Pre-Concert Lecture by Nathan Laube
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- Performing Arts Series
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series, the Middlebury Bach Festival, and the Office of the President.
Middlebury Chapel
Performing Arts Series
Performing Arts Series
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PASS Scholars Reception
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- Performing Arts Series
Join us for an end-of-the-year celebration of the arts! All Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Scholars are invited to enjoy dinner and student entertainment as we share the highlights of our successful season. We’ll also share a sneak peak of our artists for the 2017-2018 Season!
Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Reception
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- Performing Arts Series
A festive occasion for members to gather and celebrate PASS, preview select performances from the 2017–18 season, and vote on which event to support. This year’s reception features a bounty of seasonal appetizers and beverages, plus a student performance. Membership information: 802-443-PASS (7277) or go.middlebury.edu/pass
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Reception
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- Performing Arts Series
A festive evening for members to gather and celebrate the fourth year of PASS, preview select performances from the 2016–17 season, and vote on which event to support. A members-only event. Membership information: 802-443-PASS (7277) or go.middlebury.edu/pass
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Preview Party
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- Performing Arts Series
PASS members are invited to an audiovisual preview of the 2016–2017 season, complete with a seasonal reception and the chance to be first in line to purchase tickets for the upcoming season. Membership information: 802-443-PASS (7277) or go.middlebury.edu/givepass
Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby
Brentano String Quartet
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- Performing Arts Series and Music
Extolled by the New York Times for its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism,” the Brentano String Quartet last performed here in 2002, when the musicians celebrated their 10th
anniversary by commissioning 10 composers—with Middlebury as a commissioning partner—to pen companion pieces for Bach’s Art of Fugue. It seems only fitting the quartet returns for the opening concert of the 2017 Bach Festival, to play Bach’s Art of the Fugue itself. Pre-concert lecture by Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin, 7:00 PM in Room 221.
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Rodney King
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- Performing Arts Series
Performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
History, poetry, and tragedy collide when stage and film actor Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Malcolm X) tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King, caught in the glare of the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality that ignited the 1992 L.A. riots. In this riveting performance, Smith offers a meditation on a flawed, good-hearted man and reveals America’s endlessly complicated relationship with its racial past and present. “Roger Guenveur Smith gets it all and gets it brilliantly”— New York Times.
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Rodney King
- Sponsored by:
- Performing Arts Series
Performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
History, poetry, and tragedy collide when stage and film actor Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Malcolm X) tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King, caught in the glare of the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality that ignited the 1992 L.A. riots. In this riveting performance, Smith offers a meditation on a flawed, good-hearted man and reveals America’s endlessly complicated relationship with its racial past and present. “Roger Guenveur Smith gets it all and gets it brilliantly”— New York Times.
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Master Class with Dawn Upshaw
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- Performing Arts Series
Renowned soprano Dawn Upshaw is Artistic Director of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College’s Conservatory of Music. Passionate about educating the next generation of singers, she will lead a master class for five Middlebury College voice students. Free
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Lecture/Demonstration: The Art and Heart of Improvisation
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- Performing Arts Series
While Jean-Michel Pilc is a premier jazz pianist, he believes that improvisation is central to the development of all music and musicians. As he lectures from the piano, Pilc will explore the role of originality, communication, and expression in improvisation. Free
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall