All Upcoming Events

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February

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SPLICE Ensemble Performs Works by Wesleyan Graduate Composers
Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 5:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
A concert featuring new works by Wesleyan graduate music students under the direction of Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies Paula Matthusen performed by the SPLICE Ensemble.
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Kitchen Céilí and Friends: Traditional and Original Music from Ireland, North America, the British Isles, and India
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
Formed in 1993, the core group of Kitchen Céilí includes Banjo/Mandolin/North Indian Vocal/Guitar Instructor Stan Scott PhD ’97; Dorothea Hast PhD ’94 on vocals, tin whistle and recorders; Sam Scheer on vocals, guitar and banjo; and George Wilson on vocals and fiddle.
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Listening Session
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
During this lunchtime listening session, everyone attending will experience focused group listening as a communal practice. Participants can sign up to share a piece of recorded music, which will be played for the group in silence, collectively listened to, and discussed. First-come, first-served free pizza.
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Toneburst Sampler
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble presents new and arranged works for live electronics under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen.
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Talk by Keller Easterling: Medium Design
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:30pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
Designer and writer Keller Easterling, Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale, will present the talk Medium Design.
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Senior Thesis Theater Production: Dance Monkey, Dance [New Time]
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 6:30pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Conceived and performed by CJ Joseph ’25 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater, Dance Monkey, Dance is a performative lecture connecting fetish-like-fear political visibility to Black female performativity in modern media.  The lecture is semi-immersive in the intellectual context and aims to make the audience contemplate the voyeuristic dynamics and repetitive nature between white eyes and Black female bodies.



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Senior Thesis Theater Production: The Government Inspector [Sold Out]
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

FREE!

Tabitha Davidson ’25 will direct a new translation and adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (1836) in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.



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Finding the Spirit of Inanga Closing Celebration
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12:00pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown

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Celebrate the past year of Finding the Spirit of Inanga: A Gallery of African Musical Instruments in Olin Library. We’re pleased to welcome Rwandan guitar virtuoso Deo Salvator for a mini-concert, along with a short talk and demonstration by exhibition curator and Wesleyan MA student Chance Kinyange Boas. Refreshments will be provided.
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Senior Recital: Simon Schwartz
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 5:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
The senior recital by music student Simon Schwartz ’25 will feature performances of Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne Opus 48. No. 1; the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 ("Pathétique"); and Franz Liszt’s Liebesträume No. 3 on piano. 
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Senior Thesis Theater Production: Dance Monkey, Dance [New Time]
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 6:30pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Conceived and performed by CJ Joseph ’25 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater, Dance Monkey, Dance is a performative lecture connecting fetish-like-fear political visibility to Black female performativity in modern media.  The lecture is semi-immersive in the intellectual context and aims to make the audience contemplate the voyeuristic dynamics and repetitive nature between white eyes and Black female bodies.



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The Ad Hoc Bach Collective: “For the Love of Bach” Vol. 15
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
The Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/alumni/community collective Ad Hoc Bach presents the next installment of “For the Love of Bach,” conducted by Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
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Senior Thesis Theater Production: The Government Inspector [Sold Out]
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

FREE!

Tabitha Davidson ’25 will direct a new translation and adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (1836) in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.



March

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Wesleyan University Orchestra Children’s Concert
Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
The Wesleyan University Orchestra presents their 12th annual children’s concert, playing a family-friendly selection of pieces and telling the stories behind the works, under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
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Senior Thesis Theater Production: Dance Monkey, Dance [New Time]
Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 6:30pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

RESERVE NOW

Conceived and performed by CJ Joseph ’25 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater, Dance Monkey, Dance is a performative lecture connecting fetish-like-fear political visibility to Black female performativity in modern media.  The lecture is semi-immersive in the intellectual context and aims to make the audience contemplate the voyeuristic dynamics and repetitive nature between white eyes and Black female bodies.



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Senior Thesis Theater Production: The Government Inspector [Sold Out]
Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

FREE!

Tabitha Davidson ’25 will direct a new translation and adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (1836) in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.



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Roy Wiseman Concert [Canceled]
Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!

Please note that this concert has been canceled.

A concert by Bass Instructor Roy Wiseman.

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The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Laureate Recital [New Time]
Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
A keyboard recital featuring the participants of the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Competition.
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Encounter Machines
Monday, March 3, 2025 at 5:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown

FREE!

Encounter Machines is a work-in-progress manifesto that seeks to find new relevance between architecture and opera, exploring questions of scale, queerness, fragmentation, failure, and more. The text draws on Peter Zuspan’s work designing spaces for performance (including the National Sawdust and Bushwick Starr) as well as his ongoing research on the spatial limits and possibilities of new and experimental opera. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with the multidisciplinary artist Helga Davis.

