Events
Friday, May 3, 2024
Saturday, May 4, 2024
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Orlando
Play by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from the original by Virginia Woolf. Directed by Claudio Medeiros.
Wright Theatre
$15/10/8/5
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The Sound Investment Jazz Tentet
The Sound Investment Jazz Tentet performs works from a century of jazz history, with a nod to some of the genre’s top arrangers.
Watch the livestream of the performance hereMahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Open to the Public
Sunday, May 5, 2024
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Architecture Table Paint and Sip (tea) at the Knoll!
Join Architecture Table at the Knoll to paint small canvases, sip tea, and eat cookies!
Please reach out to archtable@middlebury.edu with any questions.The Knoll
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Middlebury College Orchestra
Join the Middlebury College Orchestra in our Spring 2024 concert! Taking place at 3pm in the Robison Concert Hall, the program will feature Mozart’s Bassoon Concert in B-flat major featuring soloist Roeskva Torhalsdottir (‘25), the premiere of Gino Abrams’ (‘24) symphonic work The Bronze Horseman, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Open admission and mask-friendly.
Watch the livestream of the performance hereMahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Open to the Public
Monday, May 6, 2024
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Dance 260 Class Showing
Technique and Composition, DANC0260, students show their choreography with music by the Middlebury Choir,Deborah Felmeth, and Ron Rost. Directed by Laurel Jenkins and lighting by Bert Crosby.Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Open to the Public
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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 PMMiddlebury College
Open to the Public
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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, May 7, 2024
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Improvisational Practices Class showing
This informal showing demonstrates the research of Improvisational Practiced DANC0261 led by Professor Lida Winfield and musicians Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth.
Lighting will be improvised by Bert Crosby.Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Open to the Public
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MICA Quartet: Rondo through the Ages
The Middlebury College Music Department proudly presents the debut performance of the MICA string quartet, with performers Marco Matroni ‘25, Isaac Xie ‘24, Amelia Grosskopf ‘24, and Chelsea Robinson ‘26. The hour-long concert will explore stylistic transformation across string quartet works spanning the 18th-20th centuries, featuring works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schubert, Smetana, Debussy, and Bartok, as well as original solo viola interludes that stylistically bridge the works together in rondo form. Senior project of Amelia Grosskopf ’24.
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Free
Open to the Public
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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SFoAM Calligraphy and Chinese Painting Workshop
Join the Student Friends of the Art Museum for a calligraphy and Chinese painting workshop with local artist Yinglei Zhang. Register at go/sfoamcalligraphy/. This event is free and open to all Middlebury students.Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
Closed to the Public
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Piano Recital by Students of Diana Fanning
The spring concert by Diana Fanning’s students has always been a popular event celebrating our talented Middlebury pianists. This year’s program features Judy Chen, Adam Gips, Greg Marcinik, and Peter Shellhaas playing works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, MacDowell and Mozart. Sponsored by the Department of Music. FreeMahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Open to the Public
Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Music Department Student Showcase
An evening in MAC to showcase the work of music department ensembles, classes, and student bands. Refreshments provided!Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby
Free
Open to the Public
Friday, May 10, 2024
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Dance Spring Concert (360)
Join DANC0360 choreographers Tyler Hadar and Samia Sami for an engaging display of a semester’s learning and growing through movement.
Run time: approximately 60 minutes
$15 – General Public / $10 – Middlebury Faculty, Staff, Valid ID Holders / $8 – Youth (Under 21) / $5 – Middlebury College Students. Visit Middlebury Box Office for TicketsMahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Open to the Public
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Studio Art Thesis Exhibition Reception
The Studio Art Department’s Senior Studio Thesis class will present their capstone exhibition from Friday May 10th until Friday May 24th. The exhibition will be held in the newly renovated Johnson Memorial Building’s Central Atrium and the restored Johnson Exhibition Gallery.
The students will host an opening reception on Friday, May,10th from 5PM-7PM.
The event is open and free to the public.Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)
Open to the Public
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Dance Spring Concert (360)
Join DANC0360 choreographers Tyler Hadar and Samia Sami for an engaging display of a semester’s learning and growing through movement.
Run time: approximately 60 minutes
$15 – General Public / $10 – Middlebury Faculty, Staff, Valid ID Holders / $8 – Youth (Under 21) / $5 – Middlebury College Students. Visit Middlebury Box Office for TicketsMahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
Open to the Public
Saturday, May 11, 2024
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Scenes and Songs
Students of Carol Christensen and Susanne Peck present a lively evening of musical theater from Broadway to opera.
Watch the livestream of the performance hereMahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Open to the Public
Sunday, May 12, 2024
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Community Chorus Spring Concert
The beloved Community Chorus will sing Faure’s Requiem under the direction of Ronnie Romano ’20. Several Middlebury College students and faculty will come together to form a small chamber orchestra. The chorus will also sing several other pieces to complement the Requiem. This will be a wonderful evening of music that you won’t want to miss!
Watch the livestream of the performance hereMahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
Free
Open to the Public
Monday, May 13, 2024
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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
Monday, May 20, 2024
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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