Sprung and Flung: Featuring the Methods of Improvisation Ensemble and Experiments in Sound and Technology Collective [NEW DATE, TIME, AND VENUE]
Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students in the course MUSC 224 Experiments in Sound and Technology present a concert under the direction of Professor and Chair of the Music Department and Director of the Electronic Music and Recording Studios Ron Kuivila '77. And Wesleyan's new Methods of Improvisation Ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Darius Jones, will perform an end-of-semester concert. Guest artist Michael Johnsen will perform David Tudor's work Pulsers.
Moon Bounce [NEW TIME]
Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm
Van Vleck Observatory, 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, Connecticut
Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm
Van Vleck Observatory, 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan's Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble examines the creative possibilities of reflecting signals off the moon, and transmission arts more broadly. The concluding event of the "Moon Bounce" project this spring will include a talk by Orlando Osgood '26 and a potluck dinner at 6:30pm, followed by a performance by the ensemble at 7pm, use of the observatory's telescope at 8pm, and various "Moon Bounce" activities and a moonlight celebration outside.
WESeminar: The Balalaika Files—Uncovering Early Manuscripts and Archival Recordings of Music from the Russian Empire
Friday, May 23, 2025 at 1:00pm
Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Room 014 (Jakobson Room), Middletown, Connecticut
Friday, May 23, 2025 at 1:00pm
Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Room 014 (Jakobson Room), Middletown, Connecticut
This event is part of Wesleyan's Reunion + Commencement Weekend.
A talk by PhD candidate in ethnomusicology Anya Shatilova MA ’20 about her research into balalaika (Russian plucked lute) ensembles in the United States and related archival collections in Wesleyan’s World Music Archives and Music Library with discussant Nancy Wight.
A talk by PhD candidate in ethnomusicology Anya Shatilova MA ’20 about her research into balalaika (Russian plucked lute) ensembles in the United States and related archival collections in Wesleyan’s World Music Archives and Music Library with discussant Nancy Wight.
Time and Place: Selections from the 2025 Senior Theses in Studio Art Reception
Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program will host a reception with remarks at 3pm. This event is part of Reunion + Commencement Weekend.
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