Art Hauser was born & raised in New Haven. The Hauser family, Mom, Dad, and his 9 brothers and sisters would gather around the piano and sing. The family was a close knit family and all enjoyed the music. After grade school he attended Notre Dame High School where he joined the Glee Club and played the Clarinet in the band.

Upon graduating high school Art joined the U.S. Air Force. From Basic Training he was assigned to flying officers cadet school. When he completed it he became a radar operator on B-29s. When the Air Force began phasing out the aircraft in favor of the B47 he was assigned to the Intelligence Squadron assisting with the Radar Bomber Trainer. While serving at the Smokey Hill Air Base Art was involved in a serious automobile accident . This resulted in a serious hip injury. He was placed in a full body cast and flown to the Scott Air Force Hospital in Belville, Illinois. There he spent two years having numerous surgeries to fuse the hip. In 1958 the Air Force released him with a medical discharge.

 

 Arts next stop was Quinnipiac University where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration as well as a teaching certificate from Southern Connecticut  State University. Upon completion of his education he was hired as a teacher in Meriden. For 20 years Art taught in Eli Whitney as well as Nathan Hale Elementary school. However in 1968 he again underwent serious surgery having the hip re-fused again.

Art and his wife Cathleen raised four daughter and says he polished his singing skills while riding in the family car during vacations. That’s where I learned to change musical keys he said. With five women you learn to do that often even while singing just one song.

In 1983 he joined the New Haven Chapter and became a member of Barbershop Harmony Society. He went on to join the Meriden Chapter remaining with them until it was reorganized and renamed the Connecticut Yankee Chorus.

For over 20 years I have enjoyed the singing, friendships and good times as well as the hard work put into singing well in a Barbershop Chorus. I have always enjoyed our style of music and I always will.