Featured Events | Streams of Music | Islands of Discourse | Exhibition
Schedule | Registration, Tickets etc.
Friday, February 21, 7pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Tickets: $5
An opening musical cavalcade with faculty, students, and alumni.
Featuring works by:
and performances by:
Friday, February 21, 9pm, Daltry Room (Rehearsal Hall Rm. 003)
Free Admission
A multi-media performance, A Library of Flames follows the relationship of two mbira players—teachers of Paul Berliner PhD ’74—who chose different sides during Zimbabwe’s Independence War and the consequences this has had on their music.
Saturday, February 22, 7pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Tickets: $10 General, $8 Seniors/Wesleyan Faculty & Staff/Non-Wesleyan Students, $5 Wesleyan Students
A concert featuring Bob Becker ’71 and Russell Hartenberger PhD ’74 (performers with Steve Reich and founding members of the acclaimed percussion ensemble NEXUS) followed by legendary jazz multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers (artist in residence at Wesleyan in the early 1970s) and his trio with Doug Matthews and Anthony Cole.
Saturday, February 22, 10pm, World Music Hall
Free Admission
Since the 1970s Wesleyan students, faculty, and friends have gathered regularly for klenengan, an informal gathering of musicians who meet to play Javanese gamelan and enjoy each other’s company. With Wesleyan faculty Sumarsam MA ’76 and I.M. Harjito, alumni, and friends.
Update: Dancers Suharti and Soedarsono from the court city of Yogyakarta, Central Java, will perform Golek Lambangsari and Klana at 10pm, accompanied by the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble.
Sunday, February 23, 11am–1pm, Russell House Tickets: $5
Join founding faculty David McAllester and Dick Winslow ’40 and friends for an informal buffet brunch and conversation.
Sunday, February 23, 1pm, World Music Hall Free Admission
A tribute to T. Viswanathan PhD ’75 and T. Ranganathan, their family heritage, and their legacy of bringing South Indian performance and scholarship to generations of American students. A talk by Harold S. Powers will precede a concert by K.S. Subramanian PhD ’86 on vina, students of Viswa and Ranga, and friends.
Programs, artists, and dates are subject to change without notice. Sponsored by the Music Department and co-sponsored by the Center for the Arts and University Relations. The Festival is made possible by support from the Edward W. Snowdon Fund and the George Jackson Memorial Fund.