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Music
Stephen Sondheim’s ground-breaking “concept” musical debuted in 1970. The famous score is by turns hilarious and heart-breaking, and after half a century what it says about modern relationships still rings true. The annual co-production of Town Hall Theater and the Middlebury College Dept. of Music is always a much-anticipated event. This year, with the recent death of the man who changed the art form forever, the show takes on a new poignancy. Directed by Douglas Anderson, with musical direction by Carol Christensen.

Town Hall Theater

Open to the Public

Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble & Middlebury Afropop Band - Joint Concert

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Umoja and Music
This concert opens with the Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble performing repertoire that showcases the stylistic and instrumental diversity of traditional East African musical cultures. In the second half of the concert, the Middlebury Afropop Band performs original compositions and arrangements of classic and contemporary popular songs from all over Africa. The band uses pop and rock instrumentation as well as styles that blend traditional African with Western and/or Afro-diasporic musical idioms.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Free
Open to the Public

**CANCELLED**Jazz Showcase

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Music
Some of the College’s current jazz students - instrumentalists and singers - will present selections from their term’s work. It’s a celebration of the music that’s been called America’s National Treasure. Presented by the Music Department.

This live, in-person event is open to on- and off-campus audiences.
 
Vaccinations and masks required. Additional health and safety information here. 

**CANCELLED**Love's Mirror: A Duet Recital

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Music
Join Rohini Prabhakar and Madison Middleton as they explore relationships through a series of duets. This show is part of Rohini’s 500 work in music performance. All are welcome!

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free

Middlebury College Orchestra Concert

Sponsored by:
Music
Hear student musicians perform under the direction of Evan Bennett.

Full vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) and masks required.

If you have symptoms, or have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 5 days, you may not attend arts events.

For further information, please visit the Campus Guide.

 

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free

College Choir Fall Concert

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Music
The Middlebury College Choir offers their first public concert in almost two years. This brief program of new choral music, African American Spirituals, work song, and classical music celebrates the singer, the singing community, and the environments in which we sing.

Middlebury Chapel

Open to the Public
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An Evening with Paul Asbell

Sponsored by:
Music and American Studies
Join us for a performance by internationally recognized fingerstyle guitarist Paul Asbell. With a multi-decade career that includes joining the seminal Butterfield Blues band, founding and leading jazz group Kilimanjaro, and playing and recording with a veritable who’s who of blues and jazz greats, Asbell is a musician’s musician. This performance will highlight the history of the American guitar, as Asbell will demonstrate how the instrument itself changed and was changed by the music people made with it. Sponsored by the Department of Music and the Department of American Studies.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public

Middlebury College Orchestra Rehearsal

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Music
The Middlebury College Orchestra (MCO) is a full symphony orchestra that explores the exciting, dynamic repertoire for orchestra of the last two and a half centuries, from Bach and Mozart to Adams and Lutoslawski. We welcome students from all disciplines and concentrations from across campus—you do not need to be a music major to participate. Faculty and staff, community members, and professional players are also included when possible.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Jazz Workshop

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Music
A weekly Music Department session devoted to learning and playing jazz. For info, please contact Dick Forman - forman@middlebury.edu

Mahaney Arts Center 221

Closed to the Public