Concerts and lectures featuring Gilbert and Sullivan music, Bobby McFerrin, violinist Paul Vanderwerf, the ambassador of Luxembourg and former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert are offered this month at Wheaton College.

The college’s Opera Music Theater joins the Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale in a performance of “Patience” by Gilbert and Sullivan at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Jan. 14 to 17, in Edman Memorial Chapel, northeast corner of Washington and Franklin streets, Wheaton. Tickets cost $10 and may be purchased at the door, or in advance by visiting the Ticket and Information Office, 418 N. Chase St. For more information, call the Conservatory of Music at (630) 752-5099.

The college’s Community School of the Arts presents a free Chamber Ensembles Concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in Pierce Memorial Chapel, southeast corner of Washington and Franklin streets. For more information, call the CSA at (630) 752-5567.

The Artist Series at Wheaton College presents soloist Bobby McFerrin in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in Edman, in an interactive performance that shows off his special blend of vocal agility, improvisation and diverse musical influences. For tickets, call (630) 752-5010. Online orders may be placed at www.ArtistSeries.org.

Violinist Paul Vanderwerf will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, in Pierce as part of the Orange and Blue on Stage series, showcasing faculty artists. Tickets are available only at the door and cost $6, $4 for students and seniors age 60 and better. For more information, call the conservatory.

Lectures
Jean-Paul Senninger, ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States, will lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, on “Integrating with the European Union: Luxembourg’s Economic and Financial Markets.” The lecture is sponsored by Wheaton College’s Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy, and is free to the public. It will be held in the Phelps Room on the lower level of the Todd M. Beamer Student Center, 418 N. Chase St. For more information, call the center at (630) 752-5975.

The Hastert Center welcomes Hastert to campus Thursday, Jan. 22. He will discuss his experience with environmental politics and policy in a free lecture titled “The Environment: What Can Public Policy Do?” from 1:15 to 3 p.m.