Student quintet to "explore love" in a concert that features music from "West Side Story" and Brasil '66. Admission is free.

Evan Mack and Patrice Malatestinic headline a program of animal-themed music, visual art, spoken word, and dance. Admission is free.

The Skidmore Horn Trio's March 7 debut at the Arthur Zankel Music Center will feature a world premiere of Sonata for Violin and Piano by Evan Mack.

The Peoples' Brass Republic has its roots in a 2011 brass ensemble class and has evolved, adding new performers and repertoire since then. Come to their inaugural concert!

They come by car and bus from as far away as Vermont on Tuesdays and Thursdays for seven weeks in the fall. All 350 are at least 55; many are much older. They are not official Skidmore students, but they certainly enjoy the Skidmore experience. They're participants in the College's hugely popular Mature Learners Lecture Series, which has been packing Gannett Auditorium since the early 1980s.

For more than 30 years, that's what has kept participants in Skidmore's Mature Learners Lecture Series coming back.

Members of the College's Music Department faculty have two concerts on the weekend schedule. Sitarist Veena Chandra will perform Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, a faculty trio will perform the world premiere of a new piece by pianist Evan Mack (left).