Performing Arts Series

Members of the Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) are invited to a talk by Professor of Music Larry Hamberlin about the works to be performed by the Modigliani String Quartet. Enjoy a backstage peek into the pre-concert experience. A members-only event.

Join fellow concertgoers for a delicious, seasonal meal. Meet friends or make new ones at this catered buffet dinner, seated family style. Meal tickets: $35; cash bar

A festive occasion for members to gather and celebrate PASS, preview select performances from the 2018–2019 season, and vote on which event to support.

The Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) supports the presentation of a diverse spectrum of performances and residencies by highly acclaimed artists and the brightest emerging and alumni artists in music, dance, and theatre. Member benefits include priority ticket processing, merchandise discounts, receptions, and invitations to special events with our artists. Information at 802-443-PASS (7277) or go.middlebury.edu/pass.

PASS members are invited to an audiovisual preview of the 2017-2018 season, followed by a seasonal reception.

The Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) supports the presentation of a diverse spectrum of performances and residencies by highly acclaimed artists and the brightest emerging and alumni artists in music, dance, and theatre. Member benefits include priority ticket processing, merchandise discounts, receptions, and invitations to special events with our artists. Information at 802-443-PASS (7277) or go.middlebury.edu/pass.

Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista has performed on five Grammy-winning albums and toured with the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Trey Anastasio, Herbie Hancock, Sting, and Paul Simon. In Middlebury, he leads his winsome quartet—Banquet of the Spirits—on a virtuosic trek through Afro-Brazilian beats with improvised jazz, akin to a carnivalesque stew of joy and irreverence. Tickets: $22/16/6

The transnational performance group Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project (BTDP), based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Philadelphia, draws from Africanist and postmodernist aesthetics. BTDP presents Declassified Memory Fragment, a dance theatre work with live music, inspired by memory, history, and images of the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. Tickets: $22/16/6 (See related event September 26.)

The transnational performance group Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project (BTDP), based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Philadelphia, draws from Africanist and postmodernist aesthetics. BTDP presents Declassified Memory Fragment, a dance theatre work with live music, inspired by memory, history, and images of the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. Tickets: $22/16/6 (See related event September 26.)

This internationally renowned violinist has won the Paganini Competition, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Most of us in Vermont, however, know him as the youngest-ever musician to join the VYO (at age 10), and today as coartistic director of the acclaimed Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. Kim celebrates the release of his new solo Bach CD by performing selections from Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin. A Nelson Series event. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28/22/6

Pianist Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. Described as a “Schubertian of unfaltering authority and character” by Gramophone, Wosner returns to Middlebury with a program of late Schubert sonatas, including opuses 42, 51, and 78, the “Fantasie.” A Nelson Series event. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28/22/6

Praised by World News for her “sensitive, stylistic playing, with great finesse, emotion, and gorgeous tone,” cellist Sophie Shao—a perennial Middlebury favorite— has surrounded herself with some of the most talented artists in music. She returns for her 10th consecutive season with an exciting new ensemble of friends to performworks by Haydn, Bridge, and Dvorák. A Nelson Series event, made possible with support from PASS members Rob and Marny Lichtenstein. Reserved seating. Tickets: $30/25/6