The University of Hartford- The Hartt School
About Hartt
The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford. Hartt offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Renowned faculty who perform and teach around the world mentor our students in their pursuits of excellence. With dozens of performing organizations and more than 400 instrumental and vocal performances, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum.
Bachelor of Music
The Hartt School's Bachelor of Music (BM) degree programs are designed to foster maximum potential for the student of superior talent and motivation in a conservatory setting. Hartt's curricula prepares students for the next step in the various fields of the performing arts be it advanced graduate pursuits or a budding career. Coursework includes private lessons and mentorship with a member of Hartt's acclaimed faculty, ensemble participation, core music classes (music theory, music history, ear training, and keyboard proficiency), courses specific to a particular major, coupled with general academic studies at the University of Hartford.This standard four-year program consists of an approximate 80-20% split in specific classes: 80% within the major and 20% outside the major in general academic classes.
The Bachelor of Music degree offered by The Hartt School is the professional music degree designed to prepare students for careers in:
- Composition
- Instrumental Performance
- Guitar Performance
- Piano Performance
- Music Education
- Music History
- Music Management
- Music Production and Technology
- Music Theory
Vocal Performance- Jazz Studies in the Jackie McClean Institute of Jazz
- Double Major Programs
- Organ Performance
- Vocal Performance - Pre-Cantorial Emphasis
Bachelor of Arts
Students who wish to enroll in a liberal arts program with special emphasis on music may elect the Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major in music. This can be taken with (audition required) or without (audition not required) private lessons. Music and non-music students may elect the Bachelor of Arts with a major in performing arts management, with emphasis on music industry (audition not required).
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degrees in Theatre
The Hartt Theatre Division prides itself on its commitment to offer a theatre education of the highest quality for talented undergraduates pursuing a performance-oriented theatre experience. Hartt's theatre curriculum has created a focused studio experience designed to support a young actor's needs. A solid foundation of fundamentals is laid in the freshman year. The two tracks begin to diverge in the second year, with each concentrating on its area of specialization. Hartt juxtaposes the traditional theatrical repertoire with the performance of new works through its annual Festival of New Plays and Musicals.
Training in the Theatre Division is a challenging and stimulating combination of classes and performance. The faculty firmly believes in the unique imagination that drives each actor to give an intensely personal performance.
The Hartt School Theatre Division is distinguished by its professional connections. All members of the faculty are artists who maintain their contacts with regional theatres, Broadway, film, and television. The School regularly invites guest directors, agents, managers, and casting directors to enhance the work done in each of the programs. It also has a unique "Partnership in Training" with the Tony Award-winning theatres, Hartford Stage and Goodspeed Musicals.The Theatre Division employs many guest teachers and directors who provide coaching and stage our productions.
Degrees in Dance
The Hartt School Dance Division offers an unparalleled opportunity to dancers who wish to seriously pursue a career as performing artists or dance educators in a conservatory-style curriculum while, at the same time, earning a college degree. Hartt offers the only dance programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) in Connecticut. At the core of the program is a system of rigorous technical studies in Classical Ballet, Modern Dance and Contemporary Techniques designed to prepare the aspiring professional dancer to become a leader in the field of dance in the 21st century. In addition, there are courses in specific dance academic subjects as well as the considerable resources of academic excellence available through the University of Hartford. The program allows aspiring professionals the opportunity to work with world-renowned faculty who guide their work in the studio and on stage throughout their training. This program offers future dance performers and teachers the opportunity to develop their craft and artistry in a challenging yet nurturing environment while expanding their ability to function as engaged and educated citizens throughout their careers.
In the first year students are placed in technical levels according to their ability and experience. Their progress is frequently and carefully assessed to insure they are properly challenged and functioning at their best. After their first year, students choose between a Dance Performance or a Dance Pedagogy emphasis. Students in both branches perform in the division's many productions throughout the year and Performance majors also take some pedagogy classes. The curriculum includes course work in music, dance composition, performance techniques, kinesiology, repertory, technology for dance and dance history. It is our goal to graduate technically competent, knowledgeable artists, capable of adapting to the varied demands of a career in dance and prepared to lead the field into the future.
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