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April

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.

WesGrooves Social Dance Series: Salsa Dancing with Las Mariquitas and Latin and Ballroom Club
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut

FREE!

The second event in the new WesGrooves series of social dance events with a vision to create community connection through rigorous play and creative movement will feature a basic salsa dancing lesson from Wesleyan’s Latin and Ballroom Club from 7pm to 7:45pm, followed by a dance party with New York City's queer and trans salsa band Las Mariquitas from 8pm to 10pm.

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

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.

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.

The Moors
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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. Featuring a senior capstone performance by Josh Ehrlich ’25, advised by Assistant Professor of Theater Lauren Yeoman. Also featuring a senior capstone in lighting design by Henry Owens ’25, advised by Assistant Professor of Theater Courtney Gaston.

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!

Inspired by the classical Arabic tale, Leyli and Majnun, as retold by the 12^th-century Persian mystical poet Nizami Ganjavi, and by the Old Irish Saltair na Rann (Psalter of the Verses), attributed to the lector Airbertach (d. 1016), Wesleyan’s Collegium Musicum will premiere new pieces that draw on cosmic and historical themes by graduate music student Negar Soleymanifar and Irish composer Seán Doherty in a concert under the direction of Jane Alden, Professor of Music, and Chair and Professor of Medieval Studies.

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 spring concert of works by Johannes Brahms, Kaspar Kummer, Karl Goepfart, and Claude Debussy.

��ɫ��Ƶ Orchestra Spring Concert
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

FREE!

The ��ɫ��Ƶ 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.

The Moors
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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

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.

The Moors
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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.

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.

Re-imagining Dante’s Inferno: Prison, Social Justice, and the Arts
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

FREE!

Formerly incarcerated men and women will compare their journeys out of prison to the journey out of hell that Dante wrote about in this presentation of rap, gospel music, and spoken word poetry. Featuring rap poet BL Shirelle and gospel singer Debra Taylor. New York University Professor Alison Cornish, President of the Dante Society of America, will lead a post-performance discussion.

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

The ��ɫ��Ƶ Ebony Singers present an inspirational evening of traditional and contemporary gospel music under the direction of Marichal Monts ’85.

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.

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

FREE!

The ��ɫ��Ƶ Wind Ensemble (WesWinds), under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso, performs a spring concert featuring works by Ticheli, Reed, Balmages, Galante, and more.

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.

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.

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, including the commissioned electronic composition Fluidity by composer Jlin.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

FREE!

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.

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

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.

Spring tickets and reservations are on sale .

The ��ɫ��Ƶ Box Office is open for walk-up and phone sales every day from 10am to 5pm.

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