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Thank you for your concern about Hartt’s Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance program. Please understand that Hartt’s Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance majors are in completely different divisions and in no way compete.
Students in Hartt’s Vocal Performance program have numerous opera, choral, and recital performance opportunities in addition to Hartt’s core curriculum and pedagogy (voice teaching) courses. A unique aspect of Hartt’s program is that we offer both graduate and undergraduate opera productions. Each spring undergraduates perform in a fully-staged opera selected specifically for the undergraduate voice. The 2008 undergraduate opera is Offenbach’s “Orpheus and the Underworld” and in 2007 students performed Lehar’s “A Merry Widow”. Each fall students also perform opera scenes. Vocal Performance majors are required to be in at least one of Hartt’s five choral performing organizations each semester of the four year program, and our Touring Ensemble is set to debut in China and Taiwan in 2008. Choir concerts are held four times each year and undergraduate soloists are always represented. The choirs often combine to perform masterworks; students will perform Brahms’ Requiem this year. In addition, students perform at least one recital in their first and second year, and multiple recitals in their junior and senior year as part of Undergraduate Recital Series.
If you have any questions about our programs please feel encouraged to contact me at 860.768.4148. |