Concert Series

The Concert Series brings world-class performers to campus, complementing the department’s academic offerings and augmenting the cultural life of the College and surrounding community.

To learn more about the Concert Series at Wellesley College, please join our mailing list, or visit our Arts at Wellesley page.

All events are free and open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities.

  • Journey to Orissa: Odissi Music & Dance

    Mouli Pal and Upasana with special guests

    Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    An ensemble of musicians, vocalists and dancers, performing the classical music and dance of Odissi, rarely if ever heard live in the United States. More
  • The Carey Concert: Charles Fisk, piano

    Music of Schubert and Schumann

    Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    Pianist Charles Fisk performs Schubert’s two very different sonatas in A major and Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana. More
  • Anne Hutchinson: A New Opera!

    Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 12:30pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    This presentation will include scenes from the opera, as well as a discussion about the topic, its transformation into an opera with the composer and librettists, as well as the stage director, musical director, and the principal artists. More
  • Marcin Szelest, Organ Concert

    Visiting artist from Poland, on the Fisk Organ

    Friday, October 25, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Houghton Chapel Upper Chapel
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  • Jazz/World Music Faculty Concert

    Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    Wellesley’s vibrant Jazz-World Music faculty presents “GROOVE TRANSLATION: Rhythms of Jazz-World Music”. More
  • Dober Wellesley Choral Program Concert

    Dona nobis pacem, Ralph Vaughan Williams with Virginia Glee Club, Frank Albinder, conductor, and Lisa Graham

    Saturday, November 9, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Houghton Chapel Upper Chapel
    The Wellesley College Choir and Chamber Singers perform with special guests, Virginia Glee Club, Frank Albinder, Conductor, featuring Dona Nobis Pacem, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. More
  • Songs of Schubert and Schumann

    Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 12:30pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    This concert features three members of the Wellesley voice faculty, Marion Dry, Gale Fuller and Andrea Matthews, and complements the course “Schubert, Schumann and the Lyric Impulse,” in songs by these two composers. More
  • Body Music Week in Boston

    Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Jewett Art Center Auditorium
    Events and performances by Body Music during the week of November 14-20 that are open to the public. More
  • Collegium Musicum Fall Presentation

    Il Contrasto della Bianca e della Brunetta: Music, dance and theater at the time of Isabella d'Este

    Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Jewett Arts Center Auditorium
    Collegium will explore the songs and dance music from the Mantuan court of Isabella d'Este and her contemporaries, including the notorious Lucrezia Borgia. More
  • Thankful for What We've Got!

    BlueJazz Strings and Combos

    Friday, November 22, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Jewett Arts Center Auditorium
    Wellesley BlueJazz helps you start the winter celebrations with Hot Swing, Rhythm & Blues, Salsa, Sambas, Funk and Rock. More
  • Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Concert

    Neal Hampton, Conductor

    Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Houghton Chapel
    This fall concert will feature a performance of the Gaelic Symphony by Amy Beach, the first symphony by an American woman. More
  • Chamber Music Society Fall Concerts

    David Russell, Director; Jenny Tang, Asst. Director

    Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Pendleton West 220 Concert Salon
    The first of four concerts to showcase the skill and talent of student ensembles. The remaining performances are December 5 at 7:00pm, December 8 at 2:00pm and December 9 at 7:00pm. More
  • Caravan: Wellesley BlueJazz Fall Concert

    Music of Ellington, Gillespie and More!

    Friday, December 6, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Jewett Arts Center Auditorium
    The concert will feature classic and modern interpretations of Big Band jazz, featuring dynamic ensemble playing and spirited solos from Wellesley’s talented jazz instrumentalists. More
  • Yanvalou Fall Concert

    Kera Washington, Director

    Saturday, December 7, 2013 - 8:00pm
    Jewett Arts Center Auditorium
    Yanvalou will perform the traditional music of Africa and the Caribbean. More
  • Wellesley Choir and Chamber Singers

    Lisa Graham, Conductor

    Sunday, December 8, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Houghton Chapel
    The Choral Music Program and Office of Religious and Spiritual Life present an evening of candlelight, music, readings, and carols. More

Contact Us

Contact Us

Department of Music
Jewett Arts Center
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481


Tel: 781.283.2077 
Fax: 781.283.3687

 


Claire Fontijn
Chair
cfontijn@wellesley.edu
781.283.2072

 

Marion Dry
Director of the Music Performance Program
mdry@wellesley.edu
781.283.2977

 

Magdalen Christian
Music Program Coordinator
mchristi@wellesley.edu
781.283.2077

 

Isabel Fine
Concert Manager
isabel.fine@wellesley.edu
781.283.2028