Zankel Music Center Spring Program 2023

ARTHUR ZANKEL MUSIC CENTER

SPRING 2023

SPRING 2023

FEB MAR

Takuya Kuroda

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 | 7:30 PM

Ensemble Connect

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 | 7:30 PM

Miró Quartet

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 | 7:30 PM

Skidmore Orchestra

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 | 7 PM

You're Gonna Love Tomorrow: A Sondheim Cabaret

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 | 2 PM & 7 PM

Caroline Rose

FRIDAY, MARCH 31 | 8 PM

FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY - MAY | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

LADD LISTENING LOUNGE

Zankel Main Lobby, Casual and collaborative performances by Skidmore students, building community through music. All are invited to attend. Light refreshments served.

APR

Strings of Three Continents: Gao Hong, Leonard Jacome, & Kadialy Kouyaté

SATURDAY, APRIL 1 | 7:30 PM

Young Kim & Skidmore Pianists

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 | 4 PM

Tsou Music Scholar Lecture Series: Kofi Agawu

THURSDAY, APRIL 6 | 5:30 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series: Jiayan Sun

FRIDAY, APRIL 7 | 7:30 PM

Speech and Expression on College

Campuses Symposium

APRIL 14 - APRIL 15

Bell Opera Workshop Premiere

THURSDAY, APRIL 20 | 7 PM

Elisabeth Luce Moore Chamber Music

Residency 2023 Skidmore String Festival

APRIL 22 - APRIL 23

The American String Quartet

SATURDAY, APRIL 22 | 7:30 PM

String Festival Ensembles w/ the American String Quartet

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 | 2 PM

ARTHUR ZANKEL MUSIC CENTER

Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College acknowledges that we work, learn, create, and reside on the lands of the Haudenosaunee, Muheconneok, Kanienkehaka, and Abenaki peoples. We thank the elders of these tribes for their past, present, and continued stewardship of these lands. We recognize that land acknowledgement is only a first, small step towards building ethical, reciprocal, and reparative relationships with the indigenous, Native, and First Nations peoples of this hemisphere and we strive to move beyond our words to reflect our intentions through our actions.

Zankel Music Center opened in 2010 as a hub of musical activity for the Skidmore College campus and surrounding communities, providing students, educators, and artists with 54,000 square feet of space to teach, practice, perform, and support music and the performing arts.

A gift in honor of Helen Filene Ladd, class of 1922, the center’s 600-seat, acoustically tuned Concert Hall showcases the talents of Skidmore’s Music students and faculty on its world-class stage and draws sold out crowds for performances by internationally renowned artists and scholars like Jon Batiste, Branford Marsalis, Emanuel Ax, Dave Brubeck, Ani Difranco, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, Indigo Girls, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Paul Simon, Aaron Dworkin, and Gloria Steinem. The 75-seat Elisabeth Luce Moore Hall bustles daily with lectures, rehearsals, and intimate recitals.

Zankel’s Spring 2023 events are supported in part by the Pia Scala-Zankel '92 and Jimmy Zankel '92 Residency in Performing Arts; the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; the Judy Tsou '75 Music Scholar Lecture Series; the Sterne Virtuoso Series; the Elisabeth Luce Moore Chamber Music Residency; the Sterne Fund; and Elijah McCormack ’16 and are presented in partnership with the Department of Music; the Department of Black Studies; the Department of Asian Studies; the Office of Special Programs; the Arts Administration Program and Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative; the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum; and the Office of the President at Skidmore College.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 | 7:30 PM

TAKUYA KURODA

Jazz trumpeter Takuya Kuroda is a forward-thinking musician with a bent toward mixing post-bop and adventurous soul-jazz. Born in Kobe, Japan, Kuroda followed his older trombonist brother into the local music scene, playing in big bands. Now ensconced in the vibrant NYC jazz scene, Kuroda performs with such artists as José James, Junior Mance, Greg Tardy, Andy Ezrin, Jiro Yoshida, Akoya Afrobeat, and others. Made possible with the generous support of Pia Scala-Zankel ’92 and Jimmy Zankel ’92.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 | 7:30 PM

ENSEMBLE CONNECT

Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect returns to Skidmore to perform Jennifer Higdon’s DarkWood, an ode to the bassoon; the unusual instrumentation of Mozart’s QuintetforPianoