Concerts & Events
Current Protocols
ALL patrons must wear a mask indoors, for the duration of the event.
Audience members will be required to provide one of the following before entering the Recital Hall—please come prepared. No exceptions will be made at the doors:
- Vassar College ID
- Proof of vaccination
- Negative PCR result from the last 72 hours
- Negative antigen result from the last six hours
- Updated 12/1/21 Audience members under 12 may attend with proof of vaccination or current negative test result and must remain masked.
Fall 2021 Concert Schedule
December
Vassar College Chamber Music Recital
Students from the Music Department perform a selection of chamber music.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Jazz Ensembles & Combos
Senior Recital: Hayley Craig
Featuring music by Hisaishi, Chopin, Beethoven, Sinding, FKJ, and Debussy.
Location: Thekla Hall (Skinner, room 400)
Junior Recital: Emmet Chilton-Sugerman
An afternoon of music by Haydn, Bach, Shostakovich, and Schumann.
Available only online.
Annual Service of Lessons & Carols
Join us online for this beautiful service that includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir.
Past 2021 Concerts
August
Welcome Concert for the Class of 2025
Featuring faculty members Gail Archer, organ, Anna Elashvili, violin, Thomas Sauer, piano, and Ian Tyson, clarinet.
September
Guest Artist Event: Gwendolyn Toth, organ
Gwendolyn Toth has performed and recorded on numerous historic organs in Europe including Sion, Krewerd, Oosthuizen, Noordbroek, Ostönnen, and others. The program will include works by Sweelinck, Scheidemann, H. Praetorius, and from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch – music from the very earliest organ repertoire up to the splendid music of the 17th-century.
October
Guest Artist Event: Polonsky-Shifrin-Wiley Trio
“Brahms and Beethoven”
Two iconic late sonatas by Brahms, and Beethoven’s own transcription for clarinet trio of his delightful Septet. Anna Polonsky, piano, David Shifrin, clarinet, Peter Wiley, cello.
November
Vassar College Women’s Chorus
“A Path to Hope”
Music of Craig Carnelia, Katerina Gimon, Andrea Ramsey, Mia Makaroff, and others.
This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Choir
“Only in the Love”
Music of Marques Garrett, Katerina Gimon, Craig Hella Johnson, Trent Reznor, and featuring Jake Runestad’s Come to the Woods.
This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College & Community Wind Ensemble
Senior Recital: Eli Wassertzug, baritone
Music by Schumann, Poulenc, Sondheim, and others. Assisted by David Alpher, piano.
Senior Recital: Greg Calidonna, baritone
Music by Ireland, Tosti, and Finzi. Assisted by Amy Kawa Posner, piano.
Vassar College Orchestra
Music by Beethoven, Mozart, Delius and Tchaikovsky. Featuring Marija Ilic, piano.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Chamber Singers
“Mark the Music: Choral settings of Shakespeare Texts”
Music by Purcell, Humfrey, Banister, Vaughn Williams, Emma Lou Diemer, and Gabriel Jackson.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
Programs are subject to change. For further information and up-to-date details on all Vassar College Department of Music concerts, please call (845) 437-7294.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370.