Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend: Craig Harris and Friends Play the Music of Sam Rivers

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

Trombonist, composer, and bandleader Craig Harris has performed around the world with a wide range of progressive jazz luminaries, including the inimitable Sun Ra, as well as Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Haden, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, and Oliver Lake, since 1976. At Wesleyan, Harris’ sextet will make their Connecticut debut, performing the music of saxophonist Sam Rivers (1923–2011) in celebration of Rivers’ centennial anniversary at 8pm. The concert opens at 7pm with a 45-minute set performed by members of the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra, directed by Professor of Music and African American Studies Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91.

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inDANCE: ROWDIES IN LOVE

Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater

inDANCE will perform the world premiere of the work ROWDIES IN LOVE by award-winning choreographer Hari Krishnan, Professor of Dance, Global South Asian Studies, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Read more about "ROWDIES IN LOVE" with two performances on December 6 and 7, 2024.
Digital Collection Launch: Bardic Tradition of Turkmenistan and Iran
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:00pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Memorial Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown
Mohammad Geldi Geldi Nejad, known as “Oghlan Bakhshi,” a master of the dutar, a two-stringed lute, and an epic bard, will introduce a digital project based on a decade of study in Turkmenistan and fieldwork among Northern Khorasan bards during the summer of 2022 in Iran.
Spring Festival of New Theater Works: Oh, Muffy! [NEW TIME]
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Written by Vincent Langan '24. Project advised by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edwin Sanchez.
Spring Festival of New Theater Works: Find The Moon [NEW TIME]
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Find the Moon is an original fictional musical written by Sonia Guan '24 as a senior project in musical theater writing. Project advised by Visiting Artists in Residence in Theater Robert Baumgartner and Nathan Dame.
Spring Festival of New Theater Works: Oh, Muffy! [NEW TIME]
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Written by Vincent Langan '24. Project advised by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edwin Sanchez.
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