Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series is proud to announce an all-virtual fall 2020 season, featuring eight free, online concerts by nationally- and internationally-renowned musicians, including a focus on artists of color, long-standing artist friends, and a series from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

This playful, poignant dance theatre work will be performed March 13–14 at the MAC, featuring dance and music faculty, and alumna, and other friends.

This young Danish trio, hailed as the new driving force in Nordic world music, promises to be one of the hottest tickets of the season.

The premier radio theatre company presents a powerful play based on the real lives of seven heroic women who overcame life-threatening obstacles and changed the world.

Partners in music and in life, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han give a concert of Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Chopin, plus a new work by Vermont-raised, prize-winning composer Pierre Jalbert.

Lewis and Osborne, both world-class pianists in their own right, join for a tour-de-force collaborative concert of works by Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Ravel.

The concert program features Vermont Native Nico Muhly’s How Little You Are.

Middlebury College’s Performing Arts Series rings in the New Year with a free concert of Beethoven works on Saturday, January 11.

The November 22 concert will feature works by Duke Ellington, Bill Monroe, Bill Withers, Coltrane, and the world premiere of Saint Paul AME, a new work by Middlebury's own Matthew Evan Taylor.

Middlebury College students from Oratory Now will present selections from the New England Review, followed by a "S'More Readings" reception.

Their concert program, Breaking the Habit, will bringing the women from the Renaissance to life through song. Student a cappella group The Mountain Ayres will perform for arriving audience members.

The Vermont Arts Council will honor five outstanding citizens, including Douglas Anderson and François Clemmons of Middlebury.

Two October concerts will kick off a yearlong Beethoven string quartet cycle.

Hear six stories of resilience in this seventh-annual community-wide event is inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth.

The VSO makes a stop at the Mahaney Arts Center to play spirited works by Bartók, Devienne, and Haydn, plus the film "The Greatest Night," with music by Middlebury's Matthew Evan Taylor.

Applauded by the New York Times for her “eloquent, powerful” interpretations, Shao will play alongside an a-list quintet of musical friends on September 20.

The Mahaney Arts Center announces the 2019–2020 season lineup, featuring the Performing Arts Series' centennial season, making it the longest running performance series in the state.

The beautiful sounds of ringing bells will fill the air again this summer, with seven free performances on Friday afternoons.

Final concert of the 2018–2019 Performing Arts Series will include works by Mozart, Dvořák, Offenbach, and more.

Concert to Include Works by Haydn, Bartók, Schoenberg, and Respighi.

Young, international, award-winning ensemble will play works by Haydn, Britten, and Schubert.

Russian and German pianists will present an all-Schubert program at the MAC.

This leading dance ensemble of the Indian Diaspora explores the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man.

This five-time Grammy Award nominee and Steinway artist brings a fresh look at the entire language of jazz.

The Mahaney Arts Center announces a new, streamlined name and abbreviation: the MAC!

This breathtaking, imaginative performance creates a film right before your eyes.

British musicians will collaborate on a stunning program of German lieder.

The acclaimed French pianist will honor the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice by playing works composed during every year of WWI.

String ensemble to perform Debussy, Ravel, and Dutilleux at the Mahaney Arts Center on November 30.

Fiddler of “A Prairie Home Companion” Fame to Headline October 27 Concert

These renowned musicians hailing from Iraq, Iran, and the United States will replace previously scheduled duo Moody Amiri.

Middlebury College Students will present selections from the New England Review and launch the new NER Out Loud podcast.

The 6th annual live storytelling event inspired by “The Moth” will feature the theme of Origins.

The VSO's Made in Vermont statewide tour will feature the film How We See Water by Robin Starbuck, with music by Vermont composer and Middlebury alumnus Matthew LaRocca ’02.

Quarter century old Israeli quartet to perform works by Beethoven, Ravel, and Shostakovich

The Grammy-winning “Orchestra of Voices,” celebrating its 40th anniversary, will open the 2018–2019 Performing Arts Series.

The 2018–19 season will feature a diverse array of music, theatre, dance, exhibitions, and more. We invite the on- and off-campus communities to join us throughout the year.

This screening of Robin Starbuck's experimental documentary features live music from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, composed by Matt LaRocca ’02.

The beautiful sounds of ringing bells will fill the air again this summer, with seven free performances on Fridays in and around Mead Chapel.

