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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.
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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.
Chorale & Chamber Singers **Postponed**
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesPlease join the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tim Harbold, for an eclectic program of jazz, folk songs, spirituals and pop, featuring songs we explored with […]
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andPlay: Contemporary Works for Violin + Viola
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesandPlay (Maya Bennardo and Hannah Levinson) will perform very recent compositions by a diverse roster of composers (David Bird, Carolyn Chen, Anthony Green, and Catherine Lamb). In support of our […]
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Chorale & Chamber Singers
Trinitarian Congregational Church 2 Pine Street, Norton, MA, United StatesPlease join the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tim Harbold, for an eclectic program of jazz, folk songs, spirituals and pop, featuring songs we explored with Visiting Artists Donnell Patterson (gospel), Dominique Eade (jazz), and Alex Grover (pop).
Western Music II recital
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesStudents enrolled in MUSC311: Western Music II are joined by Professor of Music Ann Sears for a performance of selected works from their coursework this semester.
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Mivos Quartet
Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United StatesHailed as “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), the Mivos Quartet visits Wheaton to perform a concert of contemporary music, including world premieres by […]
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