Hartt's Honorary Degrees Given in the 1960s

Hartt Underwent some significant changes in the 1960s.  Perhaps, most importantly, Hartt moved into the Fuller Center on the campus of The University of Hartford.  Nonetheless, Hartt awarded honorary degrees to the following individuals.  (All links are to wikipedia except where noted.) 


1960     Eileen Farrell

Hartt's Honorary Degrees Given in the 1950s.

In the 1950s, Hartt awarded honorary degrees to the following people.  Not a bad list.  All links are to wikipedia.

I enjoyed reading about these individuals.  These early years at Hartt must have been very exciting with the people at the school.

1952	Alfred C. Fuller
1952	Howard Hanson
1953	Wanda Lendowska
1954	Warren Lawson
1955	Harrison Keller
1956	William Schumann
1957	David Boyden
1957	Richard Burgin
1958	Marian Anderson
1959	Aaron Copland

BWW Interviews: Stephen Pier - Heart to Hartt

There is a wonderful recent interview with Stephen Pier - Hartt's Dance Division Director.

A link to the Broadway World website interview is here.

Remembering Two Former Hartt Professors

We have recently learned that two former Hartt professors have passed away - Robert Hess, vocal coach, and Edward Miller, composition. 

Condolences to their family and friends.

An obituary for Prof. Miller can be found here.

Jaime Laredo, violin, and Joseph Kalichstein, piano, perform at Hartt as part of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series

 Location: Alfred C. Fuller Music Center F Millard Auditorium

Admission:  $35 adults; $30 for seniors/educators/UofH alumni; $25 for students and groups 10+

Two of the pre-eminent musical 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. For their Garmany Series appearance, Laredo and Kalichstein will perform as a duo on the first half of the evening; they will be joined after intermission by the Hartt String Quartet for a performance of the monumental sextet of Chausson.

This series is made possible in part by the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

For additional information and to purchase Series subscriptions and pre-concert dinner subscriptions, call the University Box Office at 860-768-4228 or click
Here

Hartt Alumni Award Nominations Sought

Since 1959, the University of Hartford's The Hartt School has recognized an outstanding alumnus/alumna with the Hartt Alumni Award. A committee will be meeting this fall to select a recipient for the 2014 award, which will be presented at the Hartt Commencement in May 2014. In making its annual selection, the committee strives to achieve a diverse list of candidates based on nominations representing the various curricular programs of The Hartt School.

Qualifying criteria for the award are:

1. Distinguished professional accomplishments of a Hartt alumnus/alumna in an area of the performing arts as an artist, scholar, or educator.
2. Professional and critical recognition of these accomplishments.

The committee welcomes the nomination of qualified Hartt alumni for the 2014 Hartt Alumni Award. Submitted nominations are to include:

1. Name of nominee
2. Hartt biographical information
3. Professional accomplishments
4. Professional and critical recognition
5. Justification for the nomination

The committee requests that all nominations be submitted using the online nomination form by Tuesday, October 1, 2013.

For more information, please contact Philip Grover, executive assistant to the dean, at pgrover@hartford.edu or 860.768.4468.

Learn more about the Hartt Alumni Award, the Hartt Alumni Award Committee, and past recipients here.

Thank you,
The Hartt School Alumni Award Committee

The Original Fuller Center Concept circa 1957

Before the 1962 groundbreaking for the Fuller Center, and before Hartt moved from its modest home on Broad Street to the University of Hartford campus in 1963, a great deal of planning was done.  I recently came across this brochure published in 1957, which was the year the three founding members of the University of Hartford came together.

As you can see, the eventual (and current) design of the Fuller Center is actually quite different from the conceptual layout/design even though the main components remained - the large building with the classrooms, the large theater (now, Millard Auditorium), and the small theater (now, Berkman Auditorium).

Enjoy!  If anyone has other photos, posters, etc. from this exciting period in Hartt's history, we would love to see them.  Please feel free to contact me at menapace@hartford.edu if you have anything you wish to share.