This world music ensemble is renowned for their joy and irreverence, their Afro-Brazilian beats with improvised jazz, and a stage full of very unusual instruments.

An exciting young band and a local opener combine to make a great evening of music!

Internationally acclaimed artists will perform solo and duo sonatas by Boccherini, Scarlatti, Handel, and, of course, Bach!

Traditional Chinese music and the latest in contemporary works combine to create a beautiful window into Chinese culture.

Two great dramatic classics are performed in riveting stripped-down stagings by four actors from the acclaimed New York theatre company Bedlam.

Audience favorite Sophie Shao returns with four talented musicians for an unforgettable evening of piano quintets by Dvořák and Bridge.

The Grace Kelly Quartet will light up the Middlebury stage with a mix of standards and original works.

Israeli born, Julliard educated Shai Wosner returns to perform Schubert's deeply moving final sonatas.

This diverse woodwind quintet will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a concert entitled “Classically Improvised.”

The acclaimed French ensemble will play works by Mozart, Debussy, and Dvořák in a free concert sponsored by the Sunderman Family Fund.

Middlebury College Students from Oratory Now will present selections from the New England Review, followed by a “S’more Readings” reception with student literary magazines.

The world's most renowned male a cappella ensemble celebrates its 50^th anniversary with an encore performance.

This fifth annual live storytelling event inspired by The Moth includes six hand-picked storytellers and the theme “boundaries.”

Returning to Middlebury with a new Gramophone award and second violinist in tow, this beloved quartet will perform works by Haydn, Tippett, Bach, and Mendelssohn.

This internationally-renowned musician has earned many of classical music's highest honors. Local audiences, however, know him as one of our region’s most famous artists.

Hailed by the Washington Post as “one of the best quartets before the public today,” this group will play works by Bartók, Beethoven, and lively arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes.

Based in Burkina Faso and Philadelphia, this company draws inspiration from the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. Their band Dafra Kura gives an associated West African music concert Sept. 26.

The MCA celebrates its 25^th anniversary as the busiest visual and performing arts facility in Addison County. A highlight of the 2017–2018 season is the kickoff weekend with vertical dance company BANDALOOP September 15–16.

BANDALOOP returns to Middlebury to kick off the 25th anniversary season of the Mahaney Center for the Arts, with public performances at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 16.

The concert program is a convergence of classics by Mozart, Gluck, and Britten, and a new work entitled Breath by Vermont composer Paul Dedell.

To close the 2016–2017 Performing Arts Series, Upshaw and pianist Gil Kalish will give a traditional song recital including works by Schubert, Janáček, Ravel, Clarke, Bartók, and Bolcom.

This concert will feature Bach’s Art of Fugue, interspersed with texts by writers ranging from Lewis Carroll to Carl Sagan. Music Prof. Larry Hamberlin will give a free pre-concert talk.

In a concert sure to sell out, Middlebury audience favorite Paul Lewis will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Weber.

This interdisciplinary, escalating movement journey features nine performers from across artistic disciplines who question the bounds of their identities.

This March 4 film/concert event includes captivating documentary footage of mill town residents, seasoned with bluegrass, country, and roots notes.

The program includes works by Mendelssohn, Berg, and Schubert. This free concert is made possible with generous support from the Sunderman Family Concert Endowment Fund.

Middlebury College students from Oratory Now will read selections from the New England Review (NER) literary magazine, followed by a “s’more readings” reception with student literary magazines.

This young yet accomplished German trio will perform classical works by Tailleferre, Ravel, and Jalbert for the Middlebury Colege Performing Arts Series.

Revised Program: This culture-spanning concert is a poetic encounter between strings, percussion, and voice, featuring a fusion of Persian, Mediterranean, and Baroque sounds.

Self-taught musician and composer Jean-Michel Pilc has been called “a dazzlingly inventive pianist” by the New York Times. His solo concert promises brilliant improvisations and inventive, breathtaking virtuosity.

Shao will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Dvořák alongside violinist Jennifer Frautschi, violist Dimitri Murrath, and pianist Gloria Chien.

The recording artist, composer, and former David Bowie sideman will give a free concert at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. His layered approach to guitar has graced recordings by Madonna and John Legend, and films from Friday Night Lights to The Big Lebowski.

