The Hartt School Community Division September Newsletter
September 24, 2019
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What have our students been up to this summer?
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The
Young Composers Project: Summer Edition
led by
Jessica Rudman
, Ph.D was a week packed with exciting lectures and projects about film music composition. The final presentation featured music composed by students to film clips of
Shawn the Sheep
,
Jurassic Park
, and character themes. Hollywood here we come!
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Abigail Sunde, piano student of
Malgosia Lis
and violin student of
Teri Einfeldt
, attended
Aspen Music Festival and School
. While she was there, she auditioned to perform in a spotlight recital and was accepted! She was able to play in Harris Concert Hall and describes this as "an amazing opportunity."
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Liya Tang, piano student of
Malgosia Lis
and cello student of
Blake Brasch
, won first prize in the young artist piano category of the 2019 New Year Global Music Competition and second prize in the young artist instrumental (strings & woodwind) category of the same competition. Liya was selected to perform at the winners’ concerts at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, and Steinway Hall in July, and was also given a piano master class by a Juilliard professor!
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Several Community Division piano students entertained guests before the "Ode to Joy" concert series featuring the Lions Gate Trio and friends. The pianists, students of
Maggie Francis
and
Malgosia Lis
, performed a piece by Eric Satie entitled
Tango Perpetuel,
a perpetual Tango.
Satie himself suggested that the piece be performed 840 times in a row. Our pianists managed to perform it 118 times in just a few evenings! The brave pianists, who learned the piece in about 10 days, were:
En-hua Holtz, Jimmy and Andy Dong, Julius Shieh, Sarah Tsai, Vien Le, Liya Tang, Monica and Gianna Weidman, and Jason and Ivy Nguyen. The poster featured here was created by Jasmine Lansdale-Alexander, age 11, daughter of Hartt principal artist teacher of violin
Katie Lansdale
.
Thank you to all who participated!
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The Hartt School Community Division and
Summer Musical Theater Intensive
Alumna Ta'Nika Renée Gibson will be making her Broadway Debut in the
Ain't Too Proud Musical
covering the roles Diana Ross, Tammi Terrell, Johnnie Mae, Mary Wilson, Josephine, and Mama Rose! During her time with HCD, Ta'Nika was the recipient of a merit-based scholarship from the Andersen Vocal Activities Fund.
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A Correction to the June Newsletter:
From the studio of
Sima Brodsky
: Julia Zheng was the winner of the CT
Steinway
Competition,
Junior Division. She won the title after performing in the final round of the competition in New York City on April 28.
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We're accepting stories of student success, exciting announcements, performances, etc. for our October newsletter.
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