The Hartt School Presents Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

The Hartt School is set to present 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. 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 tickets and information.

This combined concert of the Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band features James E. Jackson III leading the Symphony Band and Glen Adsit directing the Wind Ensemble. The concert features two guest conductors. Graduate student Matt Forte leads the Symphony Band on Ron Nelson’s Passacaglia and Ertan Esener conducts members of the Wind Ensemble on the Oliver Messian’s 20th century masterpiece Oiseaux Exotiques.

Concluding the concert is Susan Botti’s latest wind ensemble work Terra Cruda, which is a powerful new work that explores aspects of aggression.

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts school 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.