Recognized worldwide for her virtuosity and poetic poise, Imogen Cooper has earned a reputation as one of the finest interpreters of classical and Romantic repertoire. At Middlebury, she will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, and more.

This award-winning string quartet will play Schubert’s Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Brahms’s Quartet in A Minor, and Schubert’s Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, “Death and the Maiden.”

This fourth annual live performance event, inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth, will feature six diverse stories around the theme of “revelation.”

The Middlebury College Performing Arts Series presents the Vermont premiere of a new cello concerto by Su Lian Tan Oct. 8. Inspired by travels to Southeast Asia, the music will be accompanied by large animated murals produced by Middlebury students.

History, poetry, and tragedy collide when stage and film actor Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Malcolm X) tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King, caught in the glare of the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality that ignited the 1992 L.A. riots.

This September, the MCA opens its 24^th year with a diverse and exciting array of concerts, plays, exhibitions, dance performances, films, and more. Among the highlights of the 2016–2017 season are suites of events focusing on Classical Greek culture, American identity, and international exploration.

The beautiful sounds of ringing bells will fill the air again this summer, as musicians from around the world treat audiences to free performances in and around Mead Memorial Chapel.

Known for his brilliant playing and gracious demeanor, this young classical music star returns May 1 to perform a bountiful Bach program, including the great Toccata and Fugue in D minor, all on Mead Chapel’s magnificent 45-year-old Gress-Miles organ.

This vibrant dance performance, created with collaborators Paul Matteson ’00, Elena Demyanenko, and Jennifer Nugent, uses raw dance vocabulary and half a mile of rope to create a fascinating visual landscape.

The Middlebury College Performing Arts Series welcomes back the Jupiter String Quartet, performing alongside violist Roger Tapping and cellist Natasha Brofsky, for an evening of intimate and beautiful music.

Renowned Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires will perform a towering concert of Beethoven sonatas and more alongside her protégé Julien Brocal as part of their “Partitura Project.”

In the tradition of Public Radio International’s “Selected Shorts,” Middlebury students will read selections from the New England Review literary magazine.

Master actor/dramaturg Tina Packer will deconstruct and conjure William Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in two funny and fierce shows on Feb. 20 and 21, followed by book signings.

Rising star Bria Skonberg leads her quintet in a concert ode to Louis Armstrong, plus a mix of jazz standards and her own original works.

The U.K.-based ensemble will spend all of Middlebury’s Winter Term on campus, playing three public concerts on Jan. 14 and 21, and Feb. 4.

The renowned British a cappella sextet performs sacred music and vocal “postcards” from around the world on November 17 at Mead Chapel.

The Middlebury College Performing Arts Series will present this young standout trio in a special concert entitled “Silenced Voices: Music by European Composers Displaced by World War II.”

Known worldwide for their technical wizardry and extensive repertoire, this trio will perform an innovative evening of classical and contemporary works ranging from Bach to Bohemian Rhapsody.

World-renowned pipa player Wu Man and the impeccable Shanghai Quartet will perform an unforgettable evening of grand music titled "An Evening in New and Ancient China."

MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jeremy Denk is one of today's most thought-provoking and multifaceted artists. He will give an unusually varied concert ranging from classical works by Bach and Beethoven to ragtime and modernist works.

The Mahaney Center for the Arts hosts the 3rd annual live performance event Cocoon, inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth. Six storytellers will present true stories around the theme of “roots.”

Dancer and professor Andrea Olsen will give the final major performance of her 33 year career at the College, before moving on to Monterey.

Audience favorite Sophie Shao opens the 96th season of the Performing Arts Series’ with violinist Carmit Zori, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and violist Paul Neubauer, playing works by Beethoven and Dvořák.

The MCA's 23^rd season opens this September with incredible performances, exhibitions, and more.

Fourteen students will work with the professional company in acting and crew roles.

At the Middlebury College Museum of Art, historic photos from the George R. Rinhart Collection span a century, from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement.

This musical collaborative of East African artists drawn from the eleven countries along the Nile will visit the Middlebury College community March 30-April 3. Come ready to dance at the final concert April 2.

The latest addition to the College's public art collection is a large cor-ten steel sculpture by alumnus J. Pindyck Miller ’60.

Middlebury Theatre Department's production also nabs top honors for direction, design, and ensemble at national college theater festival.