On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I am currently pursuing a Doctoral degree at the Franz Liszt Academy, while holding a full time teaching position at the University of Szeged, serving as International Liaison for the Music Department. While performing on tour was incredibly memorable, I also enjoyed working with students in masterclasses around the world: learning about different cultural perspectives while working towards the common goal of playing music. He adjudicated the MTNA Young Artist Competition and piano competitions in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Connecticut, and New York. B.M. Past highlights include a recital for the Barbican Centers Sound Unbound Weekend, performances with the New Sussex Symphony, Westfield Symphony, Manalapan Battleground Symphony, Guildhall Brass Ensemble, Cambridge Graduate Orchestra, Bravura Philharmonic, and the American premier of an original composition by Karen Lefrak, as a featured performe in the Youth America Grand Prix Gala (David H. Koch Theater). A member of the piano faculty at the Juilliard School since 1999, Mr. McDonald joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007. As a member of the Donn Trenner Orchestra, Bruce has performed in concert with Josh Groban, Celtic Woman and Earth, Wind & Fire. This is going to be my first time at LMC and I am very excited to meet piano students from all over the world, as well as other faculty. My instructors are all amazing and they teach me a lot of things., Camille from ChinaStudied International Pathway Program PO Box 2630 Eastman School of Music, Yi-Cheng Shia Currently, I am head of the piano department at Silver Music school in NYC and piano faculty at JCC Thurnauer School of Music in New Jersey. Laura Thompson holds a Master of Science degree in Music Therapy from SUNY New Paltz. B.M. His repertoire ranges from standard piano works to contemporary music premieres, with an emphasis on Spanish and Latin-American music. M.M. Hartt offers you the traditional music offerings, intense private lessons, a strong piano pedagogy component, and experience in accompanying. Recognized nationally and internationally as performers, educators, creators, and scholars, The Hartt School faculty members are active in their areas of expertise. Groton Hill Music Center shares the transformative power of music, through teaching and performing, and giving music generously when there is need. A huge advocate for contemporary music, my performances of Gorecki's Piano Sonata and Four Preludes as well as Richard Rodney Bennett's Noctuary: Variations on a Theme by Scott Joplin were received by critics to high acclaim (Classical Source, Art Desk, The Guardian), and have all been recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Just before the pandemic, I embarked on two concert tours as a laureate of Sicilys IBLA Grand Prize, where I had received the Bach Special Mention. Associate Professor of Music , Piano. He is the founder and artistic director of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festivals Winter Workshop, is a faculty member at the Taos School of Music and the Manchester Music Festival, has served as artistic advisor of the Vivace International Music Festival and has taken a leading role in creating opportunities for talented students through the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festivals Next Gen on the Road, Next Gen Goes Solo and Summer Chamber Music Institute initiatives. When I used to attend music festivals myself, I always enjoyed attending Banff Music Festival because of its location. Since establishing my private studio in the United States in 2001, my students have been regular top prize winners at piano competitions, and several of them have continued their studies at the Juilliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Bowdoin and Indiana University School of Music. In 1982 Robert McDonald, now on the faculty of the Julliard School and Curtis Institute of Music, joined the school as resident pianist and Artistic Director and remains with Taos School of Music today. In 1970, the school acquired a new Gress-Miles pipe organ;[2] it was inaugurated with a performance of Bach's Wir glauben all' an einen Gott. MM, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London), Artist Diploma, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London). Kristen is currently the Music Associate at MoCA Westport where she heads the Music at MoCA Concert Series alongside conductor Alexander Platt and is the admin of the Heida Hermanns International Music Competition. An avid pedagogue and music educator, Janet Ainsworth has served on the executive boards of the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association (including as President) and the New England Piano Teachers Association, and is currently chair for the NEPTA Student Masterclass and Senior recitals. Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands On the pre-college level, I teach piano and chamber music at The Hartt School Community Division. When you choose to study piano at Hartt, you will be immersed in a well-rounded, comprehensive course of study designed to prepare students for professional opportunities. Principal studies with Anne Koscielny, Raymond Hanson, and Lily Dumont. Further, the study of music is also about process. University of Hartford Directory Hartt Administration and Staff Dale A. Merrill Founded in 1920, The Hartt School has decades of experience training students in the performing arts. Instructor, PianoAlan Simon earned an M.A. A piano instructor since 1982, Ms. Braun currently teaches piano at Elizabethtown College, Lancaster Country Day School and her home studio. Hartt offers you the traditional music offerings, intense private lessons, a strong piano pedagogy component, and experience in accompanying. [1], Since its founding, Hartt had an organ program of study. in Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Ensemble, Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. Harris Becker (Musicianship, Music History) Director, Guitar Studies. She is a pianist, composer and author. However, we encourage applicants to reach out to our faculty members to discuss audition repertoire. Attend masterclasses and events taught by guest artists to gain an outside perspective of your craft. She studied Suzuki flute pedagogy with Laurel Maurer at the Hartt School of Music and Suzuki piano pedagogy with Gail Lange in Waterloo, Canada and Sachiko Isihara in Newton. The Hartt School's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world. This will be his thirty-eighth summer in Taos. Born in Hartford to Russian immigrants in 1895, Morris began violin lessons at age 5 but soon switched to piano at Hartt's urging. He attended the Berklee College of Music, studying under Steve Allee, James Williams and Donald Brown. All rights reserved. For many years, Ahyoung performed with her sisters (who play violin and cello) in a piano trio, traveling throughout Europe, Korea and the United States. He is the founder, artistic director and executive director of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina which is celebrating its 22nd Season and has appeared at festivals worldwide including the SpringLight (Finland), Storioni (Holland), Summer Solstice (Canada), Casals (Puerto Rico), Intimacy of Creativity (Hong Kong), Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee (Israel), Taos, Bard, Bravo! She has adjudicated for competitions and festivals throughout New England. What excites you about Luzerne Music Center? Head: Strings (HCD); Suzuki Violin; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy, Director of Teaching and Learning, HCD; Suzuki Violin; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy, Theater Division Director; Assistant Professor of Theater, Actor Training Coordinator; Artists Teacher, HCD Director of Music Programs; Voice Faculty; Artist Teacher, Voice Teacher; Artist Teacher; Mixed Choir Director: Connecticut Children's Chorus, Associate Professor of Choral Music and Director of Choral Activities. Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding, raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism; the Philadelphia Inquirer praises its seemingly infallible instincts for nding the center of gravity in every phrase and musical gesture. As the violist of the Barber String Quartet, he performed concerts throughout Poland on a U.S. Embassy-endorsed tour. Bruce believes that music and the arts are a vital part of education and that every child should have the opportunity to study andlearn how to play an instrument. Boston University Students at Luzerne experience this same growth through surrounding themselves with a wonderful support system, world-class faculty, and the beautiful Adirondacks! Currently, the Borromeo, Brentano, and Cooperstown Quartets spend a part of their summers teaching at the School. He plays regularly as Principal Double Bassist in the Hamden Symphony and as the bass player in JINQS, a jazz combo based in Torrington, CT. Beside working as a freelance artist in various ensembles and as a private teacher throughout the State of Connecticut, he has also presented as a guest artist at the 2017 Fairfield County String Festival. The Westport School of Music is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. The masterclass will feature the members of his touring quartet and feature music [] She is currently performing with the Bridgeport, Ridgefield, and Wallingford Symphonies and is the professor of cello at the University of Bridgeport. Perhaps the most important processes we will be exploring are learning how to listen deeply and how to trust our musical instincts especially when we perform. The fall of 2014 brought the Brentano to Yale as the Resident String Quartet of the Yale School of Music where they perform in concert each semester, and work closely with the students in chamber music contexts. Concerts & Events Calendar; Subscription Series Graduate Studies (M.A. He currently maintains a private teaching studio in Guilford, CT. Mr. Hill earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Lakehead University and a Masters Degree in Guitar Performance and a Graduate Professional Diploma in chamber performance from the Hartt School of Music. While working together, all piano students can expect to utilize my extensive knowledge