Past Events
MODfest 2024
A concert and conversation with the creators and performers of Shanghai Sonatas—a new musical theater work, based on first-person accounts, which tells the true story of daily life for musicians from Europe during World War II who used their optimism, humor, and musical talents to survive, forging friendships with their Chinese neighbors who helped save their lives. Moderated by Associate Professor and Chair of Music Justin Patch.
MODfest 2024
Music in this film is used to subtly define and separate the two identities of the main character, and throughout the film there is a strong recurring theme of boundaries between one thing and another, and the strange intersections between them. With introduction by Assistant Professor of Music Táhirih Motazedian.
Annual Advent service with readings, choral anthems, congregational carols and candle lighting ceremony.
James Osborn, director
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
Eduardo Navega, director
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Drew Minter, conductor.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Featuring Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Faculty Member Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
Composers Jonathan Chenette and Harold Meltzer lament one building’s violent destruction (Chenette) and reflect another’s fantastical construction (Meltzer).
James Osborn, conductor.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Christine Howlett, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
Christine Howlett, Conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Duo recital by two artists who have appeared together for decades. Peter Wiley, cello, and Anna Polonsky, piano. Free and open to the public.
A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
Experience a reconstruction of the Tudor sound world: Music by Henry VIII himself, Irish songs referenced by Shakespeare, and more. Free and open to the public.
This program resurrects the soundscape and musical culture of Dutch Manhattan circa 1660 for an exhilarating and unforgettable musical experience. Free and open to the public.
Eduardo Navega, conductor. Free and open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
A concert featuring pianist and Vassar Adjunct Artist in Music Thomas Sauer. Free and open to the public.