Concerts

Riyaaz Qawwali performs the gripping music style called Qawwali or Sufi Music. The qawwali singers represent the diversity and plurality of South Asia, hailing from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.

The Wellesley College Guild of Carillonneurs carries on the 90-year tradition of bell-ringing in Galen Stone Tower, begun when the carillon was installed in 1931.

Members of the Jazz and World Music faculty perform favorite and original tunes.

Germanus Italizat: German Italianizers of the 17th and 18th Centuries—Works for Violin and Keyboard—performed by Erica Johnson, Organ and Sarah Ibbett, Violin

A culmination of work from the Collegium Musicum, an ensemble of students and faculty devoted to the performance of early music on original instruments and exploring a repertory drawn from the courts and chapels of Renaissance Europe.

Acclaimed pianist, educator, and director of the SF Jazz Education Program, Rebecca Mauleon will be in residence for an immersive week of Afro-Cuban and diasporic musics, in preparation for Chucho Valdés’ visit on April 15.

The Music Department is honored to welcome the legendary Chucho Valdés for a solo performance at Wellesley College. The Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz.

Join for a lively evening as instrumentalists and vocalists create the interplay between group and individual expression, weaving together musical influences from around the world, in the best of small ensemble jazz.

The highly acclaimed Wellesley College Choral program promotes the great art of ensemble singing while building community and joy in performance.

Founded in 1958, The Chamber Music Society of Wellesley College provides an opportunity for instrumentalists and vocalists to prepare and perform works for small ensembles.

Get on the jazz train this spring, with new material from Jamie Baum’s residency, plus big band music of Count Basie, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus and more! Enjoy spirited big band jazz with Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band.

Yanvalou Drum and Dance Ensemble will perform the folkloric music and dance of Africa, as it exists today throughout Africa and the African Diaspora, particularly in Haiti, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Brazil.

The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra is composed of students, faculty, staff, and associates of Wellesley College and Brandeis University, bringing inspiring performances of the great orchestral literature—past and present.