The list of arts and cultural activities for the 2017-2018 academic year is replete with on-campus events of interest to the College and greater community and visitors, among them:
- the exciting new onStage guest artist series of concerts, dance, theater
- music events, from choral groups and ensembles to faculty concerts
- theater mainstage productions
- dance concerts and artist-in-residence events
- art exhibitions
- arts and technology colloquia series and symposia
onStage
Guest Artist Series
The onStage guest artist series is known for its unique, eclectic and innovative programming in music, theater and dance.
Guest Artists: Syria in my Heart: Classical Music by Contemporary Syrian Composers
Harkness Chapel
Sunday, Oct. 21
Syrian-German violinist Ashraf Kateb and Iraqi- Syrian-Finnish pianist Hamsa Alwadi perform contemporary Arab classical compositions. Co-sponsored by the Department of Music and Global Islamic Studies.
Free Admission
Theatre Re – “The Nature of Forgetting”
Palmer Auditorium
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
"Incredibly beautiful... 'The Nature of Forgetting' is an explosive, joyous celebration of remembering." - Exeunt Magazine
At the intersection of art and science, "The Nature of Forgetting" bursts with creativity, joy and heartache. Theatre Re has created a moving articulation of the countless dimensions of memory and amnesia, linking science with real-life experiences. Through movement of great physicality and compelling live music, "The Nature of Forgetting" is the story of Tom — a middle-aged father struggling in the early stages of dementia. The piece, and Tom’s memories, are a life-affirming journey into a weakened mind, where broken does not have to mean defeated; a journey of shining humanity and celebration of a life well lived. A panel discussion will immediately follow the performance.
Presented in collaboration with the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Tickets: $24; Seniors: $21; Students: $12 (General Admission)
Guest Artist Concert: Jazz Saxophonist Derek Brown
Evans Hall
Friday, Oct. 26
Tickets: $10; Seniors: $5; Students: $5
Dance Club Fall Performance
Martha Myers Studio, College Center at Crozier-Williams
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-27
Featuring choreography by Connecticut College students.
Tickets: $6; Seniors: $4; Students: $4
John Anthony and Friends
Harkness Chapel
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Tickets: $10; Seniors: $5; Students: $5
The Music of Art Kreiger
Evans Hall
Friday, Nov. 2
Free Admission
Lorelei Ensemble: "Crafting a New Normal for Women in Music"
1941 Room, College Center at Crozier-Williams
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018
Demonstration and discussion with Lorelei Ensemble.
Boston's Lorelei Ensemble is quickly becoming recognized as a source of some of the most innovative and inventive programming. Lorelei is an all-professional vocal ensemble comprising nine women whose expertise ranges from early to contemporary repertoire, and whose independent careers as soloists and ensemble singers across the globe lend to the rich and diverse vocal palette that defines the ensemble's "warm, lithe, and beautifully blended" sound (The New York Times).
Free Admission (General Admission)
Lorelei Ensemble
Evans Hall
Friday, Nov. 9, 2018
Boston's Lorelei Ensemble is quickly becoming recognized as a source of some of the most innovative and inventive programming. Lorelei is an all-professional vocal ensemble comprising nine women whose expertise ranges from early to contemporary repertoire, and whose independent careers as soloists and ensemble singers across the globe lend to the rich and diverse vocal palette that defines the ensemble's "warm, lithe, and beautifully blended" sound (The New York Times).
Tickets: $22; Seniors: $20; Students: $11 (General Admission)
Life is a Dream / La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Tansill Theater
Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m.
Edited and Translated by Stanley Appelbaum
Directed by Ginny Anderson
In collaboration with Luis Gonzalez
To protect the country from the horrors prophesied, the young Prince Segismundo is condemned for all eternity to be shut away from his country and his birthright. Banished to a secret world high in the mountains and cut off from the sun, he can only dream of a life reversed: of palaces, empires, freedom - revenge... A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.
Tickets: $15; Seniors: $6; Students: $6; Military: $6 (General Admission)
Dance Department Concert
Palmer Auditorium
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1
Featuring choreography by Connecticut College faculty members Shani Collins-Achille, David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson and Rosemarie Roberts; Guest Artist Samantha Speis; and selected student works.
Tickets: $12; Seniors: $6; Students: $6
