The Hartt School and The Stamford Symphony Form Partnership

The Stamford Symphony and The Hartt School recently announced the creation of a partnership. This partnership will focus on Training and Mentorship of Hartt music student fellows.

“We are excited to introduce a program of this caliber to the students at HARTT School of Music. This contact with professional musicians is preparation for when they graduate and will be developing their orchestra career.” – Barbara Soroca, CEO and President, Stamford Symphony

Our first annual Mentorship Program afforded Chaeyong Son, violinist and Jinyoung Son, cellist to perform in the Stamford Symphony for the March 1st and 2nd concerts. The two student fellows were chosen by blind audition and then, were prepared for the concerts by the HARTT School faculty.

In addition to the performance experience, fellows benefited from a mentorship experience where Symphony principal musicians and their colleagues met with the students to share their perspectives on creating a career in an orchestra. They also offered musical coaching. To round out the experience, the fellows spent two nights in New York City where they rehearsed with the orchestra, attended a live musical performance, and spent more time with the members of the orchestra as well as some individual time with the Music Director, Eckart Preu and CEO, Barbara Soroca. This experience was very well received and met the goal of the Partnership. - See more at: http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/Entertainment_12/Stamford-Symphony-and-The-HARTT-School-of-Music-Form-Partnership_np_21662.shtml#sthash.CLzSdMaq.dpuf

Barbara Soroca, Stamford Symphony’s CEO and President announced that Connecticut’s premier professional orchestra has created a partnership with Connecticut’s premier arts university, The HARTT School. This partnership will focus on Training and Mentorship of their music student fellows.

“We are excited to introduce a program of this caliber to the students at HARTT School of Music. This contact with professional musicians is preparation for when they graduate and will be developing their orchestra career.” – Barbara Soroca, CEO and President, Stamford Symphony

Our first annual Mentorship Program afforded Chaeyong Son, violinist and Jinyoung Son, cellist to perform in the Stamford Symphony for the March 1st and 2nd concerts. The two student fellows were chosen by blind audition and then, were prepared for the concerts by the HARTT School faculty.

In addition to the performance experience, fellows benefited from a mentorship experience where Symphony principal musicians and their colleagues met with the students to share their perspectives on creating a career in an orchestra. They also offered musical coaching. To round out the experience, the fellows spent two nights in New York City where they rehearsed with the orchestra, attended a live musical performance, and spent more time with the members of the orchestra as well as some individual time with the Music Director, Eckart Preu and CEO, Barbara Soroca. This experience was very well received and met the goal of the Partnership. - See more at: http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/Entertainment_12/Stamford-Symphony-and-The-HARTT-School-of-Music-Form-Partnership_np_21662.shtml#sthash.CLzSdMaq.dpuf

The first annual Mentorship Program afforded Chaeyong Son, violinist and Jinyoung Son, cellist to perform in the Stamford Symphony for the March 1st and 2nd concerts. The two student fellows were chosen by blind audition and then, were prepared for the concerts by The Hartt School faculty.

In addition to the performance experience, fellows benefited from a mentorship experience where Symphony principal musicians and their colleagues met with the students to share their perspectives on creating a career in an orchestra. They also offered musical coaching. To round out the experience, the fellows spent two nights in New York City where they rehearsed with the orchestra, attended a live musical performance, and spent more time with the members of the orchestra as well as some individual time with the Music Director, Eckart Preu and CEO, Barbara Soroca. 

Everyone involved had praise for this partnership and hopes that it can be repeated and expanded and serve as model of other project in which The Hartt School collaborates with organizations outside the University. 

“We are excited to introduce a program of this caliber to the students at HARTT School of Music. This contact with professional musicians is preparation for when they graduate and will be developing their orchestra career.” – Barbara Soroca, CEO and President, Stamford Symphony

Our first annual Mentorship Program afforded Chaeyong Son, violinist and Jinyoung Son, cellist to perform in the Stamford Symphony for the March 1st and 2nd concerts. The two student fellows were chosen by blind audition and then, were prepared for the concerts by the HARTT School faculty.

