Music

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!

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Join George Matthew Jr. on his 90th birthday as he plays a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. This concert, as part of the New England Chapter American Bell Association (NECABA), will feature works by Bach and Haydn as well as a mix of traditional Irish, Ukrainian, and Mexican songs. Free and open to the public.

The Middlebury College Community Chorus presents a world premiere for choir and piano called So We Try, composed by Peter Buffett and arranged for chorus by Peter Kiesewalter. There are also selections by Pete Seeger, Felix Mendelssohn, Ed Thompson, as well as another world premiere by Vermont-based composer Dorothy Robson. This will be an evening chock-full of new music that will challenge the way you think about choral singing, our relationship to the Earth, and our shared humanity. We hope you will join us for this wild ride! Conducted by Ronnie Romano ‘20 at the piano.

The Orchestra’s spring concert features the evocative, romantic masterpiece Symphony No. 1 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, the world premiere of the compelling Overture in D by Asher Holton ’25, and George Gershwin’s iconic paean to jazz: his exuberant and toe-tapping Rhapsody in Blue with piano soloist Gregory Marcinik ’25. Evan Bennett, conductor. 

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The Perfect Outing for Mother’s Day!

This spring the Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Shedd, honors Mother’s Day with a family celebration of its own, featuring four generations of Middlebury’s own Friml Family.