“Before I Die…” inspires live storytelling for Cocoon 2025

An art installation is the inspiration for this year’s Cocoon 2025 — live storytelling event at the Mahaney Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m.

Composer-pianist Matthew Quayle will present an eclectic recital of original music with cellist Jameson Platte and clarinetist Kate Forman Quayle on Sunday, Sept. 21, at Mahaney Arts Center.

How do 30 sheets of cardboard dance? Come find out at a workshop and dance performance with Michael Bodel on Sept. 17 at Mahaney Arts Center in Middlebury.

A new season of stellar shows is headed our way… Tickets for the 2025-26 Middlebury Performing Arts Series are live now.

Sunday afternoon, April 27, will see the return of a truly dynamic duo: violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien — two world-class musicians who met as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

Scottish pianist Steven Osborne is one of Britain’s most treasured musicians, and a world-class musician of widespread international acclaim.

The Middlebury Performing Arts Series will welcome acclaimed Jordanian Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer to the Mahaney Arts Center on Friday, March 7.

This fourth annual event celebrates the culture and resilience of the nation of Ukraine with music, poetry, film, and more. Featuring a parade of performances by the Middlebury College’s Ukrainian students, the Middlebury College Choir, and other special … (read more)

Come check out “brother, brother,” an informal work-in-progress where Miguel Alejandro Castillo Le Maitre dives into the messy, beautiful dynamics of brotherhood. Blending movement and monologue, Le Maitre pulls from a mix of choreographic and theatrical … (read more)

The New York-based ensemble Choral Chameleon brings their rich harmonies and adventurous programming back to the Mahaney Arts Center this month for two very different choral experiences this January.

Sky was Possible — a song cycle for soprano, flute, and piano — will premiere in Vermont at the Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The groundbreaking and rule-breaking ensemble Sō Percussion comes to Middlebury on Friday, Oct. 25 for the Middlebury Performing Arts Series. In their Middlebury debut, they’ll collaborate with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, featuring song … (read more)

Enduring favorite cellist Sophie Shao returns to open the 105th season of the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series with an accomplished, all-female ensemble on Saturday, Sept. 28.

“This month’s live Heath Quartet concert will be their 11th at Middlebury, with the addition of three streamed encore performances during the pandemic,” said Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll.

Applauded by the New York Times for her “eloquent, powerful” interpretations, world-renowned cellist Sophie Shao has a gift for assembling impromptu chamber ensembles that are brimming with passion and talent.