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The Hartford Conservatory was a performing arts school in Hartford, Connecticut, that operated from 1890 to 2011.[1]

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  1. 37 relations: Academic staff, Accreditation, Alwin Nikolais, Arthur Everett Austin Jr., Avant-garde, Betty Allen, Choreography, Cirque du Soleil, Classical music, Dance, Dezron Douglas, Duke Ellington, Grayson Hugh, Gwyneth Van Anden Walker, Hartford Courant, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Hartford, Connecticut, Jacques d'Amboise (dancer), Jazz, Jazz dance, Legacy.com, Margarita Froman, Mary Wigman, Modern dance, Music, Musical theatre, Opera, Orchestra, Performing arts, Popular music, Ralph Belknap Baldwin, Religious music, Savion Glover, Students' union, Teresa Stich-Randall, The Harlem School of the Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum.

  2. 1890 establishments in Connecticut
  3. Defunct schools in Connecticut
  4. Music schools in Connecticut
  5. Performing arts education in the United States

Academic staff

Academic staff, also known as faculty (in North American usage) or academics (in British, Australia, and New Zealand usage), are vague terms that describe teachers or research staff of a school, college, university or research institute.

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Accreditation

Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection and testing).

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Alwin Nikolais

Alwin Nikolais (November 25, 1910 – May 8, 1993) was an American choreographer, dancer, composer, musician, and teacher.

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Arthur Everett Austin Jr.

Arthur Everett "Chick" Austin Jr. (December 18, 1900 – March 29, 1957) was the director of the Wadsworth Atheneum from 1927 through 1944.

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Avant-garde

In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.

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Betty Allen

Betty Allen (March 17, 1927 – June 22, 2009) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1950s through the 1970s.

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Choreography

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified.

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Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil ("Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Dance

Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.

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Dezron Douglas

Dezron Lamont Douglas is an American jazz double bassist, composer and producer.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

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Grayson Hugh

Grayson Hugh (born October 30, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, Hammond B3 organ player and composer.

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Gwyneth Van Anden Walker

Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 22 March 1947) is an American music educator and composer.

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Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

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Hartford International University for Religion and Peace

The Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (formerly Hartford Seminary) is a private theological university in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)

Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn, July 28, 1934 – May 2, 2021) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jazz dance

Jazz dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the mid 20th century.

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Legacy.com

Legacy.com is a United States-based website founded in 1998, the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials.

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Margarita Froman

Margareta Petrovna Froman (8 November 1890 – 24 March 1970), known professionally as Margarita Froman, was a Russian ballet dancer, dance educator, and choreographer. (Sources vary on her birthdate; some give a year as late as 1896.).

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Mary Wigman

Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer, notable as the pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes.

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Modern dance

Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Music

Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Performing arts

The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience.

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Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Ralph Belknap Baldwin

Ralph Belknap Baldwin (June 6, 1912 – October 23, 2010)Who's Who in America.

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Religious music

Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.

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Savion Glover

Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973) is an American tap dancer, actor and choreographer.

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Students' union

A students' union or student union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools.

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Teresa Stich-Randall

Teresa Stich-Randall (Stich; 24 December 1927 17 July 2007) was a European-based American soprano opera singer.

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The Harlem School of the Arts

Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) is an art school located in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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Wadsworth Atheneum

The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut.

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See also

1890 establishments in Connecticut

Defunct schools in Connecticut

Music schools in Connecticut

Performing arts education in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Conservatory

Also known as Hartford School of Music.