Internationally acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems will present two special events as part of her 2025 McCormack Endowed Visiting Artist-Scholar Residency.
The annual summer series, made possible by a generous grant from Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family, celebrates community through music, readings, and discussion by acclaimed artists and scholars.
The 20th annual String Festival will feature the Sphinx Virtuosi, a self-conducted chamber orchestra composed of 18 outstanding Black and Latino musicians, scheduled for Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6.
Experience “Voices of Ukraine,” a moving celebration highlighting rarely heard works from Ukrainian opera, art song, and folk traditions, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the Arthur Zankel Music Center.
“Trill 101” premiers March 1, culminating a year-long collaboration with Brooklyn-based musician Melanie Charles and students across music, dance, and the humanities.
MacArthur Fellow Aaron Dworkin returns to Skidmore to lead a wide-ranging discussion on poetry, identity, the arts, and mental health at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall at Arthur Zankel Music Center.
Ethnomusicologist, performer, and educator Joseph Alpar explores the intertwined histories of Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Ottoman Empire through music at a free performance at Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saturday, Nov. 16.
Ensemble Connect, a group of young professional classical musicians based out of Carnegie Hall, is returning for their biannual residency. Their Oct. 25 performance will spotlight the music of South Africa and include a South African Kwela celebration in collaboration with students.
During the residency, Charles and her team will participate in class visits, podcast and video recordings, and jam sessions, exploring themes of access, equity, education, technology, and artistic practice across a variety of disciplines.- The popular Skidmore Encore faculty lecture series for Saratoga area residents 55 and older is returning to Arthur Zankel Music Center on Tuesdays, Oct. 1 through Nov. 12.