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Thursday, December 3, 2026

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    Sophie Shao and Friends

    Sponsored by:
    Performing Arts Series

    No season is complete without our perennial favorite, cellist Sophie Shao, and her talented collaborators. This year, Shao has expanded her circle of award-winning friends to six, who will delight our community with the lush sounds of the beloved sextets of Dvorák and Brahms. They’ll also play Arensky’s quartet for violin, viola, and two cellos—a deeply expressive, late-Romantic homage to his friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Rounding out the sextet are violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Kyu-Young Kim, Cara Pogossian and Burchard Tang on viola, and cellist Nina Lee. 

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $30/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Friday, December 4, 2026

  • people dressed in white standing in a line in front of a gray wall

    Antigone

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    ANTIGONE by Sophocles, in a translation by David Mulroy
    Directed by Michole Biancosino
    With original choral compositions by Carol Christensen
    Given the choice to follow the law of the state or her own sense of duty to her family, a young woman stands up and resists, even though she risks losing everything. This timely Greek tragedy explores justice, conscience, and what it means to live by one’s beliefs.

    Please join us for a post-show talkback with the company directly after Friday’s performance.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    $15/$10/$8/$5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, December 5, 2026

  • people dressed in white standing in a line in front of a gray wall

    Antigone

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    ANTIGONE by Sophocles, in a translation by David Mulroy
    Directed by Michole Biancosino
    With original choral compositions by Carol Christensen
    Given the choice to follow the law of the state or her own sense of duty to her family, a young woman stands up and resists, even though she risks losing everything. This timely Greek tragedy explores justice, conscience, and what it means to live by one’s beliefs.

    Please join us for a post-show talkback with the company directly after Friday’s performance.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    $15/$10/$8/$5
    Open to the Public
  • people dressed in white standing in a line in front of a gray wall

    Antigone

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    ANTIGONE by Sophocles, in a translation by David Mulroy
    Directed by Michole Biancosino
    With original choral compositions by Carol Christensen
    Given the choice to follow the law of the state or her own sense of duty to her family, a young woman stands up and resists, even though she risks losing everything. This timely Greek tragedy explores justice, conscience, and what it means to live by one’s beliefs.

    Please join us for a post-show talkback with the company directly after Friday’s performance.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    $15/$10/$8/$5
    Open to the Public

  • Middlebury Wind Ensemble

    Sponsored by:
    Music

    This concert will also be streamed, with access to the performance stream available starting at showtime. https://www.youtube.com/@robisonhall

    About streaming and sound: Our streams are meant to capture the “sound in the room” without post-production sound editing. Bear in mind the sound quality will not compare to a studio recording.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Sunday, December 6, 2026

  • people dressed in white standing in a line in front of a gray wall

    Antigone

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    ANTIGONE by Sophocles, in a translation by David Mulroy
    Directed by Michole Biancosino
    With original choral compositions by Carol Christensen
    Given the choice to follow the law of the state or her own sense of duty to her family, a young woman stands up and resists, even though she risks losing everything. This timely Greek tragedy explores justice, conscience, and what it means to live by one’s beliefs.

    Please join us for a post-show talkback with the company directly after Friday’s performance.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    $15/$10/$8/$5
    Open to the Public

Monday, December 7, 2026

  • Students dancing against a white background and floor

    Dance Department Showing - Dance in Process

    Sponsored by:
    Dance

    Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

    Join us for an informal sharing of movement, experimentation, and creative exploration. An opportunity to witness dance in the making.

    DANC 0260 · Technique & Composition

    Movement studies and choreographic explorations developed throughout the semester.

    Dance Company Middlebury 2026–27

    What Is a Body? Dancing Outside the Lines

    Directed by Meshi Chavez with guest choreographer Jimmy Joyner

    Mahaney Arts Center

    Free
    Open to the Public

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

  • Composers in Concert

    Sponsored by:
    Music

    Musicians from Su Lian Tan’s course MUSC209 present a concert of exciting new inspirations.

    This concert will also be streamed, with access to the performance stream available starting at showtime. https://www.youtube.com/@robisonhall

    About streaming and sound: Our streams are meant to capture the “sound in the room” without post-production sound editing. Bear in mind the sound quality will not compare to a studio recording.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public

Thursday, December 10, 2026

Saturday, December 12, 2026

  • Photo of students in the Concert Hall around the piano.

    December Vocal Concert

    Sponsored by:
    Music

    Music Department voice students cap off a semester of study with a lively evening of classical and Broadway songs and duets.  Performers are students of Carol Christensen and Susanne Peck.  

    This concert will also be streamed, with access to the performance stream available starting at showtime. https://www.youtube.com/@robisonhall

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Thursday, January 14, 2027

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

Thursday, February 11, 2027

Friday, February 12, 2027

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    Junction Trio

    Sponsored by:
    Performing Arts Series

    Three visionary artists recognized for musicianship that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique—violinist Stefan Jackiw, cellist Jay Campbell, and pianist Conrad Toa—combine their internationally recognized talents in the eclectic ensemble Junction Trio. The trio’s Middlebury debut program will include the Vermont premieres of this season’s Music Accord co-commission by award-winning composer Andrew Norman, a new work by Caroline Shaw, and storied works by Ravel and Schumann.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $30/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

  • Carol Rifelj Lecture Series, Nicholas Shea

    Sponsored by:
    Dean of the Faculty

    Fretboard Networks: Musical Understanding in the Self-Taught Musician Digital Ecosystem

    As many as 72 million people play guitar, yet most don’t go on tour or make records. Instead, “…people want to play quietly and solo in their own home, singing along with their favorite songs,” notes Fender CEO Andy Mooney. In this talk, Nicholas explores how self-guided guitar instruction contributes to musical understanding — the awareness of musical organization in time — within an online community of mostly amateur and semi-professional guitarists.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103