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Friday, August 9, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: Sergei Gratchev, Instructor, Belgian Carillon School & Midd School of Russian

    Each year, musicians from around the world come to Middlebury to perform in the Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower, soaring high above the College campus. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells are a staple of summer life on the Middlebury College campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    6:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Sunday, August 11, 2024

  • FR Choir Concert

    Join us for an evening of song performed by the School of French choir! Under the direction of Clementine DuBost, the annual School of French choral concert features French-influenced music from a range of genres; choral to traditional; contemplative to uplifting.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Friday, August 16, 2024

Friday, August 23, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: George Matthew Jr., Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University

    Each year, musicians from around the world come to Middlebury to perform in the Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower, soaring high above the College campus. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells are a staple of summer life on the Middlebury College campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    6:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Friday, August 30, 2024

  • Summer Carillon Series: Amy Heebner, '93, City Carillonneur, Albany, NY

    Each year, musicians from around the world come to Middlebury to perform in the Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower, soaring high above the College campus. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells are a staple of summer life on the Middlebury College campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    This concert by a Middlebury alumna coincides with Alumni College weekend. Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Saturday, September 7, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: George Matthew Jr., Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, George Matthew Jr. plays a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower, high above the College campus. This concert coincides with the start of the academic year and celebrates the return of undergraduate students to the Middlebury campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Friday, September 13, 2024

  • Opening Reception: An Invitation to Awe

    After several years in the works, the MCMA is excited to present “An Invitation to Awe,” curated by Professor of the History of Art and Architecture Katy Smith-Abbott in collaboration with her students and colleagues. In this exhibition, older paintings and prints are displayed in conversation with contemporary objects, scientific equipment, and interactive work that compels the viewer to think of how awe is experienced through senses other than sight and to expand their own understanding of where awe lives now.

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Open to the Public

  • Auditions for the 29th Annual First Show

    Never been on a stage at Middlebury? Then this is for YOU! Get ready to showcase your talent in this fast-paced, ensemble production directed by our Artist in Residence faculty member, Ashley Nicole Baptiste. Come prepared with a 1-2 min monologue that represents you as an actor. You will be cast in scenes based on your audition.
    Backed by a team of passionate student designers and crew, this production offers an exciting opportunity to dive into the vibrant world of the Theatre Department.

    Mahaney Arts Center 232

    Closed to the Public

Saturday, September 14, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: George Matthew Jr., Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, George Matthew Jr. plays a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Sponsored by: Department of Music and Mahaney Arts Center

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Saturday, September 21, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: John Whiteside, Carillonneur, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Cohasset, MA

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, and in conjunction with the annual Clifford Symposium, John Whiteside will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Thursday, September 26, 2024

  • Hirschfield International Film Series

    The Hirschfield International Film Series opens with a selection of shorts from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. For details about each of the 7 films visit here. Free Admission.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

Saturday, September 28, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: Dr. Andrea McCrady, Dominion Carillonneur, Canada

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, and in conjunction with Fall Family Weekend, Dr. Andrea McCrady will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public
  • collage of the three artists

    Sophie Shao and Friends

    Perennial favorite cellist Sophie Shao returns to open our 105th season with an accomplished, all-female ensemble, performing a stunning program of sonatas and piano trios. Violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Christina Dahl join Shao in an evening featuring Nadia Boulanger’s Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Marguerite Canal’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, and Schubert’s beloved Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5; streaming tickets $15/5
    Open to the Public

Friday, October 4, 2024

  • a collage of the two artists with their instruments

    BALA BILA

    BALA BILA brings together two African master musicians—Balla Kouyate on balafon, calabash, bass guitar, and voice, and Matchume Zango on timbila, mbira, percussion, and voice—in an intimate, living-room style concert and intercultural musical conversation between two extraordinary artists. Kouyate hails from the West African country of Mali, and Zango calls the East African nation of Mozambique home. They are leading exponents of their respective principal instruments, BALAfon and timBILA—two world heritage instruments that will be played together in harmony.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 5, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: Carla Staffaroni, MA ’20, Assistant Carillonneur, Riverside Church, NYC

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, Middlebury Spanish School alumna Carla Staffaroni will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 19, 2024

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: Jessica Ip, Assistant Carillonneur, University of Chicago

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, guest artist Jessica Ip will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

Thursday, October 24, 2024

  • NER Out Louder

    NER Out Loud is a collaboration of the New England Review, the Mahaney Arts Center, and Oratory Now. In the tradition of NPR’s “Selected Shorts,” Middlebury student actors read selections from the New England Review in a live performance, lending their voices to the work on the page and bringing it to life for an audience of students, faculty, and community members.

    This event will also be live streamed.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Free
    Open to the Public

Friday, October 25, 2024

  • the artists standing together as a group

    So Percussion with Caroline Shaw

    So Percussion has redefined chamber music through their commitment to the creation and amplification of new work. The ensemble is celebrated for a dazzling range of work: live performances, contributions to education and community, and the creation of opportunities and platforms for music and artists. In their Middlebury debut, they’ll collaborate with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, featuring songs and highlights from their co-composed albums Let the Soil Play its Simple Part and Rectangles and Circumstance.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Friday, November 1, 2024

  • Museum Lecture + Lunch: Artist Rose-Lynn Fisher

    Join us for a talk by Rose-Lynn Fisher, an artist featured in the exhibition, “An Invitation to Awe,” who uses microscope, camera, and mixed media to explore the realms within realms we inhabit, in work that evokes a continuum of interconnections and wonder. Afterward, stay for conversation over a light lunch in the MAC Lower Lobby. This event is free and open to all, but $5 donations are welcome.

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Open to the Public