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

Trevor Babb plays classical guitar in a black-and-white photograph.

The Distortion of Memory: Guitarist Trevor Babb, performs a recital length work for solo guitar by 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, James Romig.

This event is free and open to the public.

Three people standing on stairs in a building smiling for the camera.

Classics and Creations: The trio of Nick Hetko (piano), Rich Syracuse (bass), and Jeff Siegel (drums) presents a set of American Songbook classics alongside their modern jazz originals for piano trio.

This event is free and open to the public.

Five musicians, three holding string instruments, arranged against a black background.

Music from Paris: Vassar faculty members—Marka Young, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Iva Casian-Lakos, cello; Marija Ilić, piano; and Alan Hankers, electronics—perform works by Kaija Saariaho and Gabriel Fauré.

This event is free and open to the public.

Four members of the True North Jazz Project sit on a couch in front of a graffiti-covered wall, with one holding a soprano saxophone.

The True North Jazz Project performs original music, jazz standards, world music, and unique interpretations of pop and rock tunes. Featuring Joe North, saxophone; Ryan Cerullo, piano; Buddy Griffith, bass; and Ryan Odell, drums.

This event is free and open to the public.

Four members of the Jupiter String Quartet pose with two violins, a viola and a cello.

The Jupiter String Quartet performs works by Clarice Assad, Alban Berg, Juri Seo and Franz Schubert.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sumanth Manjunath performs on violin while wearing a red patterned kurta.

An Evening of Carnatic Raga: Featuring Sumanth Manjunath (violin), accompanied on mridangam.

This event is free and open to the public.

Members of the Skylark vocal ensemble pose together in formal attire against a dark studio backdrop.

Skylark presents Sleepy Hollow, a haunting musical retelling of Washington Irving’s Hudson Valley ghost story featuring narration and cello improvisation.

This event is free and open to the public.

A person with glasses from the side on a dark background.

The Play of Opposites: Works of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Dutilleux that explore notions of musical opposition. Thomas Sauer, piano.

This event is free and open to the public.

Photo of Chamber Music players in the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Photo Credit: Eric Hepp.

Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and open to the public.

Student musicians perform on clarinet, double bass and other instruments during Music on the Bridge.

Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and open to the public.

Person with long brown hair on a stage smiling and playing a violin.

Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and open to the public.

Two people blowing into a wind instrument on stage during a concert.

Featuring Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op 16. Featuring Eduardo Navega, conductor and Marija Ilic, piano.

This event is free and open to the public.

Three student musicians perform on violin, cello, and piano in the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences.

Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and 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.