Miler Lagos: The Merx Tree
This site-specific installation by Colombian artist and engineer Miler Lagos is made of cardboard boxes collected on Duke’s campus, stacked and carved to resemble the base of a Ceiba tree.

The 2025–26 season features artists in music, comedy, theater, and more—including Atsuko Okatsuka, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, and Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce.
This site-specific installation by Colombian artist and engineer Miler Lagos is made of cardboard boxes collected on Duke’s campus, stacked and carved to resemble the base of a Ceiba tree.
Percussion innovators Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion celebrate the centenary of legendary drummer, composer, and innovator Max Roach with original arrangements and compositions inspired by Roach’s revolutionary ensemble, M’Boom.
Taylor Mac takes on the holidays to celebrate the season in all its dysfunction. “For all those who find caroling, eggnog and enforced family visits destabilizing” (Los Angeles Times)
Led by Troy Anthony, “The Revival: It Is Our Duty” blends gospel, ritual, and joy—inviting all into a healing celebration of liberation, identity, and transformation.
Described by BBC Music Magazine as a ‘sonically daring ensemble’, the Akropolis Reed Quintet has commissioned more than 150 new works by living composers for their distinctive instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. This program pairs exciting new works with arrangements of Gershwin and Ravel.
time/life/beauty by Michael Sakamoto and DJ Spooky blends hip-hop, new music, dance, and media visuals, honoring Ryuichi Sakamoto’s legacy through interdisciplinary performance.
An ensemble of Native and Indigenous jazz musicians led by vocalist Julia Keefe, celebrating the genre’s deep Indigenous roots with standards and contemporary songs.
Cuarteto Casals specializes in under-represented repertoire of their native Spain. They pair a quartet by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga with works of Beethoven and Shostakovich.
The National Dance Theatre Company is the beating heart of Jamaica’s cultural legacy, enchanting audiences worldwide with its spellbinding performances and innovative choreography.
Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet revisits “Memoirs,” a 2003 composition by the late Paul Schoenfield. Works by Bach and Schubert round out the program.
Theatre of Music has joined forces with composer Steven Bryant to create an immersive, multi-disciplinary work inspired by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.
Kayfabe is a puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular written, directed and designed by Josh Rice.
Manhattan Chamber Players bring together accomplished soloists and ensemble musicians, combining their talents in a flexible line-up that brings fresh vitality to chamber music. They present a pair of piano quintets by Weinberg and Brahms.
Marc Ribot performs re-interpretations and re-framings of Bob Dylan’s mid 1960s-era visionary poetry, the poetic environment from which Dylan’s work emerged.
Ephrat Asherie collaborates with Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill on the company’s newest creation, Shadow Cities, a reflection on the beauty, vastness and joy of the in-between.
In TESTO by Wet Mess, Wet Messifies the messiness of life with teeth and one chin hair; exploring transitions, testosterone, and the edges of drag.
Praised for their ‘sumptuous sweetness and laser-like clarity’ (BBC Music Magazine), Doric String Quartet has earned international acclaim. Tracing a lineage of musical invention, the quartet’s program spans the work of Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven.
John Scofield’s Trio blends original jazz, standards, and surprising covers in an energetic, intuitive live format.
Bear Grease is an unapologetically Indigenous musical—a loving clap back to the classic hit musical and film Grease.