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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.
Friday, May 16, 2008
07:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
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In the Limelight: Jocelyn Pleasant and Friends
Once a month, Green Streets performance studio transforms into an elegant cabaret for our guest artist series. Join us at 7pm for a reception. Green Street teaching artist Jocelyn Pleasant has played percussion with a variety of notable jazz ensemblesNick Mathis Afrikan American Jazz and the Lynn Tracey Project (aka Charlie Parkers Angels). Recent appearances include the Many Colors of a Woman Jazz Festival (Hartford) and also the Lady Got Chops Jazz Festival (New York), among others. For this performance, Pleasant will celebrate her musical influences with a quartet including vibraphonist and Wesleyan Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Jay Hoggard, as well as pianist Kalim Zarif and bass player Dezron Douglas. Audience members can look forward to an evening of music inspired by the bebop and jazz styles of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and the Afro-Caribbean music of Tito Puente. Performance starts at 8pm.
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Admission: $8 ($5 members, seniors & students)
Sponsor: Green Street Arts Center
URL: http://www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Contact: 860-685-7871
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
10:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
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Drum Circle
A drum circle is a group of people gathered together for the purpose of making music with percussion instruments. Lance Kamau James leads Green Streets circlea family-friendly event where people share their spirit by joining rhythmically to entertain as an ensemble. Green Street has several drums that can be shared, or bring your own! Everyone who comes and participates has something to offer the circle, and all are welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Admission: Tuition: $6 per session ($5 members, seniors and students). Free for children age 5 and under.
Sponsor: Green Street Arts Center
URL: http://www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Contact: 860-685-7871
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
03:00 PM
- 04:30 PM
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SteveSongs- Family Concert with Steve Roslonek ('93)
Steve Roslonek ('93) has been writing and performing his award-winning music for kids and families for the past ten years. Steve blends participatory songs, clever stories and great melodies to create what the Boston Globe called "not just a musical journey but an entertain, interactive and educational one." Milk & cookie reception to follow.
All proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund for the Afterschool Program at the Green Street Arts Center.
Location: Crowell Concert Hall
Admission: $15
Sponsor: Green Street Arts Center
URL: http://www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Contact: 860-685-3355
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