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Audio recording of a concert by the Hartt Contemporary Players in honor of Hartt's 75th anniversary in Millard Auditorium featuring music by Hartt alumni(ae) composers on October 11, 1995. The recording includes: Raise the roof by Gwyneth Walker with Dan LaPage and Rob LaPage (trumpet), Sara Neuner (horn), Scott Bean (trombone), and Jeremy Koziol (tuba); Looking for Claudio by Barbara Kolb with Tom Schuttenhelm (guitar); Humans, Machines, Chaos – Humans 1, Humans 2, Machines 1, Machines 2, Chaos by Mark Polishook with Erica Rondina (clarinet), Sarah Neuner (horn), Donna Nordstrom and Anthony Dyer (violin), Franklin Alvarez (viola), Silvio Interlandi (cello), and Douglas Jackson (conductor); birddog by Kenneth Steen with Leslie Minnick (flute), Erica Rondina (clarinet), Julie-Anne Derome (violin), Gabriel Prynn (cello), Istvan B'Racz (piano), and Douglas Jackson (conductor).

Audio recording of A concert of musical styles in transition. Recording includes: Introductory remarks by Imanuel Willheim; Quintet no. 4 in E flat, op 11, by Johann Christian Bach; Octet in E flat – Andante maestoso and Allegro moderato, by Sigismund Neukomm. Musicians include: Charles Cornish (French horn), Edward Rozie (double bass), Dennis Najoom (trumpet), Jan Kobialka (cello), Nancy Turetzky (flute), Barry Nudelman (bassoon), Peter Cokkinias (clarinet), Daniel Kobialka (violin), Linda Lawrence (viola), and Frederick Korman (oboe). Intermission. The Hartt Symphony Orchestra conducted by Moshe Paranov perform Concerto no. 8 in A minor, op.47, for violin and orchestra – Allegro molto, Adagio, and Allegro moderato, by Louise Spohr, featuring Jean Tai (violin); Concerto no. 2 in A flat for piano and orchestra – Allegro moderato, Poco adagio - molto espressivo, and Rondo - moderato innocente, by John Field featuring Clinton Adams (piano).

Audio recording of portions of a concert of new music by the Electronic Music Studio on October 12, 1982. The recording includes: Rimembranza for solo flute by Daniele Zanettovich featuring Wayne Pierce (flute); Ghosts for bassoon and tape by Elizabeth R. Scheidel featuring Davis Fox (bassoon); Songs I-IX by Stuart Smith featuring Juliet Dodge (speaker).

Audio recording of the Hartt Symphony Orchestra conducted by Moshe Paranov with guest artists Grant Johannesen (piano) and Zara Nelsova (violoncello) on October 18, 1970. Recording includes: First symphony (in one movement), by Samuel Barber; Concerto no. 3 for piano and orchestra – Allegretto, Adagio religioso, Allegro vivace, by Bela Bartok featuring Grant Johannesen (piano); Concerto for violoncello, opus 104 – Allegro, Adagio man non troppo, Allegro moderato, by Antonin Dvorak featuring Zara Nelsova (violoncello).

Audio recording of A Contemporary Music Festival on October 2, 1965 presented by the University of Hartford and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, and featuring the works of Hartt College of Music Composers. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Arthur Winograd. The recording includes: Three scenes from Pinocchio by Ed Diemente, includes Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, Pinocchio Walks to School, and The Fox and the Cat Deceive Pinocchio, featuring Leonard Seeber – piano;Three Bugs, by Thomas Putsche, includes A Spider - Walking tempo, A Caterpillar - Crawling tempo, A Beetle - Scurrying tempo; Music for Orchestra - Burlesque, by Alvin Epstein; Reflections at the Bronx Zoo – Slowly and delicately, Moderately slow with underlying restlessness, and Fast, by Edward Miller; The Old Street Lantern, by Arnold Franchetti, based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson and Farewell by Elizabeth Randall-Mills, narrated by Philip Treggor and features soloist Bertram Turetzky.