A message from
Steve Metcalf (B. Mus.'69), curator of the Garmany Chamber Music Series
The Richard
P. Garmany Chamber Music Series (named for a local businessman and
philanthropist whose estate has provided for a number of worthy cultural
initiatives) has just concluded its fourth season at The Hartt School. This
series was inaugurated after the Miami String Quartet concluded its
residency at the school in 2009. The series, which has made a point of
engaging a wide range of artists -- many of them known for pushing
the boundaries of small ensemble music-making -- has been a great success. Most
of the concerts have been sold out the past several seasons, and we expect that
trend to continue next season.
It would be great to see more alumni at these concerts.
For more
information, or to learn how to buy tickets or subscriptions, please visit
the Hartt website:
Or simply call
the UH box office at 860-768-4228.
All of next
year's concerts will be given in Millard Auditorium
Here is the
roster of artists for the upcoming 2013-'14 season:
OCT. 3
Jaime Laredo, violin, and Joseph Kalichstein, piano.
Two of the pre-eminent chamber
music artists of our time, Laredo and Kalichstein have
performed -- both as soloists and chamber artists -- in the
leading music venues of the world. They frequently are joined
by internationally acclaimed cellist Sharon Robinson as
the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio In addition to his instrumental career, Jaime
Laredo is a sought-after conductor, currently in his 13th year as
music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
As a bonus, the finale of this
concert will be the monumental sextet of Chausson, which will feature the
newly-formed Hartt String Quartet.
NOV. 21
Andy Narell and his ensemble
The Paris-based Narell
is acknowledged as the world's leading exponent of the steel drum, or
"pans." His extraordinary career has been celebrated
in numerous NPR appearances and in several film
documentaries. In addition, several of his best-selling recordings of
jazz-inflected Caribbean music have earned
Grammy nominations. For this rare East Coast appearance, Andy Narell
will be joined by an all-star ensemble of sidemen all of whom who are
distinguished artists in their own right.
FEB. 6
Sybarite5
Possibly the fastest-rising chamber music ensemble in the
United States, the string quintet Sybarite 5 has been earning rave reviews
and cheering audiences from coast to coast. Since winning the prestigious
Concert Artists Guild Competition last year (the
same competition previously won by Imani Winds, eighthblackbird and many
other now-famous artists) the group has gone from one triumphant
appearance to the next, including a raucous, sold-out debut performance at
Carnegie Hall's Zankel Auditorium last fall. Its latest album is a
collection of Radiohead songs arranged expressly for them.
[Full
disclosure: the cellist for this group is a proud alumna of the
Hartt Community Division, one Laura Metcalf. Laura will be
donating her fee for this concert to the Community Division Fund for Access,
which provides scholarships for city kids.]
MARCH 27
Cantus
Known to music lovers throughout
the United States from its appearances on Garrison Keillor's "A
Prairie Home Companion," Cantus is a 9-member male vocal ensemble of
astonishing range and versatility. Both in its recordings (more than a dozen
and counting) and in its concert appearances, Cantus performs everything from
Renaissance music to post-bop jazz arrangements. One its members, Paul Rudoi,
is a recent alumnus of Hartt.