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Opening Reception: 44th annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition
Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
View a wide variety of visual art from children in kindergarten through twelfth grade at the 44th annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition. In the event of bad weather, the opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 9, 2025, from Noon to 5pm.
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Moon Bounce
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 4:30pm
Van Vleck Observatory, 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, Connecticut

FREE!
Wesleyan's Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble examines the creative possibilities of reflecting signals off the moon, and transmission arts more broadly, this spring.
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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week One
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Matty Shields, Thomas Purello, Tiffanie Cheung, Sydney Smith, Jane Lillard, Maisy Lewis, Lucy Brubaker, and Aisha Odetunde.
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Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major.
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Oboedacious
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
The ensemble Oboedacious—featuring Wesleyan Oboe Instructor Libby Van Cleve, John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce on piano, and Kirsten Lipkens on oboe and English horn—will perform their adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364 plus other works from their unique repertoire of chamber music works drawn from the 17th century to the present.
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Senior Recital: Stephanie Monard [Time to be determined]
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Stephanie Monard ’25.
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Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major.

April

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Graduate Recital by Negar Soleymanifar
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
A recital by graduate music student Negar Soleymanifar.
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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Two
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the second week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Loren Wang, Michael Fadugbagbe, Isabella Koz, Gino Palacios, Jasmin Wong, Spencer Turner, Olivia Snow, and Lena Weiman.
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Balalaika Music in America
Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 3:00pm
Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown

FREE!
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.
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Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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A collection of new works by Associate Professor of the Practice in Dance Doug Elkins, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Dewati Rahmayani, and Visiting Instructor in Dance Kellie Lynch.
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Senior Recital by Marissa Clauburg
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Marissa Clauburg ’25.
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Graduate Recital by Emma Mistele
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 8:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
A recital by graduate music student Emma Mistele.
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Senior Recital by Sam Boston [Time to be determined]
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Sam Boston ’25.
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Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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A collection of new works by Associate Professor of the Practice in Dance Doug Elkins, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Dewati Rahmayani, and Visiting Instructor in Dance Kellie Lynch.
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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Three
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Vicky Gong, Will Hardison, Aleah Hurwitz, Alp Yucel, Kerri Belguendovz, Ava Liberace, Beatrice Compomori, and Olivia Gomez.
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Senior Recital by Emerson Jenisch [Time to be Determined]
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Emerson Jenisch ’25.
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Senior Recital by Vahn Kessler
Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Vahn Kessler ’25.
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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Four
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Tracy Wu, Joshua Khoshayev, Sydney Keller, Truly Zanda, Lev Ko, Daniela Stahle, Keren Mikanda, and Leo Keller.
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Moon Bounce
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:30pm
Van Vleck Observatory, 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, Connecticut

FREE!
Wesleyan's Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble examines the creative possibilities of reflecting signals off the moon, and transmission arts more broadly, this spring.
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Indonesia in Musical Voyage
Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut

FREE!
Ethnomusicologist/composer Andy McGraw PhD '05 and Indonesian composer/professional singer Peni Candra Rini will present their contemporary collaborative works. And composer/performer Neely Bruce, John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, will play "A Fugue for Maeny," and four string players will present the premiere of "A String Quartet for Sumarsam"(for Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA '76), compositions inspired by Bruce's personal connection to the Indonesian.
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Spring Dance Concert
Friday, April 18, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
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Graduate Recital by Hansini Bhasker
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 6:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
A recital by graduate music student Hansini Bhasker.
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Spring Dance Concert
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

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Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
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Senior Recital by Jolene Jiang
Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 5:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Jolene Jiang ’25.
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Senior Recital by Cristi Gonzalez
Monday, April 21, 2025 at 5:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!
A senior recital by music student Cristi Gonzalez ’25.
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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Five
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Cooper Raposo, Angelina Panarello, Reese Chahal, Pelumi Sokunbi, Pat Watcharapong, Olivia Kaplan, Jules Haberberg, and Sophie Clapacs.
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Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Concert
Friday, April 25, 2025 at 8:00pm
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 as the start of the 22nd annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.
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Bobby Sanabria and Ascensión
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

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Led by multiple Grammy Award-nominated drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, and educator Bobby Sanabria, his ensemble Ascensión has been critically-acclaimed for its Pan-Latino approach to Latin jazz. This concert is the Connecticut debut of the group, and the conclusion of the 22nd annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.
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Spring Festival of New Theater Works
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown

FREE!

