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New Century | New Voices: Young Lions

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Underwood Commission winner Carlos Simon presents a program of dynamic young composers of color. A Department of Music event. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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New Century | New Voices: The Mentors Among Us

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New Century | New Voices is a new music series hosted by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor, highlighting the ongoing contributions of women and people of color to the canon of Western art music. Opening night features music by Taylor and his mentors. A Department of Music event. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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Natasha Koval Paden, Piano: Creative Composers

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Beginning with selected preludes and fugues by J. S. Bach, this program then reveals the artistry of three great composer-pianists who brought earlier works in other mediums into reimagined, virtuosic keyboard journeys: Busoni, Rachmaninov, and Liszt. Free

 
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Connections: Natasha Koval Paden, Piano

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The program shows Debussy’s musical relationship with Chopin, focusing on compositions that reach beyond classical structures and journey into realms of color, tonality, and mood. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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Music Alumni Panel

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Music Professor Jeffrey Buettner moderates a panel of Su Tan’s former students turned music professionals. Featuring Pete Francis ’99, co-founder, Dispatch, Mary Montgomery Koppel ’04, composer; Christina Whitten Thomas ’01, composer; Alison Maggart ’08, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Musicology, The University of Texas at Austin; and Professor Tan. Reception to follow in the Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby. Free

Mahaney Arts Center 125

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New Music 210

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Students in Su Lian Tan’s MUSC 210 class perform chamber music, songs, and more. A Department of Music event. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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Music of 209

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Students in Su Lian Tan’s Music I course perform original compositions in a semester-end celebration of their work. A Department of Music event. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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MILES DONAHUE - Electronic Bebop Concert

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Affiliate artist Miles Donahue, saxophone celebrates an evening of jazz with an electronic bebop twist. Special guests include Rick Peckham, professor Berklee College of Music guitar, and Norm Zocher, professor New England Conservatory, guitar, Anthony Santor, bass, and Geza Carr, drums. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Middlebury Wind Ensemble

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The Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble presents a free Spring Concert,  featuring exciting programmatic works including The Lord of the Rings (arr. P. Lavender), and Mt. Everest (R. Galante), as well as rich standards such as Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite.  Mary Trichka will be playing bass clarinet and Sam Hernandez is playing French horn.  Conducted by Catherine Ott.  Join the 40-member MiddWinds on this musical journey. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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Música Hispánica: Conductor and pianist Francisco Alvarez-Díaz

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A celebration of the Spanish heritage in music, this evening features Spanish Language School choir conductor Francisco “Paco” Alvarez-Diaz and the Middlebury College Choir performing Spanish art songs, folk songs from Latin America, a new work by Middlebury senior Fiona Sullivan ’19, two Spanish choral settings by Middlebury music faculty member Peter Hamlin ’73, and melodies from the medieval “Cantigas de Santa Maria.” Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public