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Tues., May 7 & Wed., May 8 Imagine poems inspired by light brought to life in performance with light. InterPlay presents original poems from students in EN379 Poetry Writing II: Studies in Voice performed by these students and brought to life on stage in light by students in TD265 Light and Performance. Join us in […]
Tues., May 7 & Wed., May 8 Imagine poems inspired by light brought to life in performance with light. InterPlay presents original poems from students in EN379 Poetry Writing II: Studies in Voice performed by these students and brought to life on stage in light by students in TD265 Light and Performance. Join us in […]
“O friends, not these tones! Rather let us tune our voices more pleasantly and more joyously.” Our final and jubilant program of the year, Choral Masterwork, is a collaboration among the orchestra, invited vocal soloists, and Colby Choirs to present Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, an epic ode to community and the joy of […]
“O friends, not these tones! Rather let us tune our voices more pleasantly and more joyously.” Our final and jubilant program of the year, Choral Masterwork, is a collaboration among the orchestra, invited vocal soloists, and Colby Choirs to present Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, an epic ode to community and the joy of […]
SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative Endeavors) is a series that explores cool career paths in the arts! This program encourages students ages 13-18 to explore Waterville’s unique, high-quality arts and cultural programs. Each afternoon will be packed with information, inspiration, and pizza. The sessions will take place Tuesday, April 2, 9, & 23, and on […]
Three Performances: Thurs., Fri., & Sat. Each night at 7:30. “What’s done cannot be undone.” Join us for Shakespeare’s thrilling brew of ambition, madness, guilt, equivocation, and witchcraft. This production features ensemble movement work, abstracted violence, and a new embodiment of Macbeth’s fractured mind with two actors playing the title role. Admission is free, but […]
Three Performances: Thurs., Fri., & Sat. Each night at 7:30. “What’s done cannot be undone.” Join us for Shakespeare’s thrilling brew of ambition, madness, guilt, equivocation, and witchcraft. This production features ensemble movement work, abstracted violence, and a new embodiment of Macbeth’s fractured mind with two actors playing the title role. Admission is free, but […]
Three Performances: Thurs., Fri., & Sat. Each night at 7:30. “What’s done cannot be undone.” Join us for Shakespeare’s thrilling brew of ambition, madness, guilt, equivocation, and witchcraft. This production features ensemble movement work, abstracted violence, and a new embodiment of Macbeth’s fractured mind with two actors playing the title role. Admission is free, but […]
SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative Endeavors) is a series that explores cool career paths in the arts! This program encourages students ages 13-18 to explore Waterville’s unique, high-quality arts and cultural programs. Each afternoon will be packed with information, inspiration, and pizza. The sessions will take place Tuesday, April 2, 9, & 23, and on […]
Directed by Dr. Néviton Barros, the spring Collegium concert is a collaborative project among all its members, with the program selected from the singers’ favorite choral works. Come and enjoy the tributes by the choir members to the special memories from their choral experiences. The program spans centuries and genres, ranging from the Renaissance to […]
The Colby Jazz Band features the works of living composers with this varied selection of compositions. “Point, Counterpoint” by Ellen Rowe is a straight-ahead swing chart that showcases the interactive nature of Big Band jazz. Brett Zvacek’s composition Ocho Ocho is an energetic mambo that connects this style of Cuban dance music with jazz. Admission […]
Performance invites audiences in like poetry, offering evocative imagery that summons your experience, your response, and your reading rather than telling a single, linear story. The evening includes new choreographic work and highlights the work of students in TD258, “Improvisational Practice in Performance,” performing never-before-seen, never-before-conceived improvised work that operates at the intersections of performance […]
Performance invites audiences in like poetry, offering evocative imagery that summons your experience, your response, and your reading rather than telling a single, linear story. The evening includes new choreographic work and highlights the work of students in TD258, “Improvisational Practice in Performance,” performing never-before-seen, never-before-conceived improvised work that operates at the intersections of performance […]
SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative Endeavors) is a series that explores cool career paths in the arts! This program encourages students ages 13-18 to explore Waterville’s unique, high-quality arts and cultural programs. Each afternoon will be packed with information, inspiration, and pizza. The sessions will take place Tuesday, April 2, 9, & 23, and on […]
The Colby Wind Ensemble features two major works in this concert to conclude the academic year. Dream Elegy by Jonathan Bailey Holland is a moving work that was inspired by the #blacklivesmatter movement. Marchad, Hijos del Arte, written by Spanish composer Inma Tinmard, is a tribute to the music students who will embark on a […]
Los Herederos will present Afro-Diasporic Traditions of Puerto Rico and Cuba. Bomba is Puerto Rico’s oldest Indigenous music that is widely practiced. Bomba is music, song, and dance as well as storytelling that dates back to 400-450 years ago during the days of slavery in the Caribbean region. The ensemble will also perform Afro-Cuban traditions […]
SLICE (Students Learning Innovative Creative Endeavors) is a series that explores cool career paths in the arts! This program encourages students ages 13-18 to explore Waterville’s unique, high-quality arts and cultural programs. Each afternoon will be packed with information, inspiration, and pizza. The sessions will take place Tuesday, April 2, 9, & 23, and on […]
Enjoy music from Waterville Public School students, including new songs written by the high school modern band classes with Songs From Here! Songs From Here is an initiative intended to connect poets, composers, and performers in the beautiful state of Maine, to promote local talent and foster a greater sense of community across creative disciplines. […]
Directed by Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra’s third program of the academic year presents two enduring Germanic orchestral pieces: Robert Schumann’s Romantic Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) and Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz, a magical, mysterious, and folk-inspired showcase of heroic horns and shimmering strings. The program also highlights the orchestra’s principal […]
Colby students who participated in a Jan Plan program in Salzburg, Austria, where they learned to sing and perform selections from various Mozart operas, will present their works. The performance will be a collage of music from several Mozart’s operas with a text to connect them all.
Three Peformances: Friday, February 9, 7:30 Saturday, February 10, 2:00 Saturday, February 10, 7:30 Of This Place is a community-based project that surfaces and celebrates stories of Waterville, Maine, and Colby College and sheds light on those people and places - past and present - who have shaped our communities in powerful ways. It weaves […]
Three Peformances: Friday, February 9, 7:30 Saturday, February 10, 2:00 Saturday, February 10, 7:30 Of This Place is a community-based project that surfaces and celebrates stories of Waterville, Maine, and Colby College and sheds light on those people and places - past and present - who have shaped our communities in powerful ways. It weaves […]
Three Peformances: Friday, February 9, 7:30 Saturday, February 10, 2:00 Saturday, February 10, 7:30 Of This Place is a community-based project that surfaces and celebrates stories of Waterville, Maine, and Colby College and sheds light on those people and places - past and present - who have shaped our communities in powerful ways. It weaves […]
Directed by Jinwook Park, our second orchestral concert of the season, Collaboration, features solo percussionist Hayoung Song performing Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006), as well as an exciting first-time collaboration with Colby’s Performance, Theater, and Dance Department and the Portland Ballet for Claude Debussy’s dreamy tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon […]
Directed by Dr. Néviton Barros, Choirs at Colby join forces to bring a concert with songs from other lands. Reflecting the diversity of our communities, the program will include songs in Ukrainian, Creole, Mohawk, Portuguese, Tamil, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Hebrew, Spanish, Zulu, and the lost language of the Kraos. Featured on the program is Ariel […]