Events for May 21, 2024

Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:00pm - Various locations on the Wesleyan campus The first day of NuMusWes24 will feature opening remarks and two concerts including performances by Wesleyan’s Collegium Musicum, Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, and Experi-Pop Guitar Ensemble. Concert I: A Wesleyan Renaissance in Choral Music by Richard K. Winslow Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4pm Entrance of Olin [...]

Laurel Knight is joined by Secondhand Silk, making together an atmospheric soundscape as the backdrop for intimate performance art involving a tour through an assortment of boxed collections, with the goal of assembling a bone throwing set. Laurel Knight makes videos on YouTube and this will be her third performance at the Buttonwood Tree. Laurel [...]

7:00 PM & 9:00 PM - $36 Brazilian drummer Sam Martinelli, presents a Brazilian Jazz concert featuring guest Ken Peplowski, “... arguably the greatest living jazz clarinetist.” BBC Ken has worked with names like Mel Torme, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman, George Shearing, Woody Allen, Cedar Walton, and many others. Brazilian music and Jazz have a [...]

$36 - 7 & 9 PM Sam Martinelli, a talented young Brazilian drummer recently teamed up with iconic American clarinetist/saxophonist Ken Peplowski to create a tribute to the music of Brazil. What they came up with became Jazz Meets the Great Brazilian Songbook, a recording that earned a 4-star DownBeat review. On Friday, May 10, [...]

April, 2021, marks the 28th anniversary of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s remarkable arrival onto the music scene. Since its formation in the early nineties in Ventura, California, the band has toured virtually nonstop, performing on average over 150 shows a year, and has produced a sizable catalog of recorded music, with sales of over 2 [...]