Connecticut Story Telling Center

With more than 60 seasons, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra is one of Connecticut's premier musical organizations and is one of America's leading regional orchestras. The mission of the HSO is to perform live orchestral music for ever-expanding audiences, and through its educational programs increase the understanding and enjoyment of music by residents in Connecticut. The orchestra presents more than 70 concerts annually, including The Masterworks Series, Hartford Symphony POPS! and Family Matinees at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and The Choral Collection, a series presented in collaboration with The Hartford Chorale. Each season, the HSO plays to audiences numbering approximately 170,000 and reaches thousands statewide through its broadcast concerts on Connecticut Public Radio. The orchestra's Musical Pathways educational activities serve more than 60,000 individuals in Hartford and surrounding communities annually. More than 8,000 subscribers and 3,000 donors support it. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in Hartford, Conn.

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is a non-profit consortium comprising leading art and design schools in the United States and Canada, founded in 1991. AICAD's mission is to strengthen its member colleges while promoting the value of studying arts and design to the public, educating over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students annually. AICAD facilitates a variety of programs and activities aimed at enhancing collaboration among member institutions, advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and providing valuable insights into current art and design educational issues. The organization also supports student exchanges and fosters communication among faculty and administrators to address timely topics in the field. Generated from the website