World Music Ensemble
Watson Fine Arts - Weber Theatre Norton, MA, United StatesThe ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor Sheila Falls, performs music from a variety of genres from around the world.
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Holiday Vespers Concert
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesAfter a year of singing virtually, the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers return to Cole Chapel to present the Holiday Vespers Concert.
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Student Recitals
Student Recitals
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesGifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments. Please note: Wheaton College requires masking for at all events, regardless of vaccination status. Guests will be required to complete a registration form for contract tracing upon arrival.
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Wheaton College Jazz Band
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesThe band, under the direction of Assistant Professor Jeffrey Cashen perform music written by Miles Davis, Cedar Walton and Rita Payes, and arranged for the band Cashen.
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A Concert of Early Music
Watson Fine Arts - Beard and Weil Galleries Norton, MA, United StatesThe students enrolled in Western Music I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque, perform musical works from the historical periods they have studied this semester, including compositions by Marin Marais, Henry Purcell, Couperin, Scarlatti, Handel, and Bach.
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The Great Wood Symphony Orchestra
Watson Fine Arts - Weber Theatre Norton, MA, United StatesA concert celebrating the global diversity of orchestral music.
Music Dept Colloquium: William Robin “Minimalism Is History Now”: Bang on a Can and Minimalism in the Late Twentieth Century
VirtualWheaton's music department is delighted to welcome scholar and journalist William Robin (UMD College Park). His talk is titled "“Minimalism Is History Now”: Bang on a Can and Minimalism in the Late Twentieth Century". Professor Robin is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and his most recent book Industry is now available from Oxford University Press. Robin's research explores how institutions structure the creation, dissemination, and reception of contemporary classical music in the United States. His research interests also include early American hymnody, Stravinsky, and the European postwar avant-garde.
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Balla Kouyaté and World Vision
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesBalla Kouyaté is a Master Balafon player, hereditary musician and Griot ('Djeli') from Mali, and an international Malian cultural ambassador. He is the recipient of multiple accolades including the NEA’s National Heritage Fellow in 2019. Balla will be joined by his band, World Vision, for a virtuosic concert of Malian traditional music and contemporary music fusions. Masks are required for attendees at Arts at Wheaton events regardless of vaccination status.
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Beethoven Violin Sonatas featuring Nicholas Kitchen
Watson Fine Arts - Weber Theatre Norton, MA, United States***This event has been postponed*** Nicholas Kitchen, principal violinist of the Borromeo Sting Quartet, plays two of Beethoven's most beloved sonatas, the "Spring" and the tempestuous "Kreuzer". Professor of Music, Ann Sears accompanies Kitchen on piano.
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Freetown Collective Live
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesAfter a celebrated virtual visit last year, Trinidadian band, Freetown Collective, will be on campus, live, straight from performing at SXSW in Austin, touring for the first time in North America.