2021 Concerts
December
Vassar College Chamber Music Recital
Students from the Music Department perform a selection of chamber music.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Jazz Ensembles & Combos
Senior Recital: Hayley Craig
Featuring music by Hisaishi, Chopin, Beethoven, Sinding, FKJ, and Debussy.
Location: Thekla Hall (Skinner, room 400)
Junior Recital: Emmet Chilton-Sugerman
An afternoon of music by Haydn, Bach, Shostakovich, and Schumann.
Available only online.
Annual Service of Lessons & Carols
Join us online for this beautiful service that includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir.
November
Vassar College Women’s Chorus
“A Path to Hope”
Music of Craig Carnelia, Katerina Gimon, Andrea Ramsey, Mia Makaroff, and others.
This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Choir
“Only in the Love”
Music of Marques Garrett, Katerina Gimon, Craig Hella Johnson, Trent Reznor, and featuring Jake Runestad’s Come to the Woods.
This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College & Community Wind Ensemble
Senior Recital: Eli Wassertzug, baritone
Music by Schumann, Poulenc, Sondheim, and others. Assisted by David Alpher, piano.
Senior Recital: Greg Calidonna, baritone
Music by Ireland, Tosti, and Finzi. Assisted by Amy Kawa Posner, piano.
Vassar College Orchestra
Music by Beethoven, Mozart, Delius and Tchaikovsky. Featuring Marija Ilic, piano.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
Vassar College Chamber Singers
“Mark the Music: Choral settings of Shakespeare Texts”
Music by Purcell, Humfrey, Banister, Vaughn Williams, Emma Lou Diemer, and Gabriel Jackson.
Program | This event also streamed live online.
October
Guest Artist Event: Polonsky-Shifrin-Wiley Trio
“Brahms and Beethoven”
Two iconic late sonatas by Brahms, and Beethoven’s own transcription for clarinet trio of his delightful Septet. Anna Polonsky, piano, David Shifrin, clarinet, Peter Wiley, cello.
September
Guest Artist Event: Gwendolyn Toth, organ
Gwendolyn Toth has performed and recorded on numerous historic organs in Europe including Sion, Krewerd, Oosthuizen, Noordbroek, Ostönnen, and others. The program will include works by Sweelinck, Scheidemann, H. Praetorius, and from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch – music from the very earliest organ repertoire up to the splendid music of the 17th-century.
August
Welcome Concert for the Class of 2025
Featuring faculty members Gail Archer, organ, Anna Elashvili, violin, Thomas Sauer, piano, and Ian Tyson, clarinet.