Metcalf in Hartford Courant, McQuillan in Hartford Courant, McMath in Cape Cod Times, and More

Steve Metcalf, director of instrumental studies at The Hartt School and former full-time music critic at the Hartford Courant from 1982 to 2001, wrote an opinion column in the Sunday, July 31, “Opinion” section of the Courant about the closing of Borders bookstores in Connecticut. Click here to read the article.

Shawn McQuillan, assistant director for community life in the University’s Office of Residential Life, was quoted in a Friday, July 29, Hartford Courant story about ways to make a college dorm room more comfortable on a tight budget. Click here to read the article.

Hartt School student Andrew McMath received a very positive review from the Cape Cod Times on Saturday, July 30, of his performance in “Dames at Sea,” being staged at the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham, Mass. “The standout voice is McMath,” notes the review. Also receiving great reviews were Hartt School alum Kyle Brand ('10) and current Hartt students Caitlin Wilayto and Mark Ford. Click here to read the full write-up.

Hartford Art School alum Peter Albano, who is part of an effort to explore, and draw attention to, the portion of the Park River that is buried under downtown Hartford, was the subject of a story in the Friday, July 29, edition of the Hartford Courant. Click here to read the story and see video of one of Albano’s canoe trips into the underground river.

University alum Corry Kanzenberg, who in expert on Norman Rockwell, has been appointed curator of exhibitions and collections at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas (which has the second-largest public collection of Norman Rockwell artwork in the world), by the Boy Scouts of America. To read the Thursday, July 28 article in Dallas Art News on Kanzenberg, who got her undergraduate degree in art history and painting, click here.

A string instrument repair class offered during the summer by The Hartt School was the focus of a feature story in the Stamford Advocate on Monday, Aug. 1. Wendy Delsen, a middle school teacher in Stamford, talked about how much she learned, such as the best way to repair everything from a broken bridge on a violin to a cracked cello, during her week as a student in this program. To read the article, click here.

Hartt School alum Javier Colon, winner of NBC’s “The Voice” singing competition was profiled in a story in theQuincy, Mass. Patriot Ledger newspaper on Saturday, July 30. Click here to read the article. He was also featured in a West Hartford News story on Saturday, July 30. Click here to read that story.