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The Wesleyan University Music Department provides a unique and pioneering environment for advanced exploration committed to the study, performance, and composition of music from a perspective that recognizes and engages the breadth and diversity of the world's musics and technologies. As an integral part of one of the nation's leading liberal arts institutions, the department has enjoyed an international reputation for innovation and excellence, attracting students from around the globe since the inception of its visionary program in World Music four decades ago.
The Music, Art and Art History, Dance, Theater, and Film Departments are part of the Center for the Arts (CFA), a complex of studios, classrooms, galleries, performance spaces, departments, and programs that provide a rich and creative interdisciplinary environment for study and performance. Recent annual CFA music festivals have brought to campus a diverse array of artists, including Max Roach, Pete Seeger, Zakir Hussain (India), Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe), Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti), and Boogsie Sharpe (Trinidad).
A recording studio, a computer and experimental music studio, the Center for the Arts media lab and digital video facility, the World Instrument Collection (which includes the David Tudor Collection of electronic musical instruments and instrumentation) and the Scores and Recordings Collection of Olin Library (which includes the World Music Archives) offer many learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
08:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
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Wayang Kulit
The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble directed by I.M. Harjito, with guest musicians and dhalang (puppet master) Sumarsam will present a Javanese shadow puppet performance.
Location: World Music Hall
Admission: $5 General; $5 Seniors, Faculty & Staff, Non-Wesleyan Students; $4 Wesleyan Students
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
URL: wesleyan.edu/cfa
Contact: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
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Music from East Asia
This event will present diverse styles of Chinese classical and contemporary music, the traditional drumming and dance of Korean Pungmul-Nori and Taiko drumming of Japan in a variety of traditional contexts. All of these music genres are presented by the Wesleyan East Asian music ensembles. The audience is welcome to look at the instruments and talk to the musicians after the concert. Co-sponsored by the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies.
Location: Crowell Concert Hall
Admission: $3 General; $3 Seniors, Faculty & Staff, Non-Wesleyan Students; $2 Wesleyan Students
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
URL: wesleyan.edu/cfa
Contact: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu
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Monday, December 07, 2009
08:00 PM
- 10:30 PM
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Ebony Singers
Come and enjoy an evening of great gospel music with Wesleyan's Ebony Singers under the direction of Pastor Marichal Monts. This event will cause you to clap, sing, cry and be lifted and inspired.
Location: Crowell Concert Hall
Admission: $7 General; $7 Seniors, Faculty & Staff, Non-Wesleyan Students; $5 Wesleyan Students
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
URL: wesleyan.edu/cfa
Contact: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
08:00 PM
- 10:15 PM
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WesWinds Wanders the World
The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Peter Hadley, presents music for winds and percussion from around the globe, including works by Alfred Reed, Robert W. Smith, John Philip Sousa and Jaime Texidor.
Location: Crowell Concert Hall
Admission: Free
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
URL: wesleyan.edu/cfa
Contact: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
07:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
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Javanese Music and Dance
An evening of Javanese music and dance by the beginning and advanced classes.
Location: World Music Hall
Admission: Free
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
URL: wesleyan.edu/cfa
Contact: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu
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