of music, piano playing and repertoire as a treasure chest: taking absolutely everything they need to better their own playing in an open and friendly environment. An active chamber musician, Mr. Sloat is a member of the Trio Dolce and the Ives Chamber Players. Claire has been a featured soloist at the Vancouver Art Gallerys Out for Lunch Concert Series, Visual Space Art Gallery, Nanaimo Chamber Festival, among others. Representative for the Associated Board of Royal School Music Piano Faculty at St. Paul's Choir School, Cambridge Harriet Yu-Ti Hung Graduate Performance Dip candidate in Collaborative Piano, Longy School . Skip to Main Content University of HartfordUniversity of Hartford My UHart My UHart Blackboard Head: Traditional Piano, Manager and Evaluator of Academic Support Services; Suzuki and Traditional Piano; Artist Teacher of Piano, Traditional Piano; Artist Teacher, Piano Department. Hartt's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world. Classes are adapted to include movement as needed, use a variety of positive reinforcement tools, and are sensory-friendly. I have also benefited from several master classes with renowned pedagogues such as Steven Kovacevich, Marc Durand, Robert McDonald, Andre Michel Schub, Joseph Kalichstein, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert Levin, John Perry, and Jacques Rouvier. I have been featured in performances at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Merkin Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Tenri Cultural Institute, Milton Court Concert Hall, and the Yamaha Salon, as well as Paul Hall (The Juilliard School). A Masters degree in Vocal Performance offers solo opportunities in choral and orchestral concerts and two graduate recitals per year. Instructor, PianoDave Childs has taught and performed as a classical and jazz pianist for over thirty years. Ms. The Quartet has received many awards throughout their illustrious career, including Lincoln Centers Avery Fisher Career Grant and Martin E. Segal Award, and Chamber Music Americas Cleveland Quartet Award. In addition to performing the entire two-century range of the standard quartet repertoire, the Brentano Quartet has a strong interest in both very old and very new music. Lauras clinical music therapy experience ranges from her practicum placement at the Nordoff-Robbins Center at NYU, where she worked with children and adults with developmental delay, autism, and special needs, to her internship at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, where she led group and individual sessions for older adults with cognitive decline and related physio-neurological issues. Instructor, Piano Dana Laporta earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Hartt School of Music and her Master of Music in piano from the Manhattan School of Music. She continued, To hear and see them perform has always felt to me like taking a private tour through a composers mind. The Borromeo have been trailblazers in the use of laptop computers for reading music. We each have different struggles at the various stages of learning piano. One of his goals as an instructor is to help turn students from passive listeners into active listeners so they become stronger musicians. By Name Titus Abbott Jazz clarinet and saxophone Along the way, Hartt began teaching a promising young musician named Morris Perlmutter. Recent appearances include concerto performances with the Quad-City and Tallahassee Symphonies; solo performances at Carnegie Hall and St. Johns College, Oxford; and performances with the Chamber Music Societies of Lincoln Center and Philadelphia. Joined LMC Faculty in 2007. They are renowned performers, exceptional scholars, dedicated teachers, and generous mentors who inspire their students to achieve at the highest levels. That's why we put on more than 400 performances, recitals, lectures, and master classes each year. At Hartt, we think the best way to learn and perfect your craft is by doing. Janet previously held piano faculty positions at the Rivers Music School Conservatory in Weston and at St. Mark's School in Southborough. In my opinion, there is no better way to study music or to spend a summer than to go to a place like Luzerne Music Center. The opportunities and insight we are able to give these young musicians by living in such close proximity, leading by example and letting them witness the daily life of professional musicians is priceless. 