<p>The Hartt School is only a completely good place to go if you are a musical theater major. </p>
<p>The worst dept is the vocal dept as long as Ms. Levy is chair. Vocal MusEd will severely frustrate you if you as long as Geoffrey Reynolds remains. He's thoroughly inept in classroom teaching. Ira Braus is a terrible teacher in the music history area, so do everything to avoid him.</p>
<p>In general, do NOT think of Hartt as a great music school. It may have once been, but it hasn't been for a while. Lack of funding and leadership means this school won't revive its rep anytime soon. If you can't get accepted into Juilliard, Eastman, NEC, Peabody, Cleveland Institute, or the Curtis Institute, don't waste your money on Hartt. Go to a regular University School of Music or Music Department.</p>
<p>Ouch, thanks for the advice. Son is trying to find a good fit for classical composition and theory. I just ran across Hartt recently, so I guess I won’t bother to continue in that direction. Thanks.</p>
<p>I guess your experience depends on what you make of it. Despite some concerns before she enrolled, D is having a challenging and positive experience at Hartt. Her teachers at Hartt and in her general ed courses are all excellent, her musical peers are well-prepared and interesting, she has made friends and joined organizations. She earned a generous scholarship and turned down more prestigious programs…and thinks she made the right decision.</p>
<p>Stradmom, this is great to hear ! Hartt is my son’s #1 choice right now. He has applied for Music Recording Technology and Jazz Studies. Can you tell me a little bit more about how she earned the scholarship ? Do they offer most of their students one ?</p>
<p>Hey psu - my husband is a Penn State Alum '78 - good luck to your son! What’s his instrument?</p>
<p>My D is a freshman viola major who apparently nailed her audition, if you believe the people who heard her. But in my experience, Hartt does give a fair amount of students scholarships - I know at least two people there who chose the school in large part because of the merit aid offered, and her roommate (an art major) also received a large scholarship from that department. I think it’s basically a combination of audition results and test scores/GPA etc?</p>
<p>She has some friends in the Recording program and I’m told they’re very bright and work really hard! I believe her particular friends also happen to be in the University Honors Program. It’s a nice group of kids - she’s got 15 (nonmusic major) friends coming to tomorrow’s orchestra concert to support her!</p>
<p>Hi, I’m just finding this school. My son is a contemporary/classical guitarist and has an interest in recording as well. I like to see him in a good LA school as he also has tentative plans to go on to law school. Tell me about the guitar program???</p>
<p>I know Hartt is one of the premier Suzuki guitar programs for precollege students - sorry, not sure about the collegiate offerings. As you know, their recording major is also strong, and students have to pass an audition to participate. Double majoring would take some creative scheduling on your son’s part (maybe some summer or winter term courses?) since Hartt’s schedule is pretty demanding, but he could easily put together some electives that would set him up for law school. I believe some of the university requirement seminars have a pre-law focus, so he could select those as his liberal arts electives. Good luck with auditions!</p>
<p>Hartt did offer a dual degree in performance and music technology, designed as a five year program, but in checking, it is no longer on the list of their dual music combinations [The</a> Hartt School | Music Dance Theatre > Five-Year Double Major Programs](<a href=“The Hartt School - University of Hartford”>The Hartt School - University of Hartford). Dick Provost is the guitar chair. You may want to take a look here [url=<a href=“http://www.nickcutroneo.com/]nickcutroneo.com[/url”>http://www.nickcutroneo.com/]nickcutroneo.com[/url</a>], and maybe contact Nick. He is a fairly recent Hartt BM graduate, maybe now just finishing his MM, or possibly starting a DMA. He’s a consumate artist.</p>
<p>Justin Kurtz is the music tech chair, you may want to contact him as well. Take a look at the Hartt supplement of the “undergrad handbook”, and it will give you the availability of coursework within the tech/production aspect for non-majors. Hartt is fairly flexible for cross discipline work across music areas, but given the strength of that program, there may or may not be much available. Look into whether the options are more flexible as a declared minor.</p>
<p>My son is BM '07 Hartt grad, who started as a performance/ed major. We can’t say enough about his great experience there. PM me if you need further detail. I’ve also posted in the Hartt threads in the music forum with additional background and comments.</p>
But in my experience, Hartt does give a fair amount of students scholarships - I know at least two people there who chose the school in large part because of the merit aid offered, and her roommate (an art major) also received a large scholarship from that department. I think it’s basically a combination of audition results and test scores/GPA etc?</p>