Concerts & Events
All events not otherwise noted take place in the Skinner Hall of Music’s Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall and are open and free to the public. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370. Skinner Recital Hall is equipped with a LOOP Hearing System. The loop will offer improved clarity for persons with hearing loss who wear telecoil —or T-coil—equipped hearing aids.
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 or revisit this page. Latecomers will be seated at the performers’ discretion. All audience members are to be seated.
Upcoming
Presented by members of the Music Department faculty. Thomas Sauer, piano, Iva Casian Lakos, cello, Ian Tyson, clarinet, Gail Archer, organ
This event is open to the public.
A leading practitioner of Iraqi maqam, Hamid Al-Saadi’s music combines classical poetry with a dizzyingly complex system of musical ornamentation, modulation and improvisation.
This event is open to the public.
Lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” pianist Soyeon Kate Lee presents a program featuring Schumann’s Carnaval and Kreisleriana.
This event is open to the public.
With music of Schubert, Marais and Bartok-Arma, this concert celebrates the conjunction of theme and variation in printmaking and music. Susan Rotholz, flute, Anna Polonsky, piano.
This event is open to the public.
The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet presents original compositions celebrating 21 years together, highlighted by four European tours, a tour of Africa, and performances throughout the northeastern U.S.
This event is open to the public.
A recital of idiosyncratic songs by David Alpher, exploring his settings of uniquely American poetry from the Transcendentalists to the Beat Generation. Courtenay Budd, soprano, Sharon Harms, soprano, Robert Osborne, bass-baritone, and David Alpher, composer/piano.
This event is open to the public.
A recital of works by Mozart, Chopin, Robert Schumann, György Ligeti, Unsuk Chin and Hans Abrahamsen evoking experiences of day and night. Thomas Sauer, piano
This event is open to the public.
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Songs by Franz Schubert to poems by Goethe, Mayrhofer, Rellstab and Stollberg. Drew Minter, tenor, Maria Rose, fortepiano
This event is open to the public.
Christine Howlett, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
James Osborn, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Christine Howlett, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
The Dalí Quartet is acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin, Carlos Rubio, violin, Adriana Linares, viola, Jesús Morales, cello
This event is open to the public.
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Drew Minter, conductor
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
James Osborn, director
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Eduardo Navega, director
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
This annual Advent service at the Vassar College Chapel features readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers, and Treble Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir will perform.
This event is open to the public.
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.