Music

Music Department reception for music majors and their families. MCA lower lobby.

Jeff Rehbach, conductor; Tim Guiles, accompanist

The 90-voice chorus welcomes spring with its popular spring concert including a delightful mix of choral works from times past and present. With a history that dates back more than 150 years, the chorus brings singers together from on and off campus to present this joyful performance. Note: The chorus also presents this program at the Brandon Town Hall on Saturday evening, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

Jeff Rehbach, conductor; Tim Guiles, accompanist

An annual concert celebrating the season of Thanksgiving, performed by Middlebury College students, staff, faculty, and singers from towns throughout the area with two performances. The program includes settings of psalms alongside uplifting and celebratory songs by classical and contemporary composers. Free

Jeff Rehbach, conductor; Tim Guiles, accompanist

An annual concert celebrating the season of Thanksgiving, performed by Middlebury College students, staff, faculty, and singers from towns throughout the area with two performances. The program includes settings of psalms alongside uplifting and celebratory songs by classical and contemporary composers. Free

The College Choir performs selections for their tour to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in May-June 2018.

Hamilton Pinheiro, an acclaimed bassist and music producer from Brasilia, will offer a lecture/demonstration on a variety of Brazilian genres in jazz. Focusing on the samba and bossa nova, the session will also include genres less common to American jazz musicians, including Choro, Baião, Partido Alto and Ijexá. Sponsored by the Jazz Program of the Music Department. Free

Guest conductor John Butt leads two performances of J.S. Bach’s riveting musical drama. Featuring students, alumni, affiliate artists, and guest professional musicians. A Music Department event. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/ free to Middlebury College students with ID.

Guest conductor John Butt leads two performances of J.S. Bach’s riveting musical drama. Featuring students, alumni, affiliate artists, and guest professional musicians. A Music Department event. Tickets: $15/$12/free to Middlebury College students with ID.

At the intersection of music theory, composition, and performance, Annie Beliveau ’18 will give a lecture-recital of her senior work based on research into Sarum plainchant from her year abroad in Oxford. With student collaborators, Annie will present her research results and a suite of original compositions inspired by medieval musical processes and modern poetry about the natural world.

All are welcome at this event which seeks to make this 500-year-old music accessible! Free.

Damascus Kafumbe, director.

The music of this student ensemble demonstrates the study of many musical Africanisms: complex polyphony, musical conversation, structured improvisation, recurrent patterns, layered ostinati, timbral variety, and tonal variations. These stylistic elements serve as markers of cultural, social, political, and religious lifeways in Africa. Free