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Skidmore College
Office Location: Zankel 111
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Joel Brown
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT:
Michele Koskinen
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Tang
Sculpture and live performance[11/2/12] Nov. 8 at the Zankel: Terry Adkins and his Lone Wolf Recital Corps will collaborate with students to “activate” Adkins’ sculptures—including his 18-foot-long horns, currently on display at the Tang. Read More. |
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The tradition continues [10/23/12] Sixteen impressive student acts made the cut for next month's 2012 edition of Beatlemore Skidmania, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' recording debut. New this year: a third show just for students. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Carnegie Hall Premiers: Ensemble ACJW returns to campus[10/14/12] The incomparable Ensemble ACJW returns for its 10th fall residency, which includes a concert featuring the world premiere of a new composition by Samuel Carl Adams. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Faculty composers recital set for Oct. 13[10/11/12] Several world premieres and a rich array of musical styles highlight the Oct. 13 composers concert, featuring Skidmore's talented Music Department faculty. Pianist Evan Mack (left) will share selections from his new opera, The Secret of Luca. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
A musical weekend upcoming at Zankel[9/30/12] If you love live music, the Zankel Music Center is the place to be next week, with concerts planned Oct. 4 through Oct. 6. Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough (left) will perform with her baroque flute trio on Friday. Student tickets to all performances are free. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Fortepianist Neonato to teach, perform this week[9/23/12] Renowned fortepianist Stefania Neonato visits Skidmore this week to give a master class and lecture, and perform in concert. Don't miss this award-winning musician. Read More. |
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Music
Talent search[9/12/12] The 12th edition of Beatlemore Skidmania, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four's recording career, will be the best and biggest ever. Think you'll audition? Here's what you need to know. Read More. |
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Students
Images of India[8/13/12] During the seven weeks that David Schlenker ’13 taught English in the slums of South Delhi this summer, his fourth- and fifth-graders produced a remarkable collection of photographs. Read More. |
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Summer Programs
Skidmore Jazz Institute readies 25th anniversary program[6/21/12] Skidmore's Jazz Institute returns for the 25th year, and the lineup of guest artists promises some crowd-pleasing concerts. Terence Blanchard (left) returns this summer to perform Tuesday, June 26. Admission is free to Blanchard's and all Jazz Institute performances. Read More. |
Music
Community Chorus to perform Mozart’s Requiem April 29
[4/27/12] The Community Chorus will present a classic from the choral repertoire, Mozart's Requiem, for its spring concert. Katie Gardiner will direct performance, scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday in Arthur Zankel Music Center. Read More. |
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Music
Orchestra to welcome guest trio at May 1 concert[4/27/12] Time for Three will joins the Skidmore Orchestra in the group's final concert of the year. Don't miss this collaboration between the distinctive trio and Skidmore's ever-popular semi-professional orchestra. (Left: Photo by Vanessa Briceno-Scherzer) Read More. |
Faculty
Vinci uses jazz as music therapy for Saratoga man[4/17/12] Jazz artist Mark Vinci has worked with some of music's greatest names. And he has also been the key to a successful music therapy program for a Saratoga Springs man. As Skidmore readies a series of Autism Awareness events, please take a moment to read this story about the challenge of autism. Read More. |
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Performance
"Keeping Company with Cage" to mark composer's centennial[4/5/12] Students and faculty from several disciplines have collaborated to present a special program marking the centennial of the birth of avant-garde composer John Cage. Newly added: link to an interview with Professor Debra Fernandez. (Left: David Porter plays a 'prepared' piano. Photo by Phil Scalia) Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
American String Quartet to be a string festival highlight[3/18/12] Skidmore's annual string festival will include a performance by the internationally recognized American String Quartet on Saturday, March 24. Read More. |
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Faculty scholarship
Thompson reflects on death of Monkees frontman Davy Jones[3/1/12] Wednesday's report of the death of Monkees lead singer Davy Jones led music Professor Gordon Thompson to reflect on his career as an enormously popular actor and singer in the 1960s. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Orchestra to present concert featuring works by Edward Elgar[2/26/12] The Skidmore Orchestra's next concert, "Elgar the Elegant," will feature two of the most widely performed works of Edward Elgar, a British composer who wrote some of the most popular works in the English repertoire. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Windscape a highlight of 2012 Wind and Brass Festival[2/26/12] Skidmore's Wind and Brass Festival will include a number of events over two days, including a performace March 3 by Windscape, an 'unquintet' that has delighted audiences throughout the North America. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Skidmore to present Carnegie Hall Premieres Feb. 10[2/3/12] UPDATED 2/9: Read Times Union classical music critic Joseph Dalton's story for background on the collaborative effort behind the music to be performed at Skidmore on Feb. 10. Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
$50K Solomon grant to support Zankel Music Center initiative[1/13/12] The grant will support the Alfred Z. Solomon Community Fund for Children, Youth, and the Arts at Skidmore, geared toward increasing youth audiences at Zankel Music Center events. (Left: An Ensemble ACJW member during October's performance at Myers BOCES Center, Saratoga Springs. Eric Jenks photo) Read More. |
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Zankel Music Center
Zankel earns accolades for design, lighting[11/18/11] Skidmore's Zankel Music Center continues to earn raves, as does a recording made earlier this year in the building's Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall. Read More. |
