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“Confrontations” for piano quintet and percussion

Academic Festival
Music

“Confrontations”, a piece of music for strings, piano, and percussion, is the culmination of my study of composition at Wheaton.

Songwriting

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Wheaton’s interactive online course on songwriting is open to all students around the world, not just those enrolled at Wheaton.

Timely music from Daniel Alexandre ’19

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My advisee and friend, Music major Daniel Alexandre ’19 arrived at Wheaton College already steeped in music making, having been active in his Boston area…

“Blue Bossa” Variations With Existence & Resistance

Academic Festival
African, African American, Diaspora Studies
Anthropology
Music

As someone who did not grow up with a formal education in Classical music and related time periods, I never intentionally wrote for a string…

A choral conductor’s creative response to the epidemic

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Professor of Music Tim Harbold grapples with his emotional response to the COVID-19 epidemic in a new musical slideshow.

A Day at the Polynesian Cultural Center – From the Journal of Anesu Makufa ‘20

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Today we headed off to the Polynesian Cultural Center. The bus ride there was interesting, the bus presenter was humorous but also very informative

Hawai’i Photographs by Julia Corey ’19

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This is a gallery of photographs taken on O’ahu and the Big Island of Hawai’i during the fall semester 2018 by Julia Corey ’19.

Next Stop: Hilo and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

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Don’t worry – This is not where we will be going! This picture, taken in the early 1890s on the site of what is now…

A Wheaton Lunch in Honolulu

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On Thursday November 1st the Wheaton group rode the bus downtown to the harbor-side campus of Hawai’i Pacific University for lunch at the invitation of…

“I Get Around”

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How do we get around town? When we’re lucky, in a convertible Austin Mini Cooper, as when Wheaton’s Manager for Arts Events and Publicity Jessica…

14 Intrepid Scholars Head off Across the Pacific

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In this post we honor the 14 intrepid Wheaton students who responded last spring to the call for a semester-long study trip to Hawai’i.

Integrative Learning with Expert Consultants

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In this post we would like to introduce, and to thank, some of the tremendously generous and talented people who have been a great help…