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Arthur Zankel Music Center
Skidmore College
815 N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
CONCERTS & EVENTS MANAGER:
Shelley Curran
SUMMER BOX OFFICE HOURS
May 16th-July 6th
Wednesday,, Thursday and Friday 1:00-5:00 PM
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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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. |
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Brubeck Brothers Quartet to bring jazz to Zankel this Friday[4/11/12] Arthur Zankel Music Center welcomes the Brubeck Brothers Quartet this Friday, April 13. They are the latest artists in Skidmore's Filene Concert Series. Read More. |
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Korean percussion quintet to perform April 9[4/6/12] Korean percussion quintet the Sonagi Project will perform in Zankel on Monday, April 9. Admission is free. 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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Pianist Jeremy Denk to perform April 6[3/30/12] Jeremy Denk's high profile is partially due to a series of interviews he recently did for National Public Radio. Come to Zankel April 6 and hear him perform! Read More. |
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Soprano Angela Brown named McCormack Visiting Artist [3/30/12] Angela Brown's goal is to help audiences appreciate opera from her unique and gifted perspective. She'll present a free program on contemporary opera and participate in a panel discussion with celebrated composer Richard Danielpour during her McCormack residency. (Photo by Roni Ely) Read More. |
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Classical guitarist David Russell next Sterne artist[3/23/12] The Sterne Virtuoso Series brings renowned artists to campus for brief residencies that typically include public performances. Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Russell is the latest Sterne Virtuoso Artist, scheduled on campus March 29 and 30. Read More. |
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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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Taiko Project to showcase fresh interpretation of drumming[3/18/12] Founded in 2000 in Los Angeles by a group of young, emerging taiko drummers, Taiko Project wanted to create an American style of taiko, blending traditional forms in which they were raised with an innovative and fresh aesthetic approach to the Japanese drum. Read More. |
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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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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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Isle of Klezbos to perform Feb. 23 on campus[2/19/12] The Isle of Klezbos bills itself as a 'soulful, fun-loving power-house all-women's klezmer sextet.' Band members have been inspired by a kaleidoscopic array of styles, from klezmer to Cajun, funk, reggae, classical, punk, and Latin jazz. Don't miss this free concert at Zankel! Read More. |
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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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$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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TU critic: 2 Zankel concerts among year's top jazz events[12/22/11] Skidmore's Arthur Zankel Music Center was the site of two of the region's top jazz events in 2011, according to Times Union critic RJ DeLuke, who picked June's SaratogaArtsFest concert by Triple Play, with special guest Dave Brubeck, and February's Eric Harland concert. (Left: Triple Play) Read More. |
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Skidmore Orchestra to present music for dancing[12/5/11] Music by Borodin and Debussy, plus a holiday favorite by Tchaikovsky form the program for the orchestra's Dec. 8 concert. Prepare to be enchanted. Read More. |
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Jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti to perform Dec. 9 in Zankel[12/2/11] An accomplished, innovative performer and teacher, Eigsti is a veteran of performances at the Hollywood Bowl and the Montreal Jazz Festival. Here's your chance to hear him at the Zankel Music Center! Read More. |
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Art
Student-curated exhibition on view in Zankel lobby[11/22/11] Student artists and writers are paired in an exhibition that explores the challenges of feeling rooted in a changing world. The multi-media exhibition presents universal ideas from artists' personal perspectives. (Left: student curators Phoebe Pundyk and Alec Unkovic.) Read More. |
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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. |
