Music

The Carillon Concert Series features beautiful concerts 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.

Performers: Elena Sadina, Instructor, Middlebury College School of Russian, featuring Nikita and Daniel Gratchev

For more information about the performers and programs, please click here.

Affiliate Artist Diana Fanning gives a beautiful solo concert marking her 50 years of teaching at Middlebury. An acclaimed concert pianist with national and international accolades, she’s also a Middlebury alumna with deep roots in Vermont.

This lecture-demonstration journeys from the traditional soundscapes of the Mongolian steppe to the creative and dynamic innovations of the global present. Through a combination of musical sound and spoken lecture, listeners will be transported into the complex and interconnected sound worlds of Mongolia, Tuva, and Inner Mongolia. This event will feature Inner Mongolian musicians and co-founders of the Chicago-based duo Hun Hazy, Tamir Hargana and Naizal Hargana, along with researched commentary by Skidmore ethnomusicologist, Charlotte D’Evelyn.

Join Angie Como-Mosconi ’25, Graydon Hanson ’25, and George Matthew Jr., College Carillonneur as they play a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. This concert will feature works that span the globe and the centuries. Free and open to the public.

Chelsea Robinson ’26 presents a solo cello recital featuring Suite No. 3 in C Major by J.S. Bach and Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 by Frédéric Chopin, accompanied by Matthew Quayle.

Watch the livestream of the performance here

Voice students of Carol Christensen and Susanne Peck cap off a semester of study with a lively program of classical and Broadway repertoire. 

This concert will also be streamed, with access to the performance stream available starting at showtime. https://www.youtube.com/@robisonhall

About streaming and sound: Our streams are meant to capture the “sound in the room” without post-production sound editing. Bear in mind the sound quality will not compare to a studio recording.

Craig Maravich, Director    Carol Christensen, Music Director

For those called back, please prepare the monologue and song excerpts from the show that will be provided to you.  Be prepared to move. Questions: cmaravich@middlebury.edu) or christen@middlebury.edu.

Craig Maravich, Director   Carol Christensen, Music Director

Preliminary singer/actor auditions for the J-term musical, URINETOWN, by Hollmann and Kotis. Sign-up sheets will be on the Music Dept. bulletin board, 3rd floor, MAC.  Singer/actors should prepare a short monologue from the show (a link will be provided to audition excerpts) and a Broadway song of choice up to two minutes in length. Questions: cmaravich@middlebury.edu or christen@middlebury.edu. 

The College Choir presents a spring concert of powerful, playful, and pensive choral music by composers from Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, England, and Italy, as well as Spiritual, folk, and new music from the USA. Choir and instrumentalists perform the Vermont premiere of selections from the new cantata, We Are Phoenix (2025), by Minnesota composer Timothy Takach, and Vermont musician Tom Mackenzie joins on hammered dulcimer for music of and inspired by folk traditions. Free admission.

Join Marco Motroni ‘25 for his senior independent study as he performs “Music I Like”: a personal show that showcases different types of music that have impacted his life. Along the way, you will learn about these genres in more detail as well as the people in Marco’s life who have made this music infinitely more enjoyable to explore!

Watch the livestream of the performance here