The Hartt Wind Ensemble opens its 2009-2010 season on Friday, October 9, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. The Chamber Winds concert features music from Jacob, Dvorak, and Stravinsky. Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Please call the University Box office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/ hartt for more information.

A tribute concert celebrating the life of Fredric "Fritz" Moses, associate professor of voice at The Hartt School and an accomplished baritone who passed away in July, will be held on Saturday, October 10, at 7 PM, in Millard Auditorium.

Choruses from The Hartt School, including The Hartt Camerata, Hartt Chamber Choir, Hartt Choir, Hartt Chorale, and Concentus, will be joined by local school choruses in a festival concert to raise funds for the Upper Albany Neighborhood Collaborative (UANC) on Sunday, October 11, at 4:30 PM at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connectcut. A minimum donation at the door is $10 and all proceeds go directly to the UANC.

The Hartt School presents Twelfth Night on Thursday, October 15, Friday, October 16, and Saturday, October 17, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, October 18, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Please call the University Box office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/ hartt for more information.

Each year, the entire Hartt community joins together to celebrate the performing arts at Hartt, and to ensure Hartt's bright future. This year's spectacular event, Hartt Celebrates: The Future of Performing Arts, will be held on November 14, 2009, at the University of Hartford's glorious Handel Performing Arts Center in Hartford.

World renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman will serve as our Mistress of Ceremonies for this year's fundraising gala, which will feature an elegant opening reception and seated dinner; magnificent music, dance, and theatre performances by Hartt students and faculty; a diverse selection of silent auction items; an exciting live auction; and a cabaret- style after-party.

On November 14, join The Hartt School in welcoming our new Dean, Dr. Aaron Flagg, as Hartt supporters come together to celebrate the dynamic community of performing artists that is The Hartt School!

For more information about or to learn about sponsorship opportunities for Hartt Celebrates: The Future of Performing Arts, please contact Hartt Public Relations at 860.768.4466.

Join The Hartt School of the University of Hartford for a Block Party on Saturday, October 10, from 1 PM to 5:30 PM at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, located at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway in Hartford. All events are free! The rain-date is Saturday, October 17. Click here for more information.

Hartt Theatre Division faculty member Johanna Morrison will perform the narration for the Connecticut Concert Opera's upcoming production of Lakmé, directed by Hartt faculty member Doris Lang Kosloff. Click here for more information.

The Eric Alexander Quartet has released a new record called Revival of the Fittest. The Quartet consists of acclaimed bassist and Hartt Jazz faculty member Nat Reeves; Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone; jazz legend Harold Mabern, piano; and Joe Farnsworth, drums. Revival of the Fittest was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, who has been recording jazz for more than 50 years. In September, The Eric Alexander Quartet performed in Kanazawa, Japan.

Gary LaPlant '75 was one eight exceptional alumni were honored by the University of Hartford on Saturday evening, October 3, at the 2009 Anchor Awards ceremony, part of last weekend's Homecoming festivities. Click here for more information.

As part of the Remarkable Theater Brigade (RTB) Hartt alumni Sarah Larsen '09, violin, and Keith Sanders, viola, performed at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 1, in Opera Shorts, ten minute operas.

This summer students from Hartt's Theatre Division were invited to supply voices for The Wadsworth Athenaeum's Rembrandt exhibition which runs from October 10 through 24. A guest experiencing this exhibit can walk up to a painting and use his/her cell phone to dial a number and listen to the students' monologues as if the students were the subjects of the paintings. The recordings were done on campus, and The Wadsworth is very happy with the results. Student participants include Kyle Brand, Kyle Rudolph, Sarah Killough, Chelsea Farthing, Michael Millan, and Samantha Mitchell.

Mark George, director of The Hartt School Community Division, has accepted a new appointment as president and CEO of the Music Institute of Chicago, effective January 2010. Read more ...