Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 12:00pm Olin Library, Gribbel Reading Room 202A Free and open to the public   Graduate students in music Ethan Schwartz (banjo) and Emma Mistele (piano) present a noontime concert of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century works for five-string banjo by British composers. Ethan is a doctoral student in ethnomusicology and Emma is a master’s […]

by William ShakespeareDirected by Vince TycerApril 24-May 4, 2025Nafe Katter Theatre CRT celebrates our 75th season with Shakespeare’s joyful 16th century rom-com, replete with intrigue, hijinks, mistaken identity, and a conniving ne’er-do-well. Can true love triumph over deceit, and will Beatrice and Benedick discover the spark beneath their sparring? Come see! Learn more about Much Ado About Nothing. […]

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 8:00pm Crowell Concert Hall Free and open to the public   The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra directed by Professor of Music and African American Studies Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91, and the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, present an exciting evening of classic and contemporary jazz repertoire as the start of the 22nd annual Wesleyan […]

Hailed as “Bold…edgy…totally engaging! Not to be missed!” Beyond the Notes breaks down the wall between audience and performers, creating a new experience rich in dialogue about the music and the artists themselves. Indeed, concert-goers are invited to submit questions which are drawn at random and answered on stage by the performers throughout the evening, leading to unexpected […]

Led by multiple Grammy Award-nominated drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, and educator Bobby Sanabria, his ensemble Ascensión has been critically-acclaimed for its Pan-Latino approach to Latin jazz. Encompassing Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and traditions from Venezuela, Colombia, Sanabria's ancestral homeland of Puerto Rico and beyond, as well as straight-ahead jazz and the avant-garde, Ascensión is a musical laboratory that is constantly […]