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Spring 2008

Guest Artists in the Filene, Sterne and Carnegie Hall Premieres series

Three Great Series!
One Great Musical Experience!

Skidmore's Music Department presents three series of concerts by extraordinary
guest artists:

FILENE CONCERT SERIES: For more than 25 years the Filene Concert Series has brought major international artists to campus to teach and to perform. Established through the generosity of the Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation, concerts in this series have included outstanding musicians including pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy and Christopher O'Riley; mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne and soprano Heidi Grant Murphy; jazz pianist Chick Corea and saxophonist Joe Lovano; pipa player Wu Man; and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

STERNE VIRTUOSO SERIES: The Sterne Virtuoso Series was established through a generous bequest from Jean Sterne '32, and has brought to Skidmore such exceptional artists as pianists Garrick Ohlsson and Stephen Hough, the Kronos Quartet, and jazz great Dave Brubeck.

CARNEGIE HALL PREMIERES: Skidmore inaugurated the new Carnegie Hall Premieres series in 2007, offering Capital Region audiences the opportunity each semester to hear upstate premieres of chamber music works recently commissioned by Carnegie Hall, featured alongside major 19th and 20th century classics. Performing these works are young members of the exciting Ensemble ACJW. This high profile ensemble is comprised of post-graduate fellows from the Academy (a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute), in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. Following each preview concert at Skidmore, the Ensemble performs the same program at Carnegie Hall. This collaboration between Skidmore and Carnegie Hall grows from the Zankel family's generosity to both institutions.