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Monday, April 21, 2025

  • Simbo in West African dance outfit

    West African Dance and Drum Class

    A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful movement. Let the beat of the drum move your body. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and culture as we embark on a journey of dances from the African diaspora.
    Class is accompanied by live musicians to help participants understand the communication between the music and the dance.

    Open to students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up!

    No credit. Attend one or all classes!

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

  • Korean Drumming

    Learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

  • image of Our Lady of Cocharcas

    Christianity, the Spanish Empire and Post-colonial Theory in the Inca Territory

    Student lecture by Stephanie Quichimbo ’25, Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Intern.

    Pre-colonial and post-colonial South American art differ greatly in medium, with a shift from stonework and textiles to paintings, reflecting changes in subject matter and ideology. Our Lady of Cocharcas exemplifies how cultural hybridity influenced colonial art, as indigenous communities may have adopted European figures to assert their identity while outwardly conforming to Spanish rule.

    Mahaney Arts Center 125

  • Ballet dancers

    Beginner Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public
  • Musicians posing on stage

    Marco Motroni: Music I Like

    Join Marco Motroni ‘25 for his senior independent study as he performs “Music I Like”: a personal show that showcases different types of music that have impacted his life. Along the way, you will learn about these genres in more detail as well as the people in Marco’s life who have made this music infinitely more enjoyable to explore!

    Watch the livestream of the performance here

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

  • Ballet dancers

    INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public

Thursday, April 24, 2025

  • collage of images of dancers

    Rituals of Return

    Leigha Francis ‘25, Brys Peralta-Grant ‘25, and Liefe Temple ‘25.5 share an evening of their culminating senior work, exploring and sharing themes of home, history, rituals, culture, and identity. The show begins at 7:00pm in the Dance Theater and will continue at 9:00pm in the Freeman International Center Bunker.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public
  • Two sitting people on playground swings

    Gruesome Playground Injuries

    Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

    Purchase Tickets Here

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Friday, April 25, 2025

  • Jazz Workshop

    The Jazz Workshop provides a weekly opportunity for jazz students to study jazz history, repertoire development, jazz conventions, jazz idiom and theory, and a chance to practice strategies and tools, improvisation, and playing in small groups.  

    Mahaney Arts Center 221

  • Man sits in front of music scores at the carillon instrument.

    George Matthew, New England Chapter American Bell Association Carillon Concert

    Join George Matthew Jr. on his 90th birthday as he plays a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. This concert, as part of the New England Chapter American Bell Association (NECABA), will feature works by Bach and Haydn as well as a mix of traditional Irish, Ukrainian, and Mexican songs. Free and open to the public.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public
  • collage of images of dancers

    Rituals of Return

    Leigha Francis ‘25, Brys Peralta-Grant ‘25, and Liefe Temple ‘25.5 share an evening of their culminating senior work, exploring and sharing themes of home, history, rituals, culture, and identity. The show begins at 7:00pm in the Dance Theater and will continue at 9:00pm in the Freeman International Center Bunker.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public
  • Middlebury College Choir

    College Choir Spring Concert

    The College Choir presents a spring concert of powerful, playful, and pensive choral music by composers from Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, England, and Italy, as well as Spiritual, folk, and new music from the USA. Choir and instrumentalists perform the Vermont premiere of selections from the new cantata, We Are Phoenix (2025), by Minnesota composer Timothy Takach, and Vermont musician Tom Mackenzie joins on hammered dulcimer for music of and inspired by folk traditions. Free admission.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public
  • Two sitting people on playground swings

    Gruesome Playground Injuries

    Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

    Purchase Tickets Here

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public
  • Two sitting people on playground swings

    Gruesome Playground Injuries

    Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

    Purchase Tickets Here

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, April 26, 2025

  • Two sitting people on playground swings

    Gruesome Playground Injuries

    Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

    Purchase Tickets Here

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Sunday, April 27, 2025

  • the two artists standing next to each other

    Alina Ibragimova, Violin and Cédric Tiberghien, Piano

    We close our 105th season with the dynamic duo of violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien. The two developed a tremendous rapport during their term as individual BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, where their unique partnership was observed by The Times of London: “Both of these players have the potential to conquer the world.” During this Middlebury return, Ibragimova and Tiberghien will play Janácek, Enescu, Gerald Barry’s vivacious Triorchic Blues, and Beethoven’s iconic “Kreutzer” sonata.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Monday, April 28, 2025

  • Simbo in West African dance outfit

    West African Dance and Drum Class

    A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful movement. Let the beat of the drum move your body. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and culture as we embark on a journey of dances from the African diaspora.
    Class is accompanied by live musicians to help participants understand the communication between the music and the dance.

    Open to students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up!

    No credit. Attend one or all classes!

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

  • Korean Drumming

    Learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

  • Cantorum in Concert

    Experience the beauty of vocal chamber music as the student-led ensemble Cantorum brings you an evening of masterpieces by William Byrd, Francis Poulenc, Orlando Gibbons, Tomás Luis de Victoria and more. Together, Chelsea Robinson (soprano), Samantha-Grey Solomon (alto), Oran von Der Heydt (tenor), and Sebastian Holbrook (bass) combine Renaissance polyphony and Baroque elegance with a 21st-century approach. This performance promises to transport you through centuries of vocal composition. Don’t miss this unforgettable musical journey!

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public