First Year Seminar FYSE

Student presenters celebrate after completing their session. Four people smiling at the camera in busy hallway.

First Year Symposium 2025

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar and ORATORY NOW

Welcoming our newest scholars to the Academic Community! Twenty-two First Year Seminars will celebrate the end of their first semester at Middlebury with a wide variety of short presentations, posters, and performances.

Free and open to the public. Details are at oratorynow.org/fysymposium

Axinn Center

Open to the Public

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

Mondays in September, come learn to play the 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)

Open to the Public

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

Mondays in September, come learn to play the 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)

Open to the Public

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

Mondays in September, come learn to play the 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)

Open to the Public

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

Mondays in September, come learn to play the 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)

Open to the Public

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

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)

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

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)

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

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)

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

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)

Korean Drumming

Sponsored by:
First Year Seminar

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)