harttblogs: saxophone

I worked at the Hartt Community Division for over 10 years beginning shortly after I graduated. I've always enjoyed one-on-one teaching and performing and managed to stay busy doing both in and around Hartford through the early 90’s.

What are you involved with right now?

Around 1993, we were in Dallas visiting friends from Connecticut when I was fortunate enough to see a sign for the Dallas School of Music and popped in. I had no idea that they had only recently opened their doors so I jokingly said to my now boss “If I relocate here will you give me a gig?” He said “yes” but little did he know that I would show up just a few weeks later ready to work. lol. I became a Partner just a few years later.

DSM is a private community music school in north Dallas. Our youngest students are 3 or 4 and our oldest are in their 80’s - and sometimes they come one after the other! It’s a wonderful challenge that keeps things interesting and keeps one's teaching chops sharp! We are also publishers of online music learning materials (dlpmusicbooks.com) that are used all over the world, and part of my days are spent creating content and heading up the social media aspect of those related blogs and sites.

I recently returned from an artist in residency at a private school in Adelaide, Australia. The trip was incredible and came about almost entirely because of the work we've been doing online over the past 10 to 12 years. I wrote about how the trip came to be, what it took to plan, and how it all turned out on Tumblr - the account it’s far too long but if anyone is interested, here is the link:

http://ow.ly/ymfsk

What is one of your most memorable things about your time at Hartt?

5 Questions with Brad Danho

Bradford Danho, B.M. 2003, studied Music Education at Hartt from 1999-2003. He is currently living in Baltimore, MD.

What have you been up to since you graduated from Hartt?

After graduating from Hartt in 2003, I began studies in the Jazz program at the University of North Texas. While at UNT, I studied saxophone with retired professor of saxophone Jim Riggs and held a saxophone teaching assistantship. I also played lead alto saxophone in the Grammy nominated One O'Clock Lab Band for two years.

What are you involved with right now?

In 2008, I won a position in the Jazz Ambassadors of the United States Army Field Band from Washington, DC. The Jazz Ambassadors are a 19 piece big band comprised of all active duty soldiers in the US Army. We tour 100 days a year in the continental US.

What is one of your most memorable things about your time at Hartt?

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Fall 2014 Streaming Performances From Hartt

Thursday, June 26, 2014

5 Questions with Eugene Cantera

Thursday, October 24, 2013

5 Questions with Brad Danho