Past Events
Major Events
These pages for past special events are maintained for archival interest.
Alvin Lucier: A Celebration: November 4-6, 2011
Ives Vocal Marathon: January 20 - February 1, 2009
Emerging Musical Identities: May 12-14, 2006
Bill Dixon Residency: February 7-12, 2005
Music in Sacred Space: November 22, 2003
Wesleyan World Music Weekend: February 21-23, 2003.
New England Gamelan Weekend: April 19-21, 2002.
Adzenyah in There: A Tribute Concert DVD: From the February 9, 2002 Concert
Listing of Past Events
Dec 4
John Cages Musicircus
01:30 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Dec 3
South Indian Music Student Fall Recital
06:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
WesWinds Fall Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Dec 2
Unruly Waves
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 25
Ebony Singers Winter Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 24
Korean and Taiko Japanese Drumming
04:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 23
Advanced Javanese Gamelan Ensemble
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 22
West African Drumming and Dance
06:30 pm
CFA Theater
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Wesleyan University Orchestra Fall Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 21
Graduate Composers Concert
08:00 pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 15
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Nov 10
Noah Baerman Trio
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Oct 12
Saraswati Puja
02:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
A History of Navaratri at Wesleyan
05:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
V.V. Subrahmanyam: Violin Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Oct 11
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Oct 10
K. S. Subramanian: Vina in Voice in Vina
04:30 pm
Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, Room 003 (Daltry Room)
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Oct 6
Giacomo Gates
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Oct 4
Compositions by Harjito
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Sep 28
Carl Stone Solo Concert
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Sep 18
Sep 15
This Is It! 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely BrucePart IV
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Andrew Chatfield
Apr 16
Apr 3
Music Department Colloquium with Nye Ffarrabas
04:30 pm
Boger Hall Boger Hall Room 112
Sponsor: Bruce, Neely
Feb 25
Cello and Piano Concert
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A cello and piano concert by Julie Ribchinsky and Carolyn Halsted. For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Sponsor: John Elmore
Nov 7
Psychology Colloquium - Lieb
12:00 pm
Judd Hall Judd 116
"Competitive Vulnerability: The Emotional Stripping of Women Pop Stars in the Modern Music Industry" Kristin Lieb, Emerson College Dr. Lieb will explore the implications and outcomes of emotional stripping and strategic overexposure on pop stars, fans, brands, careers, and lives.
Sponsor: Race, Catherine
Oct 12
between systems and grounds: Chapter Three Part II
07:30 pm
Music Library, Third Floor, Olin Library, 252 Chur
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Oct 8
Saraswati Puja (Hindu Ceremony)
11:00 am
World Music Hall
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Solo Dance Performance: Jin Won
02:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 7
Plu: Suhail Yusuf Khan and Henry Hodder with Vishal Nagar
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 6
The Akkarai Sisters Violin Duet: Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi and Akkarai S. Sornalatha
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 5
Graduate Music Colloquium: Garrett FieldRethinking Rga in Free Rhythm: Karnatak lpana and Eloquent Writing
04:30 pm
Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, Room 003
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Sep 23
Center for the Arts 50th Birthday Party
02:00 pm
Center for the Arts Green
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Sep 16
DIY Electronic Sound Workshop with Nicolas Collins
10:00 am
The Disengineering Lab, Room 220, Exley Science Ce
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Sep 15
DIY Electronic Sound Workshop with Nicolas Collins
01:00 pm
The Disengineering Lab, Room 220, Exley Science Ce
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Concert by Nic Collins
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Sep 14
between systems and grounds: Chapter Three Part I
07:30 pm
Music Library, Third Floor, Olin Library, 252 Chur
For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
May 12
Lecture-Demonstration With Gerry OConnor
02:00 pm
Olin Library
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: World Music Archives
Sound Systems and Chamber Electronics [New Time]
04:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 10
Chinese Music Ensemble
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Toneburst Laptop and Korean Drumming
08:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 9
South Indian Music Student Recital
06:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
WesWinds Spring Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Wesleyan Organ Studio: Piping Performance
09:30 pm
Memorial Chapel
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 8
Ebony Singers Spring Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 7
Korean Drumming and Taiko Drumming
04:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
African Pop Music and West African Drumming
07:00 pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 6
Celebration for Sumarsam's Forthcoming Book
01:00 pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Library
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department and World Music Archives
Ocean Filibuster
02:00 pm
CFA Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Javanese Gamelan and Dance
07:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Ocean Filibuster
08:00 pm
CFA Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
May 5
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
12:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Sponsor: Music Department
Wesleyan Collegium Musicum: Gealdorcha [New Time]
06:00 pm
Memorial Chapel
PLEASE NOTE: Time has changed. For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Ocean Filibuster
08:00 pm
CFA Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Wesleyan University Orchestra
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
May 4
Javanese Gamelan and Dance Beginning Students
06:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Ocean Filibuster
08:00 pm
CFA Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Concert Choir
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 30
Senior Recital: Jason Torello [New Time]
08:00 pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 29
Graduate Recital: Langston Lynch
01:00 pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Graduate Recital: Langston Lynch
06:00 pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Akua Dixon and Quartette Indigo
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 28
Graduate Recital: Langston Lynch
08:00 pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 27
Senior Recital: Serina Huang
06:00 pm
Highwaymen Common Room
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Concert by Mallory Elliott [New Location, Date, and Time]
07:30 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 25
Graduate Recital: Parsa Ferdowsi [New Date]
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 23
Senior Recital: Hudson Christie
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 22
Senior Recital: Lily Zhang
05:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Senior Recital: Batya Kline
07:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 21
Senior Recital: Queenie Xie
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Fireside Ocean Jam
08:00 pm
CFA Courtyard
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Theater Department
Apr 20
The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital [New Location]
07:30 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
PLEASE NOTE: This event has a new location. For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 17
Bach at Noon
12:10 pm
Highwaymen Common Room
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 16
Senior Recital: Julia Brody-Barre [New Date, Time, and Venue]
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
PLEASE NOTE: This event has a new date, time, and venue. For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Graduate Recital: Katarina Mazur
07:30 pm
Memorial Chapel
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 15
Senior Installation: Jalen Lee
11:00 am
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Senior Recital: Lilly Gitlitz
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 14
Senior Recital: Mallory Elliott
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 8
Senior Recital: Gib Bernath
07:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 7
Edo kotobukijishi (Japanese traditional lion dance) demonstration and workshop by Eien Hunter-Ishikawa
04:30 pm
CFA Crowell Concert Hall (CFA B) Crowell Concert Hall
A demonstration and workshop by Eien Hunter-Ishikawa.
Sponsor: Tanakadate, Fumi
Senior Recital: Rocky DAntonio
08:30 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 5
Music Colloquium: Felicia Sandler
04:30 pm
Zoom
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 3
Bach at Noon
12:10 pm
Highwaymen Common Room
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 1
Senior Installation: Max Murgio
08:00 pm
Digital Design Commons 100
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Mar 30
A Concert of Kora/Pipa Duo
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
This event has been canceled. For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Mar 29
Music Colloquium: Anya Shatilova and Manuel J. Perez III
04:30 pm
Zoom
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
SIDEBAND +++ TONEBURST!
