Welcome to the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College. Located on the main drive near the College’s front entrance, the new Zankel Center serves as a gateway building for the campus. With approximately 54,000-square feet of teaching, practice, performance, and administrative space, the Center is poised to become the new hub of musical activity on campus.

The building is home to the vibrant activities of Skidmore’s Music Department and will be an important teaching and performance venue for the College’s Special Programs division. It is also expected to become a cultural resource for the upstate region by enabling Skidmore to refine and expand its world-class programming in the arts. For the full story on the Zankel Music Center, click here.

The Zankel Music Center features the Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall, a 600-seat acoustically tuned space, and the 90-seat Elisabeth Luce Moore Hall—two venues that will enable Skidmore to offer a more varied range of performances, lectures, and cultural events. For musical events at the Zankel Center, click here. For the College’s full calendar of events, click here.

The Center is named in honor of the late Arthur Zankel, a financier and philanthropist who was a Skidmore trustee, parent, and longtime supporter. His bequest to Skidmore of $46 million is the largest gift in the College’s history. Of the bequest, $15 million went to the Zankel Music Center. For more information on Arthur Zankel, click here.