Past Events

Exterior view of Skinner Hall of Music
Jul. 7, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Brian Mann, piano, Lou Pappas, double bass, Tom Melito, drums, Iain Mann, violin, guitar, Courtenay Budd, voice, James Ruff, voice

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 23, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest Chorus & Orchestra returns with works for chorus and orchestra featuring Buxtehude’s Jesu, meines Lebens Leben and Bach’s Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe, Cantata 191 Gloria in excelsis Deo, and the Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord. Christine Howlett, conductor.   

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest returns with works for organ and piano, featuring pianists Sylvia Buccelli and Ruthanne Schempf and organists Gail Archer and Avery Duer ’24.

May 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

An afternoon of organ repertoire spanning nearly 400 years, including works by Buxtehude, Bach, and Franck.

May 4, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

Featuring solo works by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1.

Apr. 26, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

Featuring student winners of the soloist competition.

Eduardo Navega, conductor

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

Program (PDF)

A string and wind ensemble performing, seated, with a clarinetist in the foreground.
Apr. 25, 2024, noon

A 20–30-minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Café.

Apr. 20, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

“All God’s Creatures”: Songs about all manner of living things, by Schubert, Beethoven, Ivor Davies, Whitacre, and others. 

Drew Minter, conductor

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

A string and wind ensemble performing, seated, with a clarinetist in the foreground.
Apr. 18, 2024, noon

A 20–30-minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Café.

text, Music Concert, 2024 Spring Season.
Apr. 13, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

“Les Chemins de l’Amour”: a love story told through the songs of Francis Poulenc, Vincenzo Bellini, Erik Satie, and Aaron Copland.