Concerts & Events

All events not otherwise noted take place in the Skinner Hall of Music's Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall and are free and open to the public. Please check individual listings for updated information about event requirements, reservations, and registration.

Spring 2023

Anna Elashvili playing the violin

Anna Elashvili, violin, along with faculty Yves Dharamraj, cello, and Thomas Sauer, piano. A composer not often chosen for such an exposé, Maurice Ravel often found himself going against the grain.

 

Headshot of author Licia Carlson

A Philosopher’s Holiday Lecture by Licia Carlson, Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and author of Shared Musical Lives: Philosophy, Disability, and the Power of Sonification

Headshot of Sophie Fetthauer

A multimedia lecture by musicologist Sophie Fetthauer, PhD of the HfMT University of Hamburg, Germany on the little-known story of how over 400 Jewish refugee musicians were integrated into the cafés, nightclubs, and ballrooms of the “Paris of the East.”

Photo of a chorus of women

We present Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589 for treble voices with orchestra in Skinner Hall. After intermission, we move to the Chapel for contemporary choral works and a light installation by Rick Jones. Christine Howlett, conductor.

This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live

Premiere of Shavon Lloyd’s Earth Songs, with light installation by Rick Jones. Cappella Festiva Ensembles, and the Boys and Girls Club Choir of Poughkeepsie. Christine Howlett, director

Headshot of Courtenay Budd

Love songs and duets based on music and text from Iberian, Latin American, and Ladino traditions. Featuring Courtenay Budd, soprano, Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano, and Miriam Charney, piano

Four musicians performing in a large space
Apr 6, 12:00 p.m.

Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Four Thursdays in April in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.

An evening of arias and art songs featuring Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, and more. Assisted by Susan Brown, piano; with Clarissa Longoria, soprano, and piano quintet.

Apr 8, 12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

Becca Chin, Emmet Chilton-Sugerman, Clara Ross

Three students playing tuba, trombone and trumpet
Apr 13, 12:00 p.m.

Lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. 

Apr 15, 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

Eden Bartholomew, Raffaella Zanetti, Madeleine Donat

a woman singing onstage with her arms held up.

A Holocaust Remembrance Day presentation featuring a short film clip, a musical performance, and a discussion with the subjects and makers of a documentary about local musicians and Holocaust survivors in the Hudson Valley.

Three musicians playing piano, violin and a horn
Apr 20, 12:00 p.m.

Lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

three musicians playing horns
Apr 27, 12:00 p.m.

Lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

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.