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Sponsor: Music Department
Mar 28
Graduate Recital: Manuel Perez III
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
For more information, visit the CFA website: www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
Sponsor: Music Department
Dec 10
String Noise Performs Works by Graduate Student Composers
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
New York violin duo String Noise, composed of violinists Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris, performs works by graduate student composers. For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Music Department
Dec 9
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
12:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by various composers. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, will present an exciting program of small-group jazz representing a variety of modern jazz traditions and techniques. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 8
John Cage's "Musicircus"
01:45 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the adventurous MUSC 109 "Introduction to Experimental Music" class present a series of overlapping performances in the seventh rendition of John Cage's Musicircus at Wesleyan since fall 2013. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Beginning Students of the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble
06:30 pm
World Music Hall
Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Concert Choir
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, presents a program featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Wesleyan Organ Studio: Piping Performance
09:30 pm
Memorial Chapel
Students of Artist in Residence and University Organist Alcee Chriss present a recital of organ music. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 7
Chinese Music Ensemble Fall Concert
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyans Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, presents a fall concert featuring a variety of music derived from traditional and contemporary works. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 6
South Indian Music Student Recital
06:00 pm
World Music Hall
Students of Adjunct Associate Professors B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson will perform their end semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
WesWinds Fall Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) performs under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 5
Steel Pan Fall Concert
06:00 pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall
The Wesleyan Steel Pan Ensemble performs under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Briele Scott. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Ebony Singers Winter Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Ebony Singers present an evening of gospel music under the direction of Marichal Monts '85. This joyful, inspiring event is great for the entire family. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 4
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Drumming Ensemble Fall Concert
04:00 pm
World Music Hall
Beginning and advanced students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim, play new arrangements of samulnori (percussion quartet) repertoire. Wesleyans Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese drumming under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka, joined by students in West African music and dance classes. *Please note that masks are required for this event. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 3
Music Capstone Concert: Nicholas Parker--Painting in Sound
06:00 pm
Memorial Chapel
Nicholas Parker 23 performs a Music Department capstone concert. For more information, visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Music Department
Advanced Javanese Gamelan Concert
07:30 pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan's Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, presents the classical music and dance of Central Java. The concert will include a prelude by the Indonesian Connecticut Community Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Professor Harjito. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Dec 2
Wesleyan University Orchestra
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Orchestra performs under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Nov 20
Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX): A Neoshamanic Dance Performance & Discussion
05:00 pm
Downey House
Join us for an evening of Neoshamanic dance and discussion with Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX), who will carry us away on a dance journey to explore our profound power to heal ourselves through sound through traditional songs of the Shamanic communities, a reindeer breath (arctic throat beatbox), trying the sounds of northern birds and animals, moving around and letting go. This is a unique bridge between traditional knowledge and new technologies. Merging with electronic beats a shamanic throat singing, rhythms of mind-altering states, and vibrations of mouth harp/khomus will slide deep into the cells. This event is free and open to the vaccinated public. Cosponsored by the College of the Environment, Religion Department, Music Department, Russian, East European & Eurasian studies and Indigenous Studies Research Network.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX): A Neoshamanic Dance Performance & Discussion
05:00 pm
Downey House
Join us for an evening of Neoshamanic dance and discussion with Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX), who will carry us away on a dance journey to explore our profound power to heal ourselves through sound through traditional songs of the Shamanic communities, a reindeer breath (arctic throat beatbox), trying the sounds of northern birds and animals, moving around and letting go. This is a unique bridge between traditional knowledge and new technologies. Merging with electronic beats a shamanic throat singing, rhythms of mind-altering states, and vibrations of mouth harp/khomus will slide deep into the cells. This event is free and open to the vaccinated public. Cosponsored by the College of the Environment, Religion Department, Music Department, Russian, East European & Eurasian studies and Indigenous Studies Research Network.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX): A Neoshamanic Dance Performance & Discussion
05:00 pm
Downey House
Join us for an evening of Neoshamanic dance and discussion with Snow Raven - SUOR (OLOX), who will carry us away on a dance journey to explore our profound power to heal ourselves through sound through traditional songs of the Shamanic communities, a reindeer breath (arctic throat beatbox), trying the sounds of northern birds and animals, moving around and letting go. This is a unique bridge between traditional knowledge and new technologies. Merging with electronic beats a shamanic throat singing, rhythms of mind-altering states, and vibrations of mouth harp/khomus will slide deep into the cells. This event is free and open to the vaccinated public. Cosponsored by the College of the Environment, Religion Department, Music Department, Russian, East European & Eurasian studies and Indigenous Studies Research Network.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Nov 15
Graduate Music Student Concert: Parsa Ferdowski, Katrina Mazur, and Tobias Haus
08:00 pm
World Music Hall
Graduate music students Parsa Ferdowski, Katrina Mazur, and Tobias Haus present a concert. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website .
