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New Plays Festival 2016

February 27 & 28, 2016 Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased over one weekend at our annual festival. Kresge Experimental…

World Music Ensemble – Spring 2016

The ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Sheila Falls Keohane, performs traditional styles of music from around the world.

Great Woods Chamber Orchestra featuring Daniel Bernard Roumain

May 8, 2016Visiting Artist, hip-hop violinist and composer Roumain (DBR) performs his Rosa Parks Symphony with the GWCO as part of the culmination of his…

Shared Inspirations II: Student Performances

March 29, 2016Wheaton student pianists and vocalists present a recital of works by Amy Beach and Arthur Farwell inspired by Native American themes as well…

Shared Inspirations I: Claude Debussy, Alice Guy Blache, and the Impressionist Painters

February 16, 2016Pianist Leslie Amper will present a multimedia piano recital, alternating between the music of Claude Debussy, the short silent films of Alice Guy…

Flowers of Polynesia

March 2, 2016Carolyn Castro and Napua O’ Polynesia (“Flowers of Polynesia”) will perform ancient (Kahiko) and contemporary (Auana) Hawaiian Hula styles along with an array…

Wheaton College Jazz Band – Spring 2016

The jazz band, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Jeff Cashen, performs a mix of traditional and contemporary jazz tunes by composers such…

Wheaton College Chorale and Chamber Singers

May 1, 2016The ensembles present their spring concert under the direction of Professor Tim Harbold. The concert will feature Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and…

Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony – Spring 2016

Under the direction of Associate Professor Earl Raney, the ensemble performs works by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, Steven Reineke, John Williams, Rossano Galante and John Philip Sousa.…

Student Recitals I – Spring 2016

Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, piano, strings and wind instruments.

Guy Urban, piano

Faculty member Guy Urban will perform a piano recital featuring the music of John Cage, Brahms, Chopin and Schubert.

Theories of the Earth: Beth Lipman and Lauren Fensterstock

January 28 – April 9, 2016 Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts