The Hartt School Announces Their March 2010 Events

The Hartt School Theatre Division presents the popular musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Thursday, March 4 through Sunday, March 7 in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Performances on Thursday through Saturday are at 7:30 PM and on Sunday at 3:00 PM. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which won seven Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is a brilliant satire of the world of Big Business as seen through the eyes of J. Pierrepont Finch, a disarming young man looking for an easy way to get to the top. The play takes on nepotism, old-school loyalty, and yes-men in a perfect send-up of the mores and morals of corporate life and the thirst for success. 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 Performance 20/20 on Saturday, March 6, at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 7, at 3:00 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The program, "Images of Music" bring together art and music through live performance accompanied by images of art work. Video footage of all concerts will be streamed live on the web at http://hartford.edu/2020streaming. 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 Early Music Program on Sunday, March 7, at 4:00 PM at ST. James Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford. The Hartt Chamber Choir and Concentus will be joined by Hartt's talented undergraduate and graduate vocalists in a program of early music featuring lute songs by Dowland and Campion; motets by Palestrina, Victoria, Lassus, and Tallis; and choruses and arias by Bach, Handel, and Purcell. Conductors include Edward Bolkovac, Gabriel Lofvall, and Sara Donihe. A $15 donation will be collected at the door. 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 Mid-Semester Chamber Music Concerts on Sunday and Monday, March 7 and 8 at 7:00 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall. Hartt undergraduate and graduate students perform a wide variety of repertoire in various chamber ensembles. Each Mid-Semester Chamber Music Concert features a different program. 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 Hammerklavier Recital on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 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.

Wednesday, March 10
The Hartt School Presents the Contemporary Players Ensemble
The Hartt School presents the Contemporary Players Ensemble on Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This concert features the music of two American Icons: Aaron Copland and John Adams. The centerpieces of the concert will be the 13-musician version of Appalachian Spring and Adam's Grand Pianola Music for two grand pianos and ensemble. 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 on Thursday, March 11, 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 Full Force Dance Theatre, The Hartt School's resident professional modern dance company, on Thursday, March 11, and Friday, March 12, at 7:30 PM and Saturday March 13, at 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM at The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater in the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Full Force Dance Theatre's program "Pathless Journey", is an evening of thought provoking and passionate modern dance works by Greater Hartford's leading modern dance company. This performance features works by guest artists Tim Melady, formerly with Hartford Ballet and Momix, and Mary Cochran, formerly with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. The dance concert also features "Pathless Journey" a World premier work by Artistic Director Katie Stevinson-Nollet in collaboration with composer Robert Carl and visual artist Anne Cubberly. This new work and the repertory work "Common Ground," with music by David Macbride, will be performed to live music. Tickets are $20.00 for general admission, $15.00 for seniors, $10.00 for students and University of Hartford Faculty, $5.00 for University of Hartford students, and 2 for $20.00 for Let*s Go! Members. 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 Wind Ensemble on Friday, March 12, at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This concert features a work by Hartt Composer Stephen Gryc entitled Las Campanas, as well as Funeral Music for Queen Mary by Steven Stucky (Melanie Guerin, Conductor). In addition, the Wind Ensemble will perform Aaron Copland's masterwork Emblems (Matt Aubin, Guest Conductor). 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 Hartt Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March 26, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Orchestra will perform works by Gershwin, Revueltas, Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, and Falla. 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 a faculty recital featuring Luiz Castro, piano, on Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 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 a Faculty-Student Concert on Tuesday, March 30, at 8:00 PM in Berkman RecitAl Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Piano Professor David Westfall joins award-winning students in a performance of the Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. This monumental masterpiece was written in 1940 when the composer was interned in a German prison camp. Featured students are violinist Sam Martin, clarinetist Dan Liptak, and cellist Sam DaCaprio. In addition, Dr. Robert Carl, Professor of Composition, will offer insights about the composer's life and this work. 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.

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