Winners of the prestigious CMA Cleveland Quartet Award, Philadelphia's Jasper String Quartet has been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad) and "powerful" (New York Times). The quartet receives Career Development support from Astral Artists and is represented...

The third annual pARTy: roam all three floors of Beardsley Hall and visit Beardsley Hall open studios and classrooms while enjoying food trucks, art and student musical groups.

Faces of Literacy” presents the human stories integral to the Delaware County Literacy Council (DCLC) and its work through dozens of vivid, artistic photographs overlaid with brief explanatory text. The photographs were taken by Andy Shelter of Andy Shelter Photography, under the direction...

Swarthmore's contemporary ensemble-in-residence Orchestra 2001 teams up with students and faculty from Swarthmore's Departments of Theater and Music & Dance to present a fully staged version of Stravinsky's 1918 masterpiece   L'histoire du soldat .  Directed by Eileen Hou '16, the...

April Saul’s 64-page catalog, which accompanies her exhibition, “Camden, NJ: A Spirit Invincible,” will be given away to the first 100 visitors. For more than 35 years, April Saul has photographed American families as they confronted hardships such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, gun violence, addiction, and...

The world-touring Tamagawa Taiko Drum and Dance troupe return to Philadelphia. This group is guaranteed to thrill and amaze with their energetic shows of Japanese folk tradition. Expect to see thundering drums, intricate dances, and beautiful costumes. It'll be sure to be an evening of...

Mimi Stillman, flute - Gabriel Cabezas, cello - Charles Abramovic, piano, perform Danielpour, Higdon, Weber, Zhou Dolce Suono Ensemble has been dazzling audiences and invigorating the music world since its founding by flutist and Artistic Director Mimi Stillman in 2005. The ensemble presents...

Join the Lang Center Associates for a special arts-based study break! We'll have beautiful and therapeutic coloring books and markers out all evening. FREE Federal Donuts and coffee from 8 - 9 pm!

Daniela Bleichmar, Associate Professor of Art History and History, USC Daniela's  work examines the history of visual culture and the natural sciences in Europe and the Spanish Americas in the period between 1500–1800; focusing on the intersection of science and art.   "The Legible Image:...

Faces of Literacy” presents the human stories integral to the Delaware County Literacy Council (DCLC) and its work through dozens of vivid, artistic photographs overlaid with brief explanatory text. The photographs were taken by Andy Shelter of Andy Shelter Photography, under the direction...

Join Executive Director of the Community Arts Center, Paul Downie for this interactive training on how artists engage communities in collaborative art projects. Students will learn methods and strategies for collaborative artmaking (including a basic understanding of the specific methods used to...

The Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble, directed by Andrew Neu, performs a varied repertoire of traditional and contemporary music composed and arranged for big band.   Program: Sing Sang Sung by Gordon Goodwin Have You Met Miss Jones by Rogers & Hart Los Endos Suite by Genesis Festival...

Martha Collins made her directorial debut with the highly praised production of Floyd's Susannah for Opera Mozart in New Jersey, where she has directed The Elixir of Love and where she will direct Don GIovanni in the fall of 2003. She has directed Tosca and Lucia di Lamermoor with New Jersey...

Martha Collins made her directorial debut with the highly praised production of Floyd's Susannah for Opera Mozart in New Jersey, where she has directed The Elixir of Love and where she will direct Don GIovanni in the fall of 2003. She has directed Tosca and Lucia di Lamermoor with New Jersey...

Faces of Literacy” presents the human stories integral to the Delaware County Literacy Council (DCLC) and its work through dozens of vivid, artistic photographs overlaid with brief explanatory text. The photographs were taken by Andy Shelter of Andy Shelter Photography, under the direction...

Friday, April 15, 4 to 6 pm Open Reception Saturday, April 16, 10 am to 4 pm Exhibition Sunday, April 17, 10 am to 4 pm Exhibition Wister Center Join the Delaware Valley Chapter of Ohara Ikebana for a weekend of extraordinary flower arrangements. The Open Reception and Exhibitions are free and open...

Student musicians from the Elizabeth Pollard Fetter program perform three chamber music concerts. This program features w orks by  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier,  Gerald Finzi,  François de Fossa,  Ralph Vaughn Williams,  Horatio Parker,  Giuseppe Pitoni,  Guy...

Come see this semester's Terpsichore show to cheer on all your dancer and choreographer friends! Terpsichore is an open student dance group. Anyone can choreograph or perform for Terpsichore's shows. In addition, Terpsichore promotes dance education on campus by organizing and sponsoring...

Simone Dinnerstein  American pianist Simone Dinnerstein is a searching and inventive artist who is motivated by a desire to find the musical core of every work she approaches. NPR reports, “ She compels the listener to follow her in a journey of discovery filled with unscheduled detours . . ....

Program: Philip Glass: Selected Metamorphosis and Etudes; Schubert: Selected Impromptus, Op. 90; Schubert: Sonata in B-flat, D960 Simone Dinnerstein  American pianist Simone Dinnerstein is a searching and inventive artist who is motivated by a desire to find the musical core of every work she...

Student musicians from the Elizabeth Pollard Fetter program perform three chamber music c oncerts.   This program features works by  Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzolla, and Enrique Granados performed by Ariel Rock ‘16, Stephanie Wey...

Student musicians from the Elizabeth Pollard Fetter program perform three chamber music concerts . This program features works by  Alan Hovhaness, Eugene Walckiers, Dmitri Shostakovich, Johannes Brahms, Larry Spivack, Robert Capanna, Nat Adderley, Anthony...

The concert at Swarthmore College/Lang concert hall on April 19 ist the „grande finale“ of Cornell visiting professor and Jazz pianist and composer Hans Lüdemann‘s year at Swarthmore, presenting his unique TRIO IVOIRE with West African balaphon master Aly Keita and drummer Christian...

Cornell visiting professor and Jazz pianist and composer Hans Lüdemann along with his unique TRIO IVOIRE, with West African balaphon master Aly Keita and drummer Christian Thomé, present a workshop.

Jena Gilbert-Merrill `16 will exhibit ceramic vessels and sculptures. She experiments with form and shape as a way of investigating negative and positive space. She takes inspiration from natural forms and materials, minimalism, and color field painting. Emma Kates-Shaw`16: will exhibit oil works on...

Faces of Literacy” presents the human stories integral to the Delaware County Literacy Council (DCLC) and its work through dozens of vivid, artistic photographs overlaid with brief explanatory text. The photographs were taken by Andy Shelter of Andy Shelter Photography, under the direction...

The Department of Theater presents an Honors Directing Thesis by Michelle Johnson ’16, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt. During one summer in Russia, aging actress Arkadina brings her lover Trigorin to her brother’s estate in the countryside to visit her family. Their...

Asian Heritage Month is proud to present our culminating event: Asian Culture Showcase! This month highlighted Pan-Asianness and celebrated our differences and similarities. We hope you join us in this night of performances with student artists, Philadelphia performers, and a food truck!

Swarthmore's Department of Music and Dance presents a fully staged production of Henry Purcell's miniature operatic masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas , featuring an all-student cast and members of the Swarthmore College Orchestra. Stage Direction by Patrick Ross '15; Musical Direction by Andrew Hauze...

Swarthmore's Department of Music and Dance presents a fully staged production of Henry Purcell's miniature operatic masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas , featuring an all-student cast and members of the Swarthmore College Orchestra. Stage Direction by Patrick Ross '15; Musical Direction by Andrew Hauze...

Kelsey Rico `16 will exhibit mixed media sculptural relief work in wood, plaster and paper. Her work is influenced by architectural principles of light and surface. She also takes inspiration from the nature of the materials she uses.

Faces of Literacy” presents the human stories integral to the Delaware County Literacy Council (DCLC) and its work through dozens of vivid, artistic photographs overlaid with brief explanatory text. The photographs were taken by Andy Shelter of Andy Shelter Photography, under the direction...

Take a tour and interact with the capstone course's students and their final projects: Featuring multi-media installations, screenings, video and poster presentations.

Kyle Leigh Carney, soprano, presents her senior vocal recital. Program includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Poulenc, and a selection of jazz standards.

The Department of Music and Dance sends a warm invitation to all! This spring concert will feature dances and music from a variety of styles and from various cultural traditions including Ballet, Taiko, Modern, Tap, Flamenco and more! Come celebrate our students and faculty with this joyous end of...

The Swarthmore College Orchestra presents Ravel's brilliant orchestration of Mussorgsky's masterpiece, "Pictures at an Exhibition," along with a concerto (TBA) with the winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition, and the world premiere of Storm Surge by Nathan Scalise '16.

Aurora Martinez del Rio, soprano, presents her senior vocal recital. The program includes selections by José Marín, Edvard Grieg, W. A. Mozart, G. F. Handel, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, and Stephen Foster.

The Department of Music and Dance sends a warm invitation to all! This spring concert will feature dances and music from a variety of styles and from various cultural traditions including Ballet, Taiko, Modern, Tap, Flamenco and more! Come celebrate our students and faculty with this joyous end of...

Showings from our technique classes: Dance Lab I  Ballet Repertory students in excerpts from SWAN LAKE Pointe and Partnering Monday, May 2 5pm LPAC Troy Dance Studio Plus The Performers: an experiment in progress Directed and Choreographed by Erica Janko Live music by Nirvaan Ranganathan...

The sixth annual Student, Faculty, and Alumni Composers Concert, featuring recent compositions by Swarthmore composers.

Screening of short fiction, documentary and experimental/animation films created by Seniors in the Film and Media Studies Department. Reception 6-7 pm.

The annual Tri-Co Film Festival features the work of students from Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College.Founded by Swarthmore Professor Erica Cho in 2012, the Tri-Co Film Festival showcases exceptional student work. The festival is supported by the Film and Media Studies...