Live Performance
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Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend: Craig Harris and Friends Play the Music of Sam Rivers
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Trombonist, composer, and bandleader Craig Harris has performed around the world with a wide range of progressive jazz luminaries, including the inimitable Sun Ra, as well as Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Haden, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, and Oliver Lake, since 1976. At Wesleyan, Harris’ sextet will make their Connecticut debut, performing the music of saxophonist Sam Rivers (1923–2011) in celebration of Rivers’ centennial anniversary at 8pm. The concert opens at 7pm with a 45-minute set performed by members of the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra, directed by Professor of Music and African American Studies Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91.
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Blindada: Poemas de Protección
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
FREE!
For an hour, experience the poetic voice of Caribbean performer and poet Yaissa Jiménez, the drums and voice of multidisciplinary composer and percussionist Mobéy Lola Irizarry, and dance as choreographer and dancer Angel Rose interprets Jiménez’s lyrics and intention. The audience is invited to participate through dance and the intimacy provoked by reading poems in the ear. Please note that this is a Spanish-language program.
Javanese Gamelan
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:30pm
World Music Hall
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:30pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Wesleyan’s Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito, presents an evening of Javanese gamelan.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan Concert Choir presents a program 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.
