October 2-December 11Fridays 12:15-12:30Olin Library Lobby, 252 Church Street, Middletown, CTFree and open to the public Following up on the popularity of the Olin Summer Mini-Concert Series, we are pleased to offer you a fall edition. Join us in Olin Library Lobby at 12:15 pm on Fridays from October 2 through December 11 (except for … Read more
Saturday, October 17, 2026 12:00-1:00Smith Reading Room, Olin Library 114252 Church Street, Middletown, CT Noah Baerman, Director of the Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble, celebrates the release of “Independent Declarations” with a discussion of how it came together. A collaboration with alumni of Wesleyan and of the Center for Creative Youth, the album reflects the Declaration … Read more
This summer, the lobby of Olin Library has played host to the historical Chickering grand piano that normally resides in the Highwaymen Lounge of the Romance Languages & Literatures building. To celebrate, we organized a series of short, noon-time mini-concerts (10-15 minutes each) that featured the piano, whether solo or with other instruments or singers. … Read more
Olin Library Lobby – 252 Church Street12:15-12:30 pmAll invited! Come take a music break! This summer, the lobby of Olin Library is playing host to the historical Chickering grand piano that normally resides in the Highwaymen Lounge of the Romance Languages & Literatures building. To celebrate, we’re hosting a series of short, noon-time mini-concerts (10-15 … Read more
This summer, the lobby of Olin Library is playing host to the historical Chickering grand piano that normally resides in the Highwaymen Lounge of the Romance Languages & Literatures building. To celebrate, we’re hosting a series of short, noon-time mini-concerts (10-15 minutes each) that make use of the piano, whether solo or with other instruments … Read more
Friday, May 22, 2026 WESeminar: Julius Eastman’s Buddha (1984) and The Limits of Category – A Concert and Conversation 1-2 p.m.Olin Memorial Library, Gribbel Room, Room 202A Join Omri Riss Chbarbi ’26 for a close listening session centered on his performance of Buddha (1984) by Julius Eastman (1940–1990). Through listening, discussion, and archival materials drawn … Read more
Wesleyan University Library’s Visual Resource Center recently published a digital exhibition titled “Art History in the Analog Age.” This exhibition, which was researched and curated by Fiona LaCamera ’27, chronicles developments in technology used in art historical pedagogy as illustrated in materials from the Seymour-Paoletti Photograph Collection and other materials from the Visual Resources Collection. … Read more
Friday, May 22, 2026 1-2 p.m. Olin Memorial Library, Gribbel Room, Room 202A Join Omri Riss Chbarbi ’26 for a close listening session centered on his performance of Buddha (1984) by Julius Eastman (1940–1990). Through listening, discussion, and archival materials drawn from Riss Chbarbi’s honors thesis, Listening Plurally: The Limits of Category in Julius Eastman’s Buddha (1984), the session … Read more
In their second Olin Library concert, the Wesleyan Experimental Music Group explores new and existing works composed by Wesleyan University graduate Music students Chuntay Hatten MA ‘26, Solomon Kim MA ‘27, and Marie Carroll MA ‘25. All three works, in some way, engage the relationship among gesture, mutual intelligibility, and individual autonomy. When: Tuesday, April … Read more
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12-1pm Smith Reading Room, Olin Library252 Church St., MiddletownFree and open to the public. All welcome!Light snacks served. Wesleyan’s Central Asian Music Ensemble under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Saida Daukeyeva performs a concert exploring the connection between music, sound, and animistic worldviews in Central Asian nomadic cultures. The ensemble program features instrumental … Read more
