University of Hartford Hartt School

"Hartt School" redirects here. For the high school in Santa Clarita, California, see William S. Hart High School.
The Hartt School, University of Hartford
TypeSchool of Music, Dance, and Theatre
Established1920
Parent institution
University of Hartford
DeanDale A. Merrill
Location
West Hartford
,
Connecticut
,
United States
CampusSuburban
Websitewww.hartford.edu/hartt

The Hartt School is the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1920 by Julius Hartt and Moshe Paranov, Hartt has been part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the Hartt College of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the university in 1957. The Hartt School offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in music, dance, theatre, and associated disciplines. The Hartt Community Division offers a variety of opportunities in music and dance for students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.[1]

Organ Studies

Since its founding, Hartt had an organ program of study. In 1970, the school acquired a new Gress-Miles pipe organ;[2] it was inaugurated with a performance of Bach's Wir glauben all' an einen Gott. The organ program's director, John Holtz, subsequently launched the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival which ran from 1971 to 1984, and brought world-wide attraction to Hartt with new organ music commissions and performances from major composers and organists, including Marilyn Mason, William Albright, Iannis Xenakis, and William Bolcom.[3][4] In 1982, the festival expanded to include harpsichord music.[5] In 2015, facing total declinement of enrollment, the school closed down its organ studies program and sold the Gress-Miles organ to United Methodist Church in Babylon, New York.[2][6] As of 2022, faculty member Scott Lamlein re-started a Foundations of Organ Performance course available to Hartt piano students, taught on a 1986 Wolff studio pipe organ.[7]

An Interior view into The Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center (HPAC) at University of Hartford.

Notable faculty

The Hartt School's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world.[8] Notable faculty members have included:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "The Hartt School". Hartford.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Hartt's Organ Program: A Postlude". Connecticut Public. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ^ "John Cromwell Holtz Obituary (2001) Hartford Courant". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  4. ^ The Tenth Anniversary of the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival (PDF). Hartt School of Music / University of Hartford. 1980.
  5. ^ Palmer, Larry (August 1982). "Harpsichord News" (PDF). The Diapason. 73 (873): 3.
  6. ^ "Hartt School Winds Down Organ Program, Sells Pipe Organ". Connecticut Public. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  7. ^ "New Hartt Course for Pianists to Learn the Pipes Organ". www.hartford.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  8. ^ "The Hartt School". Harttweb.hartford.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  9. ^ Gehrke, Robert; Canham, Matt (October 8, 2012). "Mia Love: From Dream of Broadway to Capitol Hill". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
  10. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS News. 2002-01-04. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

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