Events

Fall 2022

  • Guest Artists – Bruce Cain, baritone, and David Asbury, guitar from Southwestern University
    • Thurs., September 29th, – 7pm – Dalton Theatre
  • Homecoming
    • October 21st-23rd
    • College SingersHomecoming/Alumni Show
      • Sat., October 22nd – 12:30pm
  • Academy Street Winds
    Celebration and Dance
    • Fri., October 28th, – 8pm – Dalton Theatre
  • First Annual Percussion Festival
    • Sat., October 29th, 2-5pm – Campus Lower Quad
    • Guest Artist – Ken Koshio, Japanese Taiko Master
  • Dr. Lauron Kehrer – Book Launch
    Queer Voices in Hip Hop
    • Thurs., November 3rd, – 7pm – Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership – HILL Grant
    • Lecture and Q&A
  • Jazz Band
    • Fri., November 11th, – 8pm – Dalton Theatre
  • Kalamazoo Philharmonia
    Elliott Conducts
    • Sun., November 13th, – 3pm Dalton Theatre
  • College Singers
    • Sun. November 13th, – 7:00pm – Light Fine Arts Lobby
  • International Percussion Concert
    • Tues., November 15th, – 7pm Dalton Theatre
  • Applied Recital
    • Wed., November 16th, – 4pm – Recital Hall
  • Connecting Chords presents – “American Patchwork
    • Wed., November 16th, – 7pm – Stetson Chapel
  • Annual Holidays with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus
    • 2 Programs:
    • Sat., December 4th – 2pm & 4pm – Stetson Chapel

Winter 2023

  • Declaration of Major Day
    • Wed., February 1st
  • Jazz Band w/ Charles DiMagno ’23
    • Fri., February 17th, – 8pm – Dalton Theatre
  • Academy Street Winds – “At the Movies with John Williams” Sat., February 18th, – 8pm Dalton Theatre
  • Kalamazoo PhilharmoniaThe 9th
    • Sat., March 4th, – 7:30pm Dalton Theatre
    • In collaboration w/ the Kalamazoo Bach Festival – Chris Ludwa, music director
  • College Singers – Sun., March 5, – 4pm Dalton Lobby
  • Applied Recital
    • Wed., March 8th, – 4:10pm Recital Hall
  • International Percussion Concert
    • Wed., March 8th, – 7pm – Dalton Theatre

Spring 2023

  • Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
    • Thurs., March 30th – 7:30pm
    • presented by The Gilmore International Piano Festival
    • * See Below for Faculty and Student Tickets
  • Calvert Johnson ’71, speaker about Florence Price, groundbreaking, Afro-American composer
    • Tues., April 18th – 7pm
    • Stetson Chapel / FREE to public
    • Performances of F. Price’s music by K-College Music Faculty, Students and Kalamazoo Community.
  • Academy Street Winds -“Viva España
    • Fri., May 5th, – 7:30pm Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building
  • Jazz Band
    • Fri., May 12th, 7:30pm
    • Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building
  • Kalamazoo Philharmonia
    Eternal Memory: Music for Ukraine
    • Sat., May 13th, – 7:30pm Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building
  • Maria João Pires, another one of the world’s greatest pianists
    • Sun., May 21st- 4pm
    • Stetson Chapel
    • Presented by The Gilmore International Piano Festival
    • * See Below for Faculty and Student Tickets
  • College Singers – “Love is
    • Wed., May 24th, – 7:30pm
    • Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building – Kalamazoo College
    • In collaboration w/ the Kalamazoo Bach Festival
  • Applied Recital
    • Wed., May 31st, – 4:10pm
    • Connable Recital Hall, Light Fine Arts Building
  • International Percussion Concert
    • Wed., May 31st, – 7pm
    • Portico – outside of the Light Fine Arts Building
    • (Rain Location) Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building
  • Jazz BandBurgers and Blues
    • Fri., June 2nd, – 5pm
    • Campus Quad – Upper & Lower
  • Annual Senior Music Recital 2023
    • Sat., June 10th, – 4:30pm
    • Stetson Chapel
    • Reception outside of the Chapel – (rain location) – inside the Entrance Foyer of the Chapel

*Buy One, Get One Tickets Available for Gilmore Concerts

The Gilmore is extending its offer of buy one, get one free tickets for Kalamazoo College faculty and staff, and FREE student tickets, to two upcoming concerts at Stetson Chapel on Thursday, March 30, and Sunday, May 21. 

Before adding tickets to your cart for the Thibaudet concert or the Pires concert, faculty/staff can click “Promo Code” on the upper right of the ticketing page and type in the code KC23. Click “Apply Promo Code” and choose your tickets. The discount will be applied at checkout. Rush tickets will also be available with a K faculty/staff ID on the day of the concert when the box office opens on site. 

Students can use code KCSTU23 for free tickets online, and there is also free student rush tickets available – day of concert, when Box Office opens on site.

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