Sponsor: Music Department
Nov 13
Jeremy Zwelling Memorial Concert featuring Trio Sefardi
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce presents a concert in memory of Jeremy Zwelling, Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus, who passed away in May 2022 at the age of 81. The concert will feature Trio Sefardi, a Virginia-based ensemble that, since 2010, has performed traditional songs of the Sephardim, the descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Nov 8
Manuel J. Perez III - Contextual Concert
08:00 pm
CFA World Music Hall (CFA C) World Music Hall
Graduate music student Manuel J. Perez III presents a contextual concert. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Matthusen, Paula
Oct 19
Suzanne Kite Artist Talk: Nonhuman Futures
07:30 pm
CFA Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (CFA J) CFA Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Kite aka Suzanne Kite is an award winning Oglala Lakh ota performance artist, visual artist, composer and academic whose groundbreaking scholarship and practice explore contemporary Lakota ontology through research-creation, computational media, and performance. In her lecture, Kite will investigate our current and future relationships to nonhumans, especially to technology and artificial intelligence. She asks: How can humanity create a future that includes relations to technology without an ethical/ontological orientation that helps us understand what is worthy of relation and what is not? In order to create relations with any nonhuman entity, the first steps are to acknowledge, understand, and know that the nonhuman are "being" in the first place. Indigenous ontologies already exist to understand forms of "being" which are outside of humanity.
Sponsor: Arbo, Rani M.
Oct 14
Wesleyan University Orchestra
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
In this concert, the Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, will feature Private Lessons Instructors Libby Van Cleve (oboe) and Charlie Suriyakham (clarinet), performing music by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 9
This Is It! 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely Bruce - Part II
03:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
This is the second in a series of concerts featuring the chamber music of John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, especially music for string instruments and song cycles. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 7
Work in Progress with Toshi Reagon: You're Having Too Much Fun So We're Gonna Have to Kill You
08:00 pm
CFA Theater
Get a special first glimpse into the creative process of singer, composer, musician, curator, activist, producer, and storyteller Toshi Reagon as she concludes her year-long artist residency at Wesleyans Center for the Arts developing a new production. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Oct 6
Oct 4
Sonic Introductions Graduate Student Composers at Wesleyan
08:00 pm
CFA World Music Hall (CFA C) World Music Hall
This concert will feature Wesleyan graduate music students performing previous and current works for different types of ensembles as well as solo performance and spontaneous compositions. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Matthusen, Paula
Oct 1
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
World-renowned sitar virtuoso Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan belongs to the seventh generation of an influential musical lineage. His playing focuses on exploring and expanding the possibilities of the melodic framework for improvisation in North Indian classical music, or raag, often to mind-blowing effect. This concert is part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Sep 30
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan will be joined by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam as part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Sep 28
Virtual Graduate Music Colloquium: Lara Pearson
04:30 pm
Zoom
Dr. Lara Pearson is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics Music Department. This Music Department Colloquium is hosted by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 21
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Apr 7
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Mar 31
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Mar 3
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Feb 27
"This Is It!" 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely Bruce - Part I
03:00 pm
YouTube Live
This is the first in a series of concerts featuring the chamber music of John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, especially music for string instruments and song cycles. The program for this virtual concert will include the "Grand Duo for Cello and Piano" and the song cycle Whitman Fragments, with baritone Christopher Grundy and cellist Alex Waterman. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Feb 24
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Feb 18
Jin Hi Kim: A Ritual for Covid-19
08:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
"A Ritual for Covid-19" is a community purification performance in memory of over 4.5 million deaths worldwide during the pandemic, created by innovative komungo (Korean stringed instrument) virtuoso Jin Hi Kim, Adjunct Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Director of Wesleyans Korean Drumming Ensemble. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Feb 17
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Feb 11
Nobuntu
07:00 pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The five members of the a cappella ensemble Nobuntu from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe celebrate their identity as African women through their songs and dance, which feature the traditional sounds of their country rooted in Afro-jazz and gospel music. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Center for the Arts
Feb 3
Black Sounds Matter Music Department Colloquium Series
04:30 pm
Zoom
Black Sounds Matter will explore intersectional (re)connections of African and African American musics at Wesleyan through a seven-part Music Department Colloquium series. Each free talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Jay Hoggard. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Dec 9
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Traditional Music of Java
08:00 pm
YouTube
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers a series of 30-minute virtual mini concerts and demonstrations. This weeks concert features the traditional music of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department
Dec 7
South Indian Music Student Recital
07:00 pm
YouTube
Students of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan perform their end of semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Sponsor: Music Department