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Saturday, April 20, 2024

  • Airswimming by Charlotte Jones

    Charlotte Jones’ Airswimming follows the story of Dora Kitson and Persephone Baker, two unlikely friends who are confined to life in St. Dymphna’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane beginning in the 1920s. Watch the evolution of their relationship - one of friendship, familial love, and romantic tension - as they cope with the pressure of 50 years of isolation by forming alter egos: bibliophile Dorph and Doris-Day-loving Porph.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

Monday, April 22, 2024

  • Architecture for ALL Symposium - SUSAN RODRIGUEZ “ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL: DESIGNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLACE, PURPOSE,

    Welcome by Pieter Broucke, Director of Architectural Studies
    Introduction and Q&A by Ben Allred, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture

    Susan Rodriguez will discuss designing in the public realm and the creation of buildings and spaces that distill the essence of cultures and communities. She will share a series of projects that serve a diverse range of communities from off-the-the-grid rural locations to dense urban neighborhoods of New York City.

    FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • West African Dance and Drum Class

    A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful movement. Let the beat of the drum move your body. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and culture as we embark on a journey of dances from the African diaspora.
    Class is accompanied by live musicians to help participants understand the communication between the music and the dance.

    Open to students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up!

    No credit. Attend one or all classes!

    Mondays 5:00 to 6:30 PM

    Middlebury College

    Open to the Public

  • Drop-in Korean Drumming

    Drop-in to learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

    Open to the Public

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

  • Middlebury Afropop Band Concert

    In this 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. The group’s performance highlights the dynamic, communal, and interactive nature of African societies. 

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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    Audition for Dance Company of Middlebury 2024-2025

    Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM) is a two-semester (Fall 2024 and JTerm 2025)
    commitment that provides students with pre-professional dance and performance
    training. As a member of DCM, students create, rehearse, and perform an original
    performance in the Fall and tour the work in January. DCM meets six to eight hours
    weekly. DCM is limited to sophomores through seniors, by audition. Students must have
    taken DANC0260, ‘Technique and Composition’, or be enrolled for the Fall of 2024 to
    participate in DCM.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Closed to the Public

Friday, April 26, 2024

  • Members of the choir in two rows standing outside

    College Choir Concert

    The College Choir sings a program of lively and contemplative music, including dance-inspired Baroque works by Monteverdi and Velasco, colorful works by Eric Whitacre, Reena Esmail, Stacey Gibbs, and Don Macdonald, and Shakespeare Songs of Matthew Harris. The program features the world premiere of a choral song cycle by Kai Fukuda ‘23.5, including settings of poetry by four Vermont poets. Student instrumentalists and students of the Department of Dance join the Choir for a unique and compelling exploration of musical energy and colorful imagination in sound and movement.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public

Saturday, April 27, 2024

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    Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble: From Batman to Bach

    For their spring concert, the Ensemble presents works for the full 40-musician band, as well as pieces featuring individual sections. The program includes music inspired by both hobbits and Batman, with The Lord of The Rings and an arrangement from The Dark Night Rises alongside popular classical pieces and a rousing finale with P.D.Q. Bach’s Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion. Chris Foster, conductor. 

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Sunday, April 28, 2024

  • Members of the quartet seated, holding their instruments, in front of a large clock

    Heath Quartet

    The dynamic and charismatic Heath Quartet—our series’ first quartet-in-residence—is one of the most exciting British chamber ensembles of the moment, steadily building a reputation for their upbeat and integrated sound. We celebrate our 20th year of support from the Sunderman Family Concert Fund with this free concert, including works by Bach, Haydn, Henriette Bosmans, and Erick Korngold. 

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Monday, April 29, 2024

  • West African Dance and Drum Class

    A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful movement. Let the beat of the drum move your body. Participants will learn songs, rhythms, dances, and culture as we embark on a journey of dances from the African diaspora.
    Class is accompanied by live musicians to help participants understand the communication between the music and the dance.

    Open to students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up!

    No credit. Attend one or all classes!

    Mondays 5:00 to 6:30 PM

    Middlebury College

    Open to the Public

  • Drop-in Korean Drumming

    Drop-in to learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

    Open to the Public
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    Storytelling in Chinese Music from the Ancient Past through Modern Times

    In this presentation, master pipa player Gao Hong will introduce the audience to the storytelling aspects of Chinese music spanning the ages through 2000-year-old traditional pipa music and 21-century new music formats. She will open her presentation with a performance of traditional pipa music, including a 100-year-old piece that was recently reconstructed and a wide array of storytelling pieces in different performance styles taught to her by the 6th-generation definitive Pudong school master Lin Shicheng.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Free
    Open to the Public

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Thursday, May 2, 2024

  • HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS - MAMBAR PIERRETTE

    HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS PRESENTS:

    MAMBAR PIERRETTE, a free-spirited seamstress navigates poverty and patriarchy in the Cameroonian city of Douala.

    Cameroon/Belgium - 2023 - 93 minutes - A Film by Rosine Mbakam.

    Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

    Watch the trailer HERE
    Co-Sponsored by the Hirschfield Film Endowment

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public
  • Close up of a person wearing red gloves and holding a fan

    Orlando

    Play by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from the original by Virginia Woolf. Directed by Claudio Medeiros.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public

Friday, May 3, 2024

  • Close up of a person wearing red gloves and holding a fan

    Orlando

    Play by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from the original by Virginia Woolf. Directed by Claudio Medeiros.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public