The Department of Music offers an extensive program encompassing opportunities for majors and non-majors to explore performance, composition, history, and theory in depth.

Upcoming Concerts & Events

The department regularly presents concerts, master classes, and workshops by visiting artists and ensembles as well as by members of the faculty. All events are free and open to the college community, and most are also open to the public.

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Jan. 31, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

A performance of Stimmung, a highly influential avant-garde work that provided inspiration for the spectral composition school that emerged in Paris during the 1970’s.

MODfest 2025

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Feb. 1, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

Certified Feldenkrais practitioners Carolyn Palmer and Drew Minter will lead two lessons and speak about the method.

MODfest 2025

Belle Skinner Hall of Music

Home to the Music Department, Skinner houses the Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall, a small chamber concert hall, the music library (with nearly 75,000 books, scores, and sound and visual recordings), an electronic music studio, practice rooms & faculty studios, and historic and modern instrument collections.

Contact the department at (845) 437-7319 or email music@vassar.edu
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