In addition to the performance experience, fellows benefited from a mentorship experience where Symphony principal musicians and their colleagues met with the students to share their perspectives on creating a career in an orchestra. They also offered musical coaching. To round out the experience, the fellows spent two nights in New York City where they rehearsed with the orchestra, attended a live musical performance, and spent more time with the members of the orchestra as well as some individual time with the Music Director, Eckart Preu and CEO, Barbara Soroca. This experience was very well received and met the goal of the Partnership.
- See more at: http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/Entertainment_12/Stamford-Symphony-and-The-HARTT-School-of-Music-Form-Partnership_np_21662.shtml#sthash.CLzSdMaq.dpuf

Barbara Soroca, Stamford Symphony’s CEO and President announced that Connecticut’s premier professional orchestra has created a partnership with Connecticut’s premier arts university, The HARTT School. This partnership will focus on Training and Mentorship of their music student fellows.

“We are excited to introduce a program of this caliber to the students at HARTT School of Music. This contact with professional musicians is preparation for when they graduate and will be developing their orchestra career.” – Barbara Soroca, CEO and President, Stamford Symphony

Our first annual Mentorship Program afforded Chaeyong Son, violinist and Jinyoung Son, cellist to perform in the Stamford Symphony for the March 1st and 2nd concerts. The two student fellows were chosen by blind audition and then, were prepared for the concerts by the HARTT School faculty.

In addition to the performance experience, fellows benefited from a mentorship experience where Symphony principal musicians and their colleagues met with the students to share their perspectives on creating a career in an orchestra. They also offered musical coaching. To round out the experience, the fellows spent two nights in New York City where they rehearsed with the orchestra, attended a live musical performance, and spent more time with the members of the orchestra as well as some individual time with the Music Director, Eckart Preu and CEO, Barbara Soroca. This experience was very well received and met the goal of the Partnership.
- See more at: http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/Entertainment_12/Stamford-Symphony-and-The-HARTT-School-of-Music-Form-Partnership_np_21662.shtml#sthash.CLzSdMaq.dpuf

Spring 2014 Performance - Highlights

Below are some highlights from the Spring 2014 Hartt performance calendar.  There are multiple performances at Hartt nearly every night of the semester, so this is just a sampling of the performance from the Music Division and the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series. 

Hope to see you at some of these performances.

January 30 – February 2 – Alfred C. Fuller Music Center/Millard Auditorium

Hartt Opera Theatre presents Kurt Weill's Street Scene, with music direction by Doris Lang Kosloff and stage direction by Lawrence Edelson.

February 6 – Alfred C. Fuller Music Center/Millard Auditorium

The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series – Sybarite5.  One the fastest-rising chamber music ensembles in the United States, the string quintet (quartet plus bass) Sybarite5 has been earning rave reviews and cheering audiences from coast to coast. After winning the prestigious Concert Artists Guild Competition last year (the same competition previously won by Imani Winds, eighth blackbird, and many other now-celebrated artists) the group enjoyed a raucous, sold-out debut performance at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Its latest album, Everything in its Right Place, is a collection of Radiohead songs arranged expressly for them.

February 14 & 15 – Lincoln Theater

Hartt Collage - An Evening of Continuous Music, Dance, and Theatre.  Hartt’s gift to the community, Hartt’s annual Collage Concert features continuous music, dance, and theatre. This concert is FREE, but tickets are required. Early reservations are recommended.

March 1 – Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney St., Hartford

Music for a Large Space (a public gathering) by David Macbride.  The premiere performance of Music for a Large Space (a public gathering) for winds, brass, percussion, vocalists, and audience by Hartt faculty composer David Macbride, with the Hartt Symphony Band (James Jackson, Director) and the Hartt Independent Singers (Matt Cramer, vocalist leader).

March 7 - Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford

Mozart Requiem – The 140 voices of The Hartt School choruses and the Soli Deo Gloria Orchestra, the cathedral's resident chamber orchestra, will present an inspirational program featuring Mozart's Requiem under the direction of Edward Bolkovac, The featured soloists will include Louise Fauteux, soprano, Hartt alumni Judy Bowers, mezzo soprano, and Craig Hart, bass, as well as current Hartt doctoral student Jerron Jorgensen, tenor. The concert will also include additional incidental music by Mozart and Albinoni.