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.
Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Eduardo Navega, director.
“What Can We Do?” Songs of protest and anti-war songs from the 1400s to the 1980s. Sophia Blankinship, soprano
Sondheim’s classic American musical inspired by traditional fairy tales. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine. This production is a senior project led by Annie Brewer, Liam Oley, and Abby Wilson.
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
For staff, mailing address, and more, view our contact page.