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DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY
Jazz Barons
8:00 p.m., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
The newly self-dubbed Jazz Barons are a quartet of Middlebury students who have been performing together under many different names (including The Tristan Axelrod Quartet, The Nick Barone Group, and Lonnie and the Niceguys) for a wide variety of occasions over the past two years. Chris Lizotte (tenor sax), Eric Lonstein (piano), Tristan Axelrod (bass), and Nick Barone (drums) play their first stand-alone concert together to cook up some of their trademark spicy chops and juicy licks over some fiery original and classic jazz. Free

DECEMBER 1–2, FRIDAY–SATURDAY
Fall Dance Concert
8:00 p.m., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Featuring advanced student choreographers, the Fall Dance Concert showcases the emerging voice and vision of the program’s up-and-coming artists. Always full of energy, invention, and collaborative spirit, these choreographed works represent the culmination of several years of intensive creative work exploring the art of dance making. The annual Newcomers’ Piece, introducing our new dance artist in residence, Tiffany Rhynard, and a contemporary Chinese dance, directed by Chi Zhang ’09, round out this not-to-be-missed performance. Tickets: $5/4/3; on sale November 13. http://go.middlebury.edu/tickets or 802-443-MIDD (6433).

DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY
Festival of Wreaths
10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., Center for the Arts
Now in its fifteenth year, this annual event marks the unofficial start of the holiday season in Addison County. This year's Festival features a display and silent auction of over 100 wreaths decorated by local businesses and individuals with merchandise, gift certificates, and holiday decorations. Other highlights include a performance by the Brandon Brass from 4:00-6:00 P.m., and a raffle with four great prizes: an American Girl doll with a winter outfit, a cottage style doll house with miniature people and furnishings, a Geiger toddler wool jacket, and a basket of Vermont made products. Proceeds benefit Mary Johnson Children's Center. For more information, please call 802-388-2853. Free

DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY
The Passenger
3:00 and 8:00 p.m., Dana Auditorium
When a reporter (Jack Nicholson) on assignment in North Africa discovers the man in the hotel room next to him is dead, he decides to take the dead man’s identity in an attempt to escape from himself. A deeply unsettling character study by modernist filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni (L’Avventura, Blow-Up). Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series, this is a re-release of the European version of the film, with scenes absent from the original U.S. release. (Italy/U.S., 1975, 126 minutes) Free

DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY
Middlebury College Community Chorus
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
George Matthew Jr., accompanist
7:30 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel
A program sure to delight all with its mix of choral music and popular songs for the holiday season. Free

DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY
Introduction to the Organ: Emory Fanning
2:15 P.M., Mead Chapel
In preparation for the 3:00 P.M. organ concert by Paul Jacobs, Middlebury College Organist and Professor Emeritus of Music Emory Fanning offers a pre-performance talk about Mead Chapel's Gress-Miles organ. Free

DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY
Paul Jacobs, organ
3:00 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel
Fine musical instruments regularly turn up in the Performing Arts Series: a Guadagnini or Stradivarius violin, a beautiful harpsichord, or a particularly elegant flute, for example. Yet there is another fine instrument right here at Middlebury, all the time: the Gress-Miles organ in Mead Chapel, recently refurbished and enhanced. Paul Jacobs, chair of the organ department at Juilliard, brings this remarkable device soaring to life. Still in his 20s, he has already established himself as one of the world’s most important players of the King of Instruments. “The full house was ringing with cheers even before the final chord was released.”—American Organist. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Tickets: $15/12/5. http://go.middlebury.edu/tickets or 802-443-MIDD (6433).
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DECEMBER 4, MONDAY
New Music by Middlebury Students
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Music students perform their original compositions. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
Taking Flight
4:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
A “lightly produced” showing of dance experiments by the new batch of choreographers emerging from the Advanced Beginning Dance course. Free

DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
Butch Divas
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Concert by an all-male student singing group. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble
Concert and Swing Dance
9:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Lower Lobby
The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble celebrates big band music of the last 75 years. Come to listen or bring your dancing shoes. Swing dance lessons by The Lindy Hop begin at 8:00 P.M. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY
Andrew Throdahl '09, piano
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY
Jazz Showcase
9:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Lower Lobby
Several student combos have emerged from the Jazz Workshop this fall. The groups, and a few jazz vocalists, will present a variety of jazz styles to round out a great musical evening. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY
Dance Company of Middlebury: Informal Showing
4:30 p.m., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Come watch this showing by The Dance Company of Middlebury as they develop a new work entitled Tribute. The company welcomes your feedback as they continue to develop this work for performance and tour in March. Free

DECEMBER 8-9, FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Talking With...
by Jane Martin
7:00 P.M. & 9:30 P.M. each evening, Center for the Arts, Seeler Studio Theatre
A collection of monologues revealing the freak side of the American Dream. "With Jane Martin, the monologue has taken on the aspect of a new poetic form, intensive in its method...a generosity of spirit and originality of imagination."--Washington Post. Directed by Cheryl Faraone. Tickets: $1, on sale November 21.

DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY
Fall Music Department Student Vocal Recital
7:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Free

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY
Water
3:00 and 8:00 p.m., Dana Auditorium
Set in the 1930s during the rise of the independence struggles against British colonial rule, the film examines the plight of a widow (Seema Biswas), who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on her, and a man (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) who is from a lower caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. In the third chapter of her Elements trilogy (which includes Fire and Earth), writer-director Deepa Mehta once again delivers a rich exploration of Indian culture in transition. “A magnificent film . . . unforgettably touching the heart.”—Salman Rushdie. In Hindi with English subtitles. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (India/Canada, 2005, 117 minutes) Free

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY
Dieuwke Davydov, cello, and Diana Fanning, piano
8:00 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel
The Davydov-Fanning Duo celebrates the 30th anniversary of their first concert together by presenting an encore of the same program that they played at Mead Chapel on December 9, 1976: works by Brahms, Janáček, Debussy, Fauré, and Davydov. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

DECEMBER 10, SUNDAY
Lessons & Carols for Advent and Christmas
Laurel Jordan, chaplain
Middlebury College Chamber Singers, Jeff Rehbach, conductor
Emory Fanning, organ
4:00 & 7:00 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel
This traditional program combines choral music, congregational singing, and biblical texts of the season. Free