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University of Hartford Hartt School

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{{Infobox university

|name = The Hartt School, University of Hartford

|image =

|parent = University of Hartford

|established = 1920

|type = School of Music, Dance, and Theatre

|dean = Dale A. Merrill

|city = West Hartford

|state = Connecticut

|country = United States

|campus = Suburban

|website = {{url|www.hartford.edu/hartt}}

|logo = The Hartt School wordmark.svg

|logo_size = 250px

}}

The Hartt School is the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1920 by Julius Hartt and Moshe Paranov, Hartt has been part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the Hartt College of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the university in 1957. The Hartt School offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in music, dance, theatre, and associated disciplines. The Hartt Community Division offers a variety of opportunities in music and dance for students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.{{cite web|url=http://www.hartford.edu/hartt |title=The Hartt School |publisher=Hartford.edu |access-date=2018-04-25}}

Organ Studies

Since its founding, Hartt had an organ program of study. In 1970, the school acquired a new Gress-Miles pipe organ;{{Cite web |date=2015-05-07 |title=Hartt's Organ Program: A Postlude |url=https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2015-05-07/hartts-organ-program-a-postlude |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Connecticut Public |language=en}} it was inaugurated with a performance of Bach's Wir glauben all' an einen Gott. The organ program's director, John Holtz, subsequently launched the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival which ran from 1971 to 1984, and brought world-wide attraction to Hartt with new organ music commissions and performances from major composers and organists, including Marilyn Mason, William Albright, Iannis Xenakis, and William Bolcom.{{Cite web |title=John Cromwell Holtz Obituary (2001) Hartford Courant |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hartfordcourant/name/john-holtz-obituary?id=28359499 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Legacy.com}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://marilynmason.life/media/1980-Jul-25-Harford-CT.pdf |title=The Tenth Anniversary of the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival |date=1980 |publisher=Hartt School of Music / University of Hartford}} In 1982, the festival expanded to include harpsichord music.{{Cite journal |last=Palmer |first=Larry |date=August 1982 |title=Harpsichord News |url=https://sgcimages.s3.amazonaws.com/Diapason/Digitized%20Issues/1980_s/1982/August%201982.pdf |journal=The Diapason |volume=73 |issue=873 |page=3}} In 2015, facing total declinement of enrollment, the school closed down its organ studies program and sold the Gress-Miles organ to United Methodist Church in Babylon, New York.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-30 |title=Hartt School Winds Down Organ Program, Sells Pipe Organ |url=https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2015-04-30/hartt-school-winds-down-organ-program-sells-pipe-organ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Connecticut Public |language=en}} As of 2022, faculty member Scott Lamlein re-started a Foundations of Organ Performance course available to Hartt piano students, taught on a 1986 Wolff studio pipe organ.{{Cite web |title=New Hartt Course for Pianists to Learn the Pipes Organ |url=https://www.hartford.edu/unotes/2022/03/new-hartt-course-for-pianists-to-learn-the-pipes-organ1.aspx |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.hartford.edu |language=en}}File:MortHandelHall.jpg

Notable faculty

The Hartt School's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world.{{cite web|url=http://harttweb.hartford.edu/faculty/default.aspx |title=The Hartt School |publisher=Harttweb.hartford.edu |access-date=2018-04-25}} Notable faculty members have included:

Notable alumni

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.hartford.edu/hartt/default.aspx}}

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Category:Schools in Hartford County, Connecticut

Category:Music schools in Connecticut

Category:Universities and colleges established in 1920

Category:1920 establishments in Connecticut