The Spring Festival of New Theater Works will feature a staged reading of a new play written by Sierra van Wijk ’25 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.

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Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Six
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
The reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Sylvie Moran, Saskia Curry, Billi Newmyer, Sebastian Frowein, Nomi Kuntz, Owen Forbes, Calista Huang, and Noah Shacknai.
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Students of Yvonne Troxler Piano Recital
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!

Students of Piano Instructor Yvonne Troxler perform a concert of works for piano.

May

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Beginning Javanese Gamelan Ensemble Spring Concert
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6:30pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
Beginning students from Wesleyan’s Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76 and University Professor of Music Harjito, present a spring concert of the classical music of Central Java.
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Wesleyan Concert Choir Spring Concert
Thursday, May 1, 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.
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The Moors
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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The Moors (2017) by Jen Silverman is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. This Wesleyan production will be directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Alex Keegan.

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Collegium Musicum Spring Concert: Leyli’s Sky—Musical Constellations Across Time
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 9:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
Wesleyan’s Collegium Musicum will premiere new pieces that draw on cosmic themes by graduate music student Negar Soleymanifar and Irish composer Seán Doherty during a spring concert under the direction of Jane Alden, Professor of Music, and Chair and Professor of Medieval Studies.
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Chamber Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform a fall concert of works by various composers.
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Wesleyan University Orchestra Spring Concert
Friday, May 2, 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.
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The Moors
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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The Moors (2017) by Jen Silverman is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. This Wesleyan production will be directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Alex Keegan.

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The Moors
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

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The Moors (2017) by Jen Silverman is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. This Wesleyan production will be directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Alex Keegan.

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Javanese Gamelan and Dance Spring Concert
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
The Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76 and University Professor of Music Harjito, presents a spring concert of the classical music and dance of Central Java, featuring Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Dewati Rahmayani from the Royal Palace of Yogyakarta, and the world premiere of two commissioned works by composer Jlin, one of which will be performed live by the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble.
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The Moors
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 8:00pm
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The Moors (2017) by Jen Silverman is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. This Wesleyan production will be directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Alex Keegan.

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Worlds of Dance Spring Showcase
Sunday, May 4, 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, Afro-Brazilian, Hip Hop, Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical), and Introduction to Dance classes.

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Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Japanese Drumming Ensemble Spring Concert
Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
A concert by Wesleyan’s Taiko Japanese Drumming Ensemble, directed by Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate, will be followed by a performance from the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim.
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Re-imagining Dante’s Inferno: Prison, Social Justice, and the Arts
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!

Wesleyan students will collaborate with formerly incarcerated men and women in a presentation of theater, rap, gospel music, and spoken word poetry. The performance will feature rap poet BL Shirelle and gospel singer Debra Taylor.

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Ebony Singers Spring Concert
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

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The Wesleyan University Ebony Singers present an inspirational evening of traditional and contemporary gospel music under the direction of Marichal Monts ’85.
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South Indian Music Student Spring Recital
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!

Students of Adjunct Associate Professors of Music and Global South Asian Studies B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson PhD ’91 and graduate music student Hansini Bhasker perform their spring semester recital of vocal music, spoken rhythms (solkattu), and drumming from the Karnatak tradition of South India.

 

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WesWinds Spring Concert
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!
The Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) performs a spring concert featuring a selection of concert band literature including contemporary American works under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
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Wesleyan Organ Studio Spring Concert: Piping Performance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 9:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown

FREE!
Students of Assistant Professor of Music and University Organist Alcee Chriss present a recital of organ music.
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Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 6:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!

Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, presents a spring concert highlighting their repertoire of traditional and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese works.

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Toneburst Electroextravaganza
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 8:30pm
World Music Hall

FREE!
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble, under the direction of Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies Paula Matthusen, performs new works written for and by the ensemble.
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West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Friday, May 9, 2025 at 3:00pm
CFA Green (Rain site: Crowell Concert Hall)

FREE!

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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African Pop Music
Friday, May 9, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!
Wesleyan’s African Pop Music Band, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa, present an invigorating performance of contemporary African music.
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Sprung and Flung: Featuring the Methods of Improvisation Ensemble and Experiments in Sound and Technology Collective [NEW DATE AND TIME]
Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!

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. 

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Moon Bounce
Monday, May 12, 2025 at 4:30pm
Van Vleck Observatory, 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, Connecticut

FREE!
Wesleyan's Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble examines the creative possibilities of reflecting signals off the moon, and transmission arts more broadly, this spring.
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Selections from the 2025 Senior Theses in Studio Art Exhibition Reception
Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

FREE!
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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