Updates and reflections from Wesleyan's Center for the Arts in Middletown, Connecticut
The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensembles performed an end of the semester concert on Friday, December 9, 2016 in Crowell Concert Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Students of Adjunct Assistant Professors of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson performed a recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in the World Music Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Elliott Sharp’s opera Port Bou (2014) had its New England premiere on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program performed works by various composers on a variety of instruments on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, the Wesleyan University Concert Choir, joined by Brian Fairley on piano, presented a concert featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire on Sunday, December 4, 2016 in Memorial Chapel.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Wesleyan’s three East Asian ensembles–the Taiko Drumming Ensemble directed by Visiting Instructor in Music Barbara Merjan, the Chinese Music Ensemble directed by Ph.D. candidate Huan Li, and the Korean Drumming Ensemble, directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Jin Hi Kim, performed an end of the semester concert on Thursday, December 1, 2016 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
Jonathan Galassi is a poet, a novelist, and renowned translator of Italian poetry gave reading in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
The New England debut of Choreographer Darrell Jones‘ Hoo-Ha in a salon format merges voguing and postmodern dance to express the release of the oppressed feminine in the male body. The show was held on Saturday, November 19, 2016 in the World Music Hall.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.
Visiting Artist in Dance and the College of East Asian Studies Eiko Otake and Professor of History, East Asian Studies, Science in Society, and Environmental Studies William Johnston presented images from their third visit to Fukushima in August 2016, five years after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns of March 2011 at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, November 17, 2016.
Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.
Charles Mee’s pulsating romantic comedy Summertime (2000) weaves together elements of William Shakespeare, Molière, and René Magritte. A dress rehearsal for Summertime was held on November 16, 2016 in the CFA Theater.
Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
