Drop-in to 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)
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall.
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
Start date of September 25; End date of December 4
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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
Attend a screening of this acclaimed 2020 film starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, both nominated for Oscars for their respective roles. Students in Tara Affolter’s class “Make Room: Teaching August Wilson” will introduce the screening with short remarks about the playwright’s significance and legacy, and will also lead a Q&A afterward. Considered “theater’s poet of Black America”, Wilson is best known for his 10- play Century Cycle chronicling the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Drop-in to 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)
In his prints, sculptures, and films, multi-disciplinary artist Dario Robleto incorporates a deep fascination with science, history, sound, medicine, and human empathy. His 2024 film, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” is currently installed at the Middlebury College Museum of Art in the exhibit, “An Invitation to Awe.” He will join Guest Curator Katy Smith Abbott in conversation, as they explore Robleto’s conviction that “awe is a courtship with the unknown.”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall.
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
Start date of September 25; End date of December 4
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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
Attend a screening of the acclaimed 2016 film starring Denzel Washington (Oscar nominee for this role) and Viola Davis (Oscar winner for this role). Students in Tara Affolter’s class “Make Room: Teaching August Wilson” will introduce the screening with short remarks about the playwright’s significance and legacy, and will also lead a Q&A afterward. Considered “theater’s poet of Black America”, Wilson is best known for his 10- play Century Cycle chronicling the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, guest artist Jessica Ip will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.
Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.
5:00 PM
Middlebury Chapel
Open to the Public
Middlebury Chapel
Drop-in to 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)
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall.
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
Start date of September 25; End date of December 4
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. 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
Professor Hilderbrand will discuss the origins and contemporary implications of an activist practice of landscape architecture, facing head-on the twin crises of our time: climate and justice. Co-Sponsored by the Cameron Visiting Artist Fund.
Johnson Classroom 204
Fresh poetry, prose, and the voices of Middlebury College students come together in this warm and inviting event. Students from Oratory Now read selections from the New England Review, lending their voices to the work on the page, and student writers read their own poetry and prose for an audience of students, faculty, and community members. Everyone is invited to a reception in the lobby after the show.
This event will also be live streamed.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Visiting artists So Percussion and Caroline Shaw share favorite recordings or what they are listening to and why. Are the works inspiring, influential, or impactful to the artist? Come find out and expand your own listening library. This is limited to students.
Mahaney Arts Center 221
So Percussion has redefined chamber music through their commitment to the creation and amplification of new work. The ensemble is celebrated for a dazzling range of activities: live performances, contributions to education and community, and the creation of opportunities and platforms for music and artists. In their Middlebury debut, they’ll collaborate with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, featuring songs and highlights from their latest co-composed album Rectangles and Circumstance.
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
In this final concert of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, George Matthew Jr. plays a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.
Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.
5:00 PM
Middlebury Chapel
Open to the Public
Middlebury Chapel
Drop-in to 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)
Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall.
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
