Music

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

The Music Dept. offers this weekly jazz workshop for Midd students. Previous jazz experience is not required; proficiency on your instrument is preferred. For information, please contact Dick Forman, forman@middlebury.edu.

Eric Whitacre Lecture
“The Architecture of Music”
Featuring a live performance from the Middlebury College Choir

Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, is among today’s most popular musicians. His works are programmed worldwide and his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united over 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries. In this lecture, Eric will discuss his music and process through the lens of Architecture, exploring how the two art forms overlap and inform each other. 

Free and open to the public

A Beneficiary Showcase of Ukrainian Resilience through Art

This third annual event celebrates the culture and resilience of the nation of Ukraine with music, poetry, film, and more.  Featuring the New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble, with a parade of performances by the Middlebury College Choir, the student band Chapel Hill, Middlebury College’s Ukrainian students, and other special guests. Admission is free, and information about donating to Ukrainian relief organizations will be provided.

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. 

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 here