The 2021 Wheaton Biennial is an open-call exhibition focused on new media and juried by author and curator, Legacy Russell. Presented virtually, this exhibition includes artists whose work challenges and celebrates new media. As with past Biennials, our definition is boundary-pushing and inclusive, seeking a diverse range of experimental work, collectively evoking an open-ended conversation.
The Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers present their virtual spring concert, joined by Time Out Vocal Jazz, the Oure Pleasure Singers and visiting artists Elise Groves, Emily Bergmann, Connor Vigeant, and Craig Juricka. Via YouTube.
The 2021 Wheaton Biennial is an open-call exhibition focused on new media and juried by author and curator, Legacy Russell. Presented virtually, this exhibition includes artists whose work challenges and celebrates new media. As with past Biennials, our definition is boundary-pushing and inclusive, seeking a diverse range of experimental work, collectively evoking an open-ended conversation.
Internationally known organist Peter Krasinski demonstrates improvisational accompaniment to the silent film Metropolis on Wheaton's magnificent Casavant organ.
Come check out what arts@wheaton is all about, including how you can get involved. There will be live performances, music, tie-dye, paper flower making, screen printing and more. Oh yeah, and food trucks!
Poetry-based art movements have functioned as an important locus of community organizing and political discourse across both Puerto Rico and the U.S. since at least the 1930s. In this interactive workshop, scholar-activist-poet Dr. Melinda González will perform poems, facilitate a poetry writing workshop, and discuss the role of poetry spaces in disaster recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria […]
The 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.
The 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.
A curated selection of student work from Production I, Introduction to Animation and Production II will be showcased in this end-of-semester screening.
Wheaton'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.