122 Old Ayer Rd Groton, MA 01450 978-486-9524, Office Hours Mon-Fri: 9am 9pm Sat: 8am 6pm Sun: closed. As a soloist, chamber musician and member of the Alturas Duo, Mr. Hill has premiered over sixty pieces of new music and has won the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming award, a New Music America commissioning grant, the World Cultural Initiative Laureate Prize for best Latin Band, and is a Canada Arts Council recipient. What can campers expect to learn working with you this summer? She has been accompanist for the Adesso Choral Society of Ridgefield, and has taught at The Greenwich Country Day School. An avid advocate for outreach and community, I have over 5 years of experience teaching at summer music programs and enthusiastically go above and beyond to inspire and excite students in their studies. The steps of the artistic process are accelerated at camp because of the plentiful opportunities for lessons, practice, studio classes, and performances. She also enjoys giving back to her community by performing at care homes and hosting fundraising concerts for local charities. Donations keep this program alive and thriving! Welcome to The Hartt School, a performing arts conservatory for music, dance, and theatre. WSM faculty Elina Christova and Dave Childs play the Paul Ayres duet on the Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor for organ. Gregorian makes his home in North Carolina with his wife, violinist Hye-Jin Kim, and their son, Theodor. In addition to their extensive music-making careers, they are all dedicated teachers, with appointments at the Peabody Conservatory and East Carolina University. One of the concert tours took me through seven countries beginning in Tbilisi, Georgia, traveling through Southeast Asia, performing in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and ending with a recital at Tokyos Kioi Hall. Lastly, I am thrilled to be making music with my wonderful colleagues, performing concerts for the students and the community! M.M. He has taught at the university level, been on the faculty of the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, and has many years of experience teaching all ages, levels, and genres of piano music. He has been a member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music School. Laura's person-centered approach combines active music therapy techniques with listening and reflection, and she believes that music can provide the opportunity for growth and development for anyone, regardless of their age and their physical, neurological, emotional, cognitive, or behavioral challenges. Learn moreabout the undergraduate or graduate application process, in-person audition dates, and deadlines. After all, studying music gives us the chance to understand our own humanity through art and to communicate that understanding through sound! By age 15 he was making pocket money by playing at weddings, hotels, and theaters, where he accompanied silent films. 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. You will be able to participate in many performance, educational, and professional development opportunities. Get a boost in your music career with a Masters degree. It has performed many musical works pre-dating the string quartet as a medium, and has worked closely with some of the most important composers of our time. My students were equally successful at competitions in the USA and abroad, and I am proud to say that many of my students enrolled in universities, and pursued professional piano performing and teaching careers. That is one of the things that makes a Hartt education so special. Studying music is about learning content as well as process! They won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and top prizes at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. While maintaining a busy teaching schedule at the University of Szeged and the Vntus Conservatory, I also enjoy an active international performing career as well, performing solos with the Budapest Strings, the Orchestra de Ciudad de Buenos Aires, among others. In addition to honing his skills as a performer and educator, Andrew continues to evolve and to push the boundaries of his musicianship, having invented and mastered several of his own varieties of musical solfege, researched and discovered links between light and sound waves, and even learned to perform human echolocation. . The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford located in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, that offers degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Prior to joining the Eastman faculty, Dr. Azzara was a professor at The Hartt School of Music, Dance, and Theatre of the University of Hartford, CT. . Kristen Young graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Music in Music Management, and the University of Oklahoma with a Master of Music in Violin Performance and a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship. Beals is a featured soloist and arranger on Jack McDuffs compact discs for Concord and Summit records. While there, he was the recipient of the James Furman Memorial Chamber Music Award. He has also held teaching positions at The Hartt School Community Division and New York University. We will help you to build a solid foundation in the study of performance, while encouraging you to explore your passions and innovate your craft. Founded in 1920 by Julius Hartt and Moshe Paranov, Hartt has been part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt College of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the university in 1957. Additional information on Hartt Summerterm may be obtained by contacting. Donate now, Receive news, updates, and ticket info Get to know our teachers and then register for lessons . Please note:We have students who come to Hartt from across the United States and around the world. 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