University of Hartford Hartt School explained

The Hartt School, University of Hartford
Parent:University of Hartford
Established:1920
Type:School of Music, Dance, and Theatre
Dean:Dale A. Merrill
City:West Hartford
State:Connecticut
Country:United States
Campus:Suburban

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.[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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Hartt School . Hartford.edu . 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-05-07 . Hartt's Organ Program: A Postlude . 2022-10-13 . Connecticut Public . en.
  3. Web site: John Cromwell Holtz Obituary (2001) Hartford Courant . 2022-10-13 . Legacy.com.
  4. The Tenth Anniversary of the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival . 1980 . Hartt School of Music / University of Hartford.
  5. Palmer . Larry . August 1982 . Harpsichord News . . 73 . 873 . 3.
  6. Web site: 2015-04-30 . Hartt School Winds Down Organ Program, Sells Pipe Organ . 2022-10-13 . Connecticut Public . en.
  7. Web site: New Hartt Course for Pianists to Learn the Pipes Organ . 2022-10-13 . www.hartford.edu . en.
  8. Web site: The Hartt School . Harttweb.hartford.edu . 2018-04-25.
  9. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20141104232826/http://www.sltrib.com/55031749-90/love-mia-bourdeau-family.html . November 4, 2014 . Mia Love: From Dream of Broadway to Capitol Hill . Robert . Gehrke . Matt . Canham . The Salt Lake Tribune . October 8, 2012 . live .
  10. Web site: Complete List Of Grammy Nominees . CBS News . 2002-01-04 . 2018-04-25.
  11. Music and Performing Arts Management Programs Present Music Licensing Webinar . Thomas . Marcus . 2022-11-11 . 2024-02-24 . University of Hartford.

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