Past Events
Fresh from its U.S. tour, the Choir of Sommerville College, Oxford, joins the Vassar Choirs.
Truer Words: music and lyrics by Finley Greene.
Sugar Hill Salon is one of the first chamber music artistic collectives that centers on black and brown woodwind artistry in classical music. Amir Farsi, flute, Tamara Winston, oboe, Ian Tyson, clarinet, Alexander Davis, bassoon.
Featuring student winners of the soloist competition. Eduardo Navega, conductor
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Award-winning early music ensemble Concordian Dawn performs a concert of love songs from medieval France and Italy, preceded by a short pre-concert lecture by ensemble director Christopher Preston Thompson. Free and open to the public.
Music by Percy Grainger, Arturo Márquez, and Aaron Copland. James Osborn, conductor.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Adrian Morjean, bassoon, Alex Davis, bassoon, Joshua Hodge, bassoon, Brad Balliett, bassoon & contrabassoon, Mark Risinger, bass, Richard Wilson, piano.
Join Paul Bellino, tenor trombone and Tom Hutchinson, tenor trombone, Bill Whitaker, bass trombone, and Dan Peck, tuba, for music arranged for the low brass section of the orchestra.
A program of music by Unsuk Chin (in C, Grains), Richard Wilson (Diablerie) and Luciano Berio (Sequenza III per voce) will be capped by a large-ensemble performance of the aleatoric minimalist classic In C by Terry Riley. Performers include festival co-directors Drew Minter and Thomas Sauer, violinist Marka Young, and an ensemble drawn from the Vassar College Orchestra and Choirs.
MODfest 2025
Does music shape the instruments we choose, or does the instrument determine the music? When it comes to electronic music, the answer is: both. Join Drake Andersen on a historical exploration of how new technologies for making and enjoying music developed over the past one hundred years continue to both reflect and shape our musical experiences and expectations.
MODfest 2025
Metropolis Reimagined is a new scoring of the 1984 restoration of Fritz Lang’s classic film, performed live by acclaimed pianist Po-Wei Ger and electronic artist Drake Andersen.
MODfest 2025
In this lecture-performance, Alexander Bonus, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, will survey past expressions of sonic disorder in music by Haydn, Beethoven, and Mahler, among others.
MODfest 2025
This musical and spoken performance weaves together an array of creatively indeterminate works.
MODfest 2025
Certified Feldenkrais practitioners Carolyn Palmer and Drew Minter will lead two lessons and speak about the method.
MODfest 2025
Daniel J. Levitin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, McGill University, will uncover the latest findings in the rapidly developing field of how music can be used to treat injury and disease and promote wellness.
MODfest 2025
A performance of Stimmung, a highly influential avant-garde work that provided inspiration for the spectral composition school that emerged in Paris during the 1970’s.
MODfest 2025
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.
Music by Bernstein, Auerbach, Prokofiev, and Kovács.
Eduardo Navega, director
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Eduardo Navega, director.