Music

Celebrate the joy of May at Middlebury with the Midd Trad Collective, performing a short concert of traditional and new songs and dances from Ireland and the USA. Cornelia Abakah, Sam Lueke, Nina Murphy, Danny Smith, Johali Yapemacho, and Jeff Buettner, on various instruments and vocals. (Gamut Room in case of inclement weather.)

On Tuesday evening, May 5th, Xander Bowles will be presenting his 0700 project in Music. Xander is a guitarist of over 8 years with a deep passion for all the styles that the instrument occupies. Over the last 8 months, Xander has been researching and studying guitar construction methods over the course of history and how they define playing styles and the instrument as we know it today. From the renaissance and baroque guitars of the 16th century to the acoustic guitar of the present day, Xander has taken a deep dive into what defines these instruments and their playing styles.

Please join the departments of History of Art and Architecture, International and Global Studies, International Politics and Economics, and Music for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines. 

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

History of Art and Architecture | Seeler Studio Theater | 2:30-3:15 pm
International and Global Studies | MAC 232 | 2:30-3:15 pm

In a program comprised of vocal and cello repertoire, Chelsea Robinson’s senior concert examines the gendered experience of classical music in the private and public spheres. The program features works by Purcell, Brahms, Bosmans, Price, Casarrubios, and more, and is accompanied by Matthew Quayle. This concert is sponsored by the Middlebury College Music Department.

The Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble will performs its spring concert. The program features a number of pieces influenced by the Blues, a uniquely American form of music. MUHS senior Jonathan Kafumbe is the featured soloist in Alfred Reed’s Ode for Trumpet. The program also includes Addison Peaks by Ripton composer Jerome Shedd, inspired our local terrain. 

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

The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, back to its full size and directed by Kyle Saulnier, performs a wide range of big band jazz from timeless classics to contemporary repertoire. This end-of-semester set covers maximum ground, from early Duke Ellington, to titans like Thad Jones and Dizzy Gillespie, to modern works by Phil Wilson and John Fedchock. The band is large – the energy is larger.

The Middlebury College Orchestra presents an exciting spring concert featuring Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 5, Korngold’s epic overture from the swashbuckling film The Sea Hawk, and this year’s winner of the Beucher Concerto Competition, Elliot Persell, performing Debussy’s rapturous Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra.