Music
2022 Academic Festival Program
The Skidmore Music Department is rooted in the liberal arts tradition: we believe that music is an essential component of human experience and a unique vehicle for artistic, intellectual, and personal growth. By offering a range of opportunities, including classes, ensembles, lessons, and events, we strive to equip students of all backgrounds to experience, explore, and understand human culture and creativity through musical study.
Music Theory students compose steelband melodies:
Students in Jeremy Day-O’Connell’s MU241 (“Materials and Structures of Music I”) composed calypso-style melodies, which were premiered in a steelband performance in the Grossman Recording Studio.
Music Events
- 10/01Zankel Music Center: Hindu Goddess Durga is the mother of the universe, symbolizing the power of the divine feminine to dismantle evil and oppression. She manifests in the form of consciousness,…