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.
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.
South African musician Derek Gripper interpreted kora (21 string harp) compositions for solo classical guitar during his New England debut at Wesleyan on Friday, November 4, 2016 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
On Saturday, October 29, 2016 in Crowell Concert Hall, Indian-born American violinist, singer, and composer L. Shankar was accompanied by Christopher Garcia on tabla for a concert as part of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
On Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Crowell Concert Hall, banjo and vocal duo (and husband and wife) Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn performed original music as well as Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber music, and blues.
Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.
An All-Night Highlife Dance Party featuring the Abraham Adzenyah Tribute Band was held in celebration of master drummer Abraham Adzenyah, Adjunct Professor of Music, Retired on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Fayerweather Beckham Hall.
Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
Vibraphonist, composer, and Adjunct Professor of Music Jay Hoggard ’76 presented music from his new recording Harlem Hieroglyphs in celebration of 40 years since his Wesleyan senior recital on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in the Crowell Concert Hall.
Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
