Updates and reflections from Wesleyan's Center for the Arts in Middletown, Connecticut
The culture of Java was experienced with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble on Saturday, December 5, 2015 in the World Music Hall. The concert included a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble.
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Master drummer and Adjunct Professor of Music Abraham Adzenyah celebrated his final performance with his students after 45 years at Wesleyan on Friday, December 4, 2015 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
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Violinist Todd Reynolds performed music written for him by R. Luke DuBois, Assistant Professor of Music Paula Matthusen and David Lang on Thursday, December 3, 2015 in the CFA Hall.
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The Chinese Music Ensemble presented traditional and contemporary repertoire under the direction of graduate music student Joy Lu on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in the World Music Hall.
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Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), groundbreaking string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed works by Franz Schubert, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer, Glenn Kotche, and a U.S. premiere by Assistant Professor of Music Paula Matthusen on Saturday, November 21, 2015 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
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R. Luke DuBois presented a generative composition for musicians that used data sets and real-time information as the basis for its score on Friday, November 20, 2015 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.
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Private Lessons Teacher Lisa Moore performed highlights from the Philip Glass solo piano collection featured on her new album “Mad Rush” on Sunday, November 15, 2015 in The Russell House.
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New media artist, theater director, and designer Reid Farrington conversed with composer, artist, and performer R. Luke DuBois on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in the CFA Hall.
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John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce performed the seventh in a series of CD-length recitals of his piano music in the Crowell Concert Hall on Sunday, November 1, 2015.
Special guest Thomas Schuttenhelm performed the world premiere of Bruce’s The Sacred Guitar—seven improvisatory pieces for electric guitar based on tunes from The Sacred Harp.
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Student composers of the Wesleyan Music Department presented their original works, featuring compositions by Matthew Stein ’16, and graduate students Tomek Arnold, Hallie Blejewski, Warren Enström, Omar Fraire, Cecilia Lopez, Cleek Schrey, and Ron Shalom in the World Music Hall on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
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