Summer in Middlebury.

We invite alumni and friends of the Language Schools to join us this summer. All events are in English unless specified.

Summer 2025 events will be posted closer to the summer.  If you are interested in attending an admissions event, please see Admissions Events for the Middlebury Language Schools.

Language Schools Events Open to the Public

All languages

AI and language learning, teaching, research | Honoring the human, maximizing the tools  

4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT

Thor Sawin, Associate Dean of Curriculum for Middlebury Language Schools, will speak to the ACTFL Middlebury Research Forum about AI and Language Learning. Password: Middlebury

Hebrew

Malinsky Memorial Lecture by Assaf Shelleg, PhD  

7:15 p.m. EDT

Assaf will talk about an Opera in Hebrew. The Opera’s lyrics are in Hebrew and taken directly from the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 28. The lecture will be in Dana Auditorium and is open to the public.

French

Duo Ondine; Four-hands piano duet  

8:00-10:30 p.m. EDT

Duo Ondine is a French-Italian four-hands piano duet born in Geneva, Switzerland in 2014. Ten years later, its refined and virtuosic programs and highly sensitive playing continue to delight international audiences. Specializing in French and Slavic repertoires, Juliette Aridon-Kociolek and Clémentine Dubost present programs including Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Saint-Saëns, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Borodine, Moussorgsky, and Stravinsky, designing their concert programs around a specific theme or connecting thread. Free and open to the public in the Mahaney Arts Center (Robison Concert Hall). More details.

German

German for Singers Opera  

8:30 p.m. EDT

German for Singers is excited to present Johann Strauss’ famous operetta “Die Fledermaus”, arranged and custom-tailored for our program by our musical director Stefan Rütter. The production will be fully staged and costumed, with piano accompaniment. Bettina Matthias and Stephan Boving will co-direct this production. Performances are on Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in Middlebury’s Seeler Theater (MAC). 

You can also see this show in Scharbeutz, Germany, between August 29th and September 1st as our program has once again been invited to perform our project at the Baltic Sea. For more information about the show or that trip, please contact German School Director Bettina Matthias at bmatthia@middlebury.edu

French

School of French Choir Concert  

8:00-9:30 p.m. EDT

Join us for an evening of song performed by the School of French choir in the Middlebury Chapel! Under the direction of Clementine DuBost, the annual School of French choral concert features French-influenced music from a range of genres; choral to traditional; contemplative to uplifting.

German

German Play  

8:30 pm EDT

The German School will perform Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Die Physiker (The Physicists) in Wright Theater (event in German).

Contact languages@middlebury.edu with questions.