Samavesha with Srikanth Natarajan and Aswathy Srikanth
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
BUY TICKETSIn the New England premiere of Samavesha, husband and wife Indian dance stars Srikanth Natarajan and Aswathy Srikanth’s gender-bending transformation of characters in the Indian epic the Mahābhārata suggest this classic text was ahead of its time.
Read more about Samavesha.Shashank Subramanyam
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Hailed as one of the best flute artists in Indian classical music, Shashank Subramanyam returns to Wesleyan for the first time in a dozen years, accompanied by Sruti Sarathy on violin and Patri Satish Kumar on mrdangam (double-headed drum).
Read more about Shashank Subramanyam.B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Vocalist and Adjunct Professor of Music and Global South Asian Studies B. Balasubrahmaniyan will be joined by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Global South Asian Studies David Nelson PhD ’91 on mrdangam (double-headed drum) for their 21st anniversary Navaratri Festival concert together. They will be joined by violinist V. Ravi and Siva Ponnudurai on kanjira (frame drum).
Read more about Vocal Music of South India.WesGrooves Social Dance Series: West African Dance with Iddi Saaka [NEW TIME]
Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 5:00pm
Fries Arts Building, 56 Hamlin Street, Middletown, Connecticut
The fourth event in the new WesGrooves series of social dance events with a vision to create community connection through rigorous play and creative movement will feature a West African dance lesson from Associate Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka followed by a dance party featuring Wesleyan’s African Pop Music Band, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa PhD ’18, as the culmination of the opening celebration of the new Fries Arts Building.
Read more about WesGrooves.ВСЕ БУДЕ УКРАЇНА—Ukraine Lives! Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A mesmerizing concert that celebrates Ukraine's cultural heritage through music featuring the bandura, a traditional 60-stringed instrument that tells the story of the Ukrainian people more powerfully than any textbook. Today, as Ukraine defends itself against a full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is a powerful symbol of cultural survival.
Read more about the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Gary Red Oak O’Neil presents a solo exhibition of his longstanding ceramic practice, including new works inspired by a current archaeological dig in Glastonbury that unearths material culture that offers glimpses of Wangunk (the Indigenous people of Central Connecticut) interactions with early 17th-century British settlers.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 12:00pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
