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Music Department Performance/Study Groups
Open to undergraduates and graduates. Qualified Ph.D. students may in certain cases direct groups in their areas of expertise. In conjunction with the Dance Department, classes in South Indian, Javanese, and West African dance are also offered.
Resident Groups and Their Directors
Collegium:
Jane Alden
Experimental Music: Alvin Lucier and Ronald Kuivila
Ebony Singers (Gospel Choir): Marichal Monts
Javanese Gamelan: Sumarsam
and I.M. Harjito
Jazz Orchestra: Jay
Hoggard
Mande Music Ensemble, Steelband: Eric Charry
Small and large ensembles: Anthony Braxton
South Indian mrdangam, kanjira, and solkattu: David Nelson
South Indian vocal: B. Balasubrahmaniyan
West African Drumming: Abraham Adzenyah
Wesleyan Orchestra, Chamber
Music, Wesleyan Ensemble of the Americas: Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Wesleyan Singers, Wesleyan Concert Choir: Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Chamber Music and Coached Ensembles, Angel Gil-Ordoñez,
director
Chamber Music: Anthea Kreston and Jason Duckles
Cello Ensemble: Julie Ribchinsky
Classical Guitar Ensemble: Carver Blanchard
Jazz Ensemble: Noah Baerman
Opera and Oratorio Ensemble: Priscilla Gale
Wes Winds ( Wind Ensemble): Peter Hadley
East Asian Music Ensembles, Su Zheng, coordinator
Chinese Music Ensemble,
Wang Guowei
Japanese
Koto and Shamisen, Masayo Ishigure
Korean Drumming
Ensemble, Sangmin Yook
Other groups currently or recently offered
Balinese Gender Wayang
Afro-Cuban Drumming
Klezmer
Samba
Irish Traditional
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