All Upcoming Events
Below are all upcoming events. To view the archives of past events, please click here.
2025
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2026
February
2025
November
Songs of Richard Winslow
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
A concert featuring songs by the late John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Emeritus Richard K. Winslow ’40, Hon ’10, P ’71, GP ’23 (1918–2017). Featuring settings of poems by Irene Orgel as well as settings of works by William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Francis Jammes (translated by Richard Wilbur), Susan McAllester, and others. Performed by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce on piano with vocalists Christopher Grundy, bass-baritone, and Elizabeth Sutphen, soprano.
December
CoDES Talk: Ashley Thrall—Kinetic Structures for a Resilient Future
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 4:30pm
Exley Science Center, Room 121
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 4:30pm
Exley Science Center, Room 121
FREE!
Wesleyan‘s College of Design and Engineering Studies (CoDES) presents a talk by Ashley Thrall, Myron and Rosemary Noble Collegiate Professor of Structural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, “Kinetic Structures for a Resilient Future.”
Students of Yvonne Troxler Fall Piano Recital
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Students of Piano Instructor Yvonne Troxler perform a concert of works for piano.
Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We’re At
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
FREE!
The Center for the Arts is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six videos that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis.
Chinese Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, presents a fall concert highlighting their repertoire of traditional and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese works.
Bach at Noon
Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 12:00pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 12:00pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
FREE!
A series of performances of selected works by Johann Sebastian Bach, with John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce on piano and commentary by Professor of Music, Deputy Provost, and Dean of the Arts and Humanities Roger Mathew Grant, followed by a discussion with the audience.
OCEAN TINY DESK
Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
CNTR, 725 Main St, Unit 31, Middletown, CT
Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
CNTR, 725 Main St, Unit 31, Middletown, CT
FREE!
Join the Center for the Arts for an end-of-semester celebration hosted by CFA Artist in Residence mayfield brooks, along with their artistic collaborator camilo, and Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Raquel Bryant.
West African Drumming and Dance Fall Concert
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 6:30pm
CFA Theater
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 6:30pm
CFA Theater
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa PhD ’18 and Associate Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka joined by students in West African music and dance classes.
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Wesleyan University Orchestra Fall Concert
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan University Orchestra performs under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Student-Led Exhibition Tour
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Wesleyan student gallery assistants will lead a guided tour of the current exhibitions in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. Explore the artists, themes, and curatorial context behind each show, and take part in a conversation about the work on view. Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Advanced Javanese Gamelan Ensemble Fall Concert
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76, and music graduate student Ethan Schwartz, presents gamelan music of Central Java, featuring guest singer Peni Candra Rini.
Worlds of Dance Fall Showcase
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Wesleyan students perform an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Javanese Dance, Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical), Hip Hop, and "Introduction to Dance" classes.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Japanese Drumming Ensemble Fall Concert
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
A concert by Wesleyan’s Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim, will be followed by a performance from the Taiko Japanese Drumming Ensemble, directed by Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate.
Art Lecture: Richard Yancey ’85—Building the Future: Towards a Climate Ready Architecture
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112
FREE!
Founding CEO of Building Energy Exchange, Richard Yancey ’85, FAIA, LEED AP, will speak to his own journey—from passionate architect to creating a nonprofit organization on the frontier of ideas and action—and share insights into the leading climate solutions for our built environment.
Ebony Singers Winter Concert
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Ebony Singers present an inspirational evening of traditional and contemporary gospel music conducted by Marichal Monts '85. This joyful event is great for the entire family.
South Indian Music Student Fall Recital
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Students of Adjunct Professor of Music and Global South Asian Studies B. Balasubrahmaniyan and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Global South Asian Studies David Nelson PhD ’91 perform their fall semester recital of vocal music and drumming from the Karnatak tradition of South India.
WesWinds Fall Concert
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) performs a fall concert featuring a selection of concert band literature including contemporary American works under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Mothership
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
RESERVE NOWPrinceton Junction, New Jersey. July 27, 2014, sometime around 9pm. Lucy sleeps over at Lucas’s house. A rumble. A flash. A phone call. Something is descending onto the suburbs. The Senior Thesis Theater Production Mothership features a new one-act play written and performed by Dani Brugger ’26 and Paige Merril ’26 as a senior project, and directed by Eliza Bryson ’26 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.
Methods of Improvisation Ensemble Fall Concert
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Wesleyan's Methods of Improvisation Ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Darius Jones, performs an end-of-semester concert. In the course MUSC 459, graphic- and prose-based notations are employed to facilitate the forging of a musical language unique to the ensemble.
John Cage’s Musicircus
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 1:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 1:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Students from MUSC 109 “Introduction to Experimental Music,” taught by Professor of Music and Director of Electronic Music and Recording Studios Ron Kuivila ’77, present a series of overlapping performances in the 10th rendition of John Cage’s Musicircus at Wesleyan since fall 2013.
Beginning Javanese Gamelan Ensemble Fall Concert
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Beginning students from Wesleyan’s Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76, University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito, and music graduate student Ethan Schwartz, present a fall concert of the Central Javanese gamelan.
Wesleyan Concert Choir Fall Concert
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan Concert Choir presents a fall concert featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Mothership
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Princeton Junction, New Jersey. July 27, 2014, sometime around 9pm. Lucy sleeps over at Lucas’s house. A rumble. A flash. A phone call. Something is descending onto the suburbs. The Senior Thesis Theater Production Mothership features a new one-act play written and performed by Dani Brugger ’26 and Paige Merril ’26 as a senior project, and directed by Eliza Bryson ’26 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.
Wesleyan Organ Studio Fall Concert: Piping Performance
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 9:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 9:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
FREE!
Students from MUSC 441 "Piping Performance: An Exploration of Artistic Expression through the Pipe Organ" present a recital of organ music under the direction of Visiting Professor of Music R. Walden Moore.
Chamber Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
FREE!
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform a fall concert of works by various composers.
Winter Dance Concert
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert [New Time]
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Professor of Music and African American Studies Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91, and the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, present an exciting evening of classic and contemporary jazz repertoire. This event will also be live-streamed on YouTube.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Mothership
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Friday, December 12, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Princeton Junction, New Jersey. July 27, 2014, sometime around 9pm. Lucy sleeps over at Lucas’s house. A rumble. A flash. A phone call. Something is descending onto the suburbs. The Senior Thesis Theater Production Mothership features a new one-act play written and performed by Dani Brugger ’26 and Paige Merril ’26 as a senior project, and directed by Eliza Bryson ’26 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.
Winter Dance Concert
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
2026
February
AFTERWORDS: entanglement
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
The fifth event in the AFTERWORDS: entanglement series of public programs curated by CFA Director Joshua Lubin-Levy '06 and ICPP Director Noémie Solomon.
AFTERWORDS: entanglement - Emma Bigé and mayfield brooks
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
The sixth event in the AFTERWORDS: entanglement series of public programs will feature Emma Bigé, who studies, writes, translates, curates, and improvises between the fields of dance, transfeminist, and environmental studies, online and movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer mayfield brooks, 2025–2026 CFA Artist in Residence, in-person.
