choral number "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Rodgers' own favorite, Carousel.

Music Theatre students performing include Lindsay Adkins, Lauren Cafrelli, Mark Gagliardi, Kevin Geiss, Zoe Kassay, Alex Levin, Andrew McMath, Michael Millan, Sasha Pasternak, J.P. Qualters, Christiana Rodi, Adam Sarette, Jillian Soares, Jeremy Sevelovitz, and Charles South.

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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