Acclaimed composer, singer, and violinist Jenny Scheinman invites us into the captivating visual world of Depression-era filmmaker H. Lee Waters. Scheinman and two musical sidemen perform a live soundtrack of new folk songs, fiddle music, and field sounds to accompany Waters’s fascinating footage. The result is a reflection on “the gaze” both then and now; the evolution of mill towns; and a striking commentary on race, class, and the American experience.

“Scheinman [has] a distinctive vision of American music, suffused with plainspoken beauty and fortified all at once by country, gospel, and melting-pot folk, along with jazz and the blues”—New York Times. Post-performance Q&A with the artists.
Tickets: Public $20, College ID holders $15, Students $6; http://go.middlebury.edu/boxoffice
Saturday, March 4, 8:00 PM, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall
http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/news_archive/2017releases/node/545284

Special pre-concert event: Middlebury College student lead gallery talks of the new museum exhibition "American Faces: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity." 7:00 PM Saturday, free. (The museum will be open from 6:00-8:00 for pre-concert visitors; free admission.)

Feb 20, 2025, 1 to 3:30 PM

Feb 21, 2025, 6 to 8 PM

Feb 24, 2025, 6 to 9 PM