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BalFolk Workshop

Sponsored by:
Music
Traditional music, dance, and flavors of France will be fêted at this ‘BalFolk’ celebration and workshop. Join meneuse de danse Mary Wesley, the musical trio Triton (Affiliate Artist Timothy Cummings, Jeremiah McLane, Alex Kehler) and student musicians in celebrating the traditions of central France, Brittany, and beyond. French-inspired refreshments included. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

Chateau Grand Salon

Open to the Public
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Middlebury Afropop Band Concert and Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble Joint Concert

Sponsored by:
Umoja and Music
This concert opens with the Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble performing repertoire that showcases the stylistic and instrumental diversity of traditional East African musical cultures. In the second half of the 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.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Open to the Public
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An Evening with Paul Asbell

Sponsored by:
Music and American Studies
Join us for a performance by internationally recognized fingerstyle guitarist Paul Asbell.  With a multi-decade career that includes joining the seminal Butterfield Blues band, founding and leading jazz group Kilimanjaro, and playing and recording with a veritable who’s who of blues and jazz greats, Asbell is a musician’s musician.  This performance will highlight the history of the American guitar, as Asbell will demonstrate how the instrument itself changed and was changed by the music people made with it.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public
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Electronic Music: The Art of Sound

Sponsored by:
Music
A concert featuring guest electronic music artist Sandy Nordahl, joined by Winter Term music instructors Jack Tipper, Matthew Evan Taylor and Peter Hamlin, and Chapman Stick virtuoso Mark Christensen.

Vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) required. Masks optional (but welcome!) except under certain conditions.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public

Jazz Showcase!

Sponsored by:
Music
Some of the College’s best jazz players perform their work from the fall Jazz Workshop.

Vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) required. Masks optional (but welcome!) except under certain conditions.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Free
Open to the Public

**CANCELLED** College Community Chorus

Sponsored by:
Music
**CANCELLED**

The fall concert of the Middlebury College Community Chorus features the premiere of Salve Regina by Ukrainian composer Dmytro Malyi, and the sublime Requiem by Gabriel Fauré. Alumni Eleanor Mayerfeld ’19.5 and Tevan Goldberg ’20 join the Chorus, with Tim Guiles, piano and Jeffrey Buettner, conductor.

Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas

Sponsored by:
Music and Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
This annual traditional program combines choral music, congregational singing, and the Biblical texts of the season. The celebratory community service (held at both 4:00 and 7:00 pm) features the Middlebury College Choir, performing under the direction of Ronnie Romano, and readings by students, faculty, and staff. There will be large-print programs available, and the 4:00 service will have ASL interpretation.  George Matthew Jr. rings in the service with selections on the chapel carillon.

Middlebury Chapel

Open to the Public

Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas

Sponsored by:
Music and Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
This annual traditional program combines choral music, congregational singing, and the Biblical texts of the season. The celebratory community service (held at both 4:00 and 7:00 pm) features the Middlebury College Choir, performing under the direction of Ronnie Romano, and readings by students, faculty, and staff. There will be large-print programs available, and the 4:00 service will have ASL interpretation.  George Matthew Jr. rings in the service with selections on the chapel carillon.

Middlebury Chapel

Open to the Public
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McAllister/Ames Duo: Project Encore Vol. 1

Sponsored by:
Music
PROJECT ENCORE, featuring acclaimed saxophonist Timothy McAllister and the celebrated pianist Liz Ames, was born from the idea that concert curation often relies too much on tradition and time-honored chestnuts while ignoring fresh, innovative and diverse voices. Alongside the duo’s conscious efforts to weave a wide array of influences into their playing, whether a uniquely American classical sound, concepts from broader wind pedagogy, or popular idioms, they believe it is increasingly crucial to foster partnerships with living composers across a broad spectrum of styles and backgrounds.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public
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Carillon Recital by the Yale Carillon Guild

Sponsored by:
Music
The Yale Carillon Guild will be presenting a performance of classical and modern works on the Chapel carillon. Since 1964, the Yale University Student Carillon Guild has presented daily performances on Yale’s 54 bell carillon, has trained incoming students in the art and has managed a summer series of well-attended carillon recitals open to the public. Many Yale graduates have passed the exams of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America as Professional Carillonneurs and now hold prominent carillon positions throughout the country.

Middlebury Chapel

Open to the Public