The ensembles, under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor Alexandra Lutkevich, present a concert of works with orchestra, featuring visiting artist conductor Christopher Lowrey and soloists from Ensemble Altera: Clare Brussel, Andrew Brown, and Michael Garrepy. Suggested donation $10.
Contemporary music ensemble, Phat Police present a program of music chosen and arranged by the students under the leadership of Assistant Professor, Jeff Cashen.
The 60-piece Orchestra presents a concert celebrating the diversity of American orchestral music with works by:
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Josh Rodriguez: Vamos¡ (World Premiere)
John Williams: Empire Strikes Back Medley
Donizetti: “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore featuring Natan Chalem ’23, Concerto-Aria Competition Winner
Suggested donation $5.
Five-minute plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
The Band, under the direction of Assistant Professor Jeff Cashen, performs a mix of American music ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues to rock.
Wheaton’s largest wind ensemble performs its spring concert under the direction of Associate Professor Earl Raney, . Suggested donation $5.
Graduating music majors present on individual research projects conducted as part of the senior seminar taught this year by Professor Ann Sears.
Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments.
This professional dance company based in DC, focuses on the polyrhythmic art of stepping. Steeped in African and African American tradition, step has deep roots in the emergence of HBCUs in the south. Complex percussive sequences demand energy, precision, and teamwork; the intricacies of the movements can be heard as well as seen. Step Afrika! is committed to performance and outreach, their visit to Wheaton will surely expand our understanding of collective movement—and have everyone on the edge of their seats.
Free tickets may be reserved online via the Watson Box Office.
The 60 member GWSO performs a concert of inspiring and heart-warming music by a diverse collection of composers. Featuring Mozart’s overture to “The Magic Flute”, Bizet’s suite from the opera “Carmen”, “Adoration” by Black American composer Florence Price, Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Idyll”, and Darius Mihlaud’s jazz-inspired ballet score “La création du monde” from 1923. Suggested donation $5.