Music Theatre
Hartt's Music Theatre program is dedicated to a comprehensive and rigorous style of training that creates artists who are physically, intellectually, and emotionally prepared for the extraordinary demands of the acting profession. In a carefully planned progression of acting, voice, dance and musicianship classes -- along with weekly individual singing lessons and coachings -- students expand both their craft and their creative imagination so that they can be successful in a wide range of theatrical styles from the contemporary to the classical. Our unique partnerships with the renowned Goodspeed Musicals and the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage company are part of our thorough career preparation curriculum that readies our students to seek work as professional actors.
Performance opportunities at Hartt are extensive and designed to expose students to musicals and other plays from across the theatrical repertoire. Starting with second year projects and culminating with full-scale, professionally designed productions, the season is chosen to provide each class with challenging onstage experiences. in the fourth year, our students are in residence at Goodspeed Musicals for three weeks in January working on a festival of new works. Music Theatre students may also audition for the Hartford Stage Company's annual production of A Christmas Carol as well as other Equity productions in the company's season. Many of our students join the Equity Membership Candidate Program during their time at Hartt.
Our location puts Hartt in the middle of this country's most vibrant theatrical community. From New York to Boston to a vast array of highly regarded regional theatres, Hartt students have a short trip to the best professional theatre in America. In addition to our relationship with Goodspeed Musicals and the Hartford Stage Company, our students regularly find opportunities with TheatreWorks of Hartford, Cape Cod's Monomoy Theatre and other local companies. The final year of study culminates with our showcase for industry professionals in both New York and Los Angeles.
Major in Music Theatre (138 credits)
First Year |
| Subject code |
Course Title |
Credits |
Credits |
| Sem. 1 |
Sem.2 |
| AVO 488 |
Vocal Study |
2 |
2 |
| HTD 110-111 |
Ballet I |
1 |
1 |
| HTA 110-111 |
Voice I - II |
3 |
3 |
| HTS 140-141 |
Stagecraft |
1 |
1 |
| HTA 130-131 |
Acting I - II |
3 |
3 |
| TH 110 |
Music Theory Fundamentals |
2 |
- |
| TH 111 |
Diatonic Harmony |
- |
2 |
| TH 120-121 |
Elementary Ear-training I-II |
2 |
2 |
| CPO 404,405 |
Music Theatre Chorus/Laboratory |
1 |
1 |
| MUS 110,111 |
Paranov Performance Hour |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| RPW 110-111 |
Rhetoric and Writing I - II |
3 |
3 |
| HLM 020 |
Information Literacy in the Performing Arts |
0 |
- |
| Total Credits |
18.5 |
18.5 |
Second Year |
| AVO 488 |
Vocal Study |
2 |
2 |
| ACO 488 |
Vocal Coaching |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTD 210-211 |
Ballet II |
1 |
1 |
| HTD 112-113 |
Tap I |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTD 114-115 |
Jazz I |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| APC 122-123 |
Piano Keyboard Class |
2 |
2 |
| HTA 230-231 |
Acting III-IV |
3 |
3 |
| HTA 210-211 |
Voice III-IV |
3 |
3 |
| DRA 362 |
Development of Theatre |
- |
3 |
| TH 220 |
Intermediate Ear Training I |
2 |
- |
| ENG 140 |
Introduction to Literature |
3 |
- |
| CPO 404,405 |
Music Theatre Chorus/Laboratory |
1 |
1 |
| MUS 110,111 |
Paranov Performance Hour |
- |
0.5 |
| Total Credits |
18.5 |
17 |
Third Year |
| AVO 488 |
Vocal Study |
2 |
2 |
| ACO 488 |
Vocal Coaching |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTD 212-213 |
Tap II |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTD 214-215 |
Jazz II |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTA 310-311 |
Acting V - VI |
3 |
3 |
| AUC |
All University Curriculum |
3 |
3 |
| ENG 348/349 |
Modern Drama: 1870-1920/1920-present |
- |
3 |
|
Academic Elective
|
3 |
- |
| HLM 111 |
History of Music Theatre |
3 |
- |
| HTA 325 |
Movement for the Music Theatre Actor |
- |
3 |
| CPO 404,405 |
Music Theatre Chorus/Laboratory |
1 |
1 |
| MUS 110-111 |
Paranov Performance Hour |
0.5 |
- |
| Total Credits |
17 |
16.5 |
Fourth Year |
| AVO 488 |
Vocal Study |
2 |
2 |
| ACO 488 |
Vocal Coaching |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| HTA 430 |
Acting VII |
3 |
- |
| HTA 451 |
Career Preparation |
- |
3 |
| ENG 361/362 |
Shakespeare: Plays to 1600/Plays after 1600 |
- |
3 |
| AUC |
All University Curriculum |
3 |
3 |
| ENG |
English Elective (above ENG 140) |
3 |
- |
M 110, 114 or 116
|
Mathematics Elective |
- |
3 |
| CPO 404, 405 |
Music Theatre Chorus/Laborartory |
1 |
1 |
| REC 440 |
Recital (or Cabaret) |
- |
0 |
|
Academic Elective |
3 |
- |
| Total Credits |
15.5 |
15.5 |
Note: Theatre students must maintain a 2.67 major GPA at all times.