TUTTI Festival

About the Series

Denison University’s Department of Music collaborates with musicians, composers, fine artists, dance artists, theatre, and creative people across genres to present the TUTTI New Arts Festival every two years. This week-long festival celebrates new music and art, bringing artists from across the country and across disciplines to Denison for a week of events, collaborations, and concerts.

This year’s festival features a multitude of concerts by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon, modern music collective Wild Up, cello quartet UCelli, Denison’s Ensemble-in-Residence ETHEL, and many other artists. The event culminates in a Vail Series concert with featured ensemble Wild Up in Swasey Chapel on March 23 at 7:00 p.m.

“TUTTI” is a musical term, taken from the Italian for “all together,” representing the unusual depth and breadth of the artistic offerings of this event, which takes two years to organize.

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2018 - 2019

TUTTI Performers: Columbus Symphony String Quartet

The TUTTI festival presents a concert with the Columbus Symphony String Quartet .

Burke Hall

The TUTTI festival presents an artist talk with Adam Schoenberg.

Burke Recital Hall

The TUTTI festival, Titus-Hepp Lecture Series and Vail Series present Composition and Improvisation.

Swasey Chapel

The TUTTI festival presents the Third Coast Percussion Composition Workshop.

Nathalie Miebach: The Burden of Every Drop Detail

Denison welcomes Artist Nathalie Miebach presenting an artist talk and a concert with ETHEL as part of the TUTTI festival.

Swasey Chapel

The TUTTI festival presents the Third Coast Percussion in concert.

Tara Booth

The TUTTI festival presents an artist talk with Vail Visiting Artist Tara Booth.

2017 - 2018

Photo of four people from ETHEL, Denison’s ensemble-in-residence

The Departments of Music and Modern Languages present "Music & Poetry: The Language of Seduction," an evening of poetry and music.

2016 - 2017

Photo of NOW Ensemble

The Vail Series presents NOW Ensemble performing at the 2017 TUTTI Festival.

Picture saying ART MATTERS

The TUTTI Festival presents a roundtable talk titled "Art Matters" with guest artists and composers.

Photo from The TUTTI Festival Concert X

The TUTTI Festival Concert X featuring guest artists and faculty.

Photo of A. Blair Knapp Hall in winter

The TUTTI Festival presents a composers forum.

Photo of Bill Alves

The TUTTI Festival Concert IX features guest artists and faculty.

Photo of the Mark Lomax Trio

The Berry Nance Dance Project teams up with the Mark Lomax Trio for an evening of contemporary dance, live music and text.

Photo of artists-in-residence ETHEL

The TUTTI Festival presents a lecture and demonstration with composer Augusta Read Thomas and contemporary quartet ETHEL.

Photo of an artist from The TUTTI Festival Concert VII

The TUTTI Festival Concert VII features guest artists and faculty.

Photo of composer Augusta Read Thomas

The TUTTI Festival presents a composition seminar with composer Augusta Read Thomas.

Photo of NOW Ensemble

The TUTTI Festival Concert VI features NOW Ensemble performing "Rounder Songs."

Photo of Burke Hall in winter

The TUTTI Festival presents a roundtable talk titled "Collaboration" with guest artists and composers.

Photo for The TUTTI Festival Concert V

The TUTTI Festival Concert V features guest artists and faculty.

Photo of an artist from The TUTTI Festival Concert IV

The TUTTI Festival Concert IV featuring guest artists and faculty.

Photo of an artist from The TUTTI Festival Concert III

The TUTTI Festival Concert III features guest artists and faculty.

Photo of HyeKyung Lee

The TUTTI Festival Concert II features guest artists and faculty.

Photo of artists-in-residence ETHEL

The Department of Music presents the TUTTI Festival. The first concert is titled "I Am the Diversity."

2015 - 2016

Denison University presents the "tiny tutti tasting tour 2016."

2014 - 2015

Photo of a scene from "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

Photo of the audience in Swasey Chapel at Denison University

The Tutti Music Festival Concert VII features Vail Artist in Residence ETHEL and Ian Rosenbaum.

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The Tutti Festival presents an open forum with composers and artists.

Photo from The Tutti Festival Concert VI featuring choreographer Sandy Mathern Smith, composer Mary Ellen Childs and string quartet ETHEL

The Tutti Festival Concert VI features choreographer Sandy Mathern Smith, composer Mary Ellen Childs and string quartet ETHEL.

Photo of The Tutti Festival Concert V featuring faculty and guest artists

The Tutti Festival Concert V features faculty and guest artists.

Photo of a scene from "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

Photo of Ian Rosenbaum

The Tutti Festival Concert IV features Ian Rosenbaum and Denison Symphony Orchestra

Photo of composer Daniel Perttu

The Tutti Festival Concert III features the Denison Chamber Singers.

Photo of composer Mary Ellen Childs

The Tutti Festival Concert II featuring faculty and guest artists.

Photo of a scene from "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

Poster for TEDxDenisonU

This year's theme at TEDxDenisonU will be "Creative Destruction."

Photo of a scene from "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

Poster for the Tutti Festival

The Denison Department of Music presents the Tutti Festival. The first concert features the River Song Quintet and Miwa Matreyek.

Photo of the River Song Quintet

The TUTTI Original Works Festival presents a conversation with the River Song Quintet.

The Available Light Theatre holds an open rehearsal for itensemble-created new work.

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

The Department of Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde.

1991 - 1992

An Evening with Branford Marsalis
Known for his innovative spirit and broad musical scope, world-renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis is equally at home on the stages of the world™s greatest clubs and concert halls, where he has performed jazz with his own unique musical approach to contemporary popular music.
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