Trumpeter and combo leader Brian Lynch will share his knowledge and industry experience as a first-time Jazz Institute educator this summer.
The respected two-week program teaches young musicians through daily rehearsals, lessons and classes with a team of dedicated faculty, gives them opportunities to perform and lets them interact with successful guest artists, some of whom attended the Institute.
Award-winning authors mentor students and present free public readings and discussions during the four-week program.
The Skidmore Jazz Institute (with faculty like Mike Faddis, above) is in its 30th summer, with public concerts by a panoply of acclaimed jazz artists.
Audience Avenue founder Matt Lehrman is leading campus workshops on how to attract and keep audiences. He is an expert in customer loyalty and engagement, from the arts to civic groups to business.
From "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" to Chagall and Rothko, is there a Jewish tradition in visual art? Answers and arguments Nov. 2, 8 p.m., in Gannett Auditorium.
Camp Abilities, for children and teens who are visually impaired, was hosted for its third summer at the Skidmore campus and nearby venues.- With decades of professional direction and personal hosting by a Skidmore professor, the New York State Summer Writers Institute fosters an intimate, intensive writing workshop on campus each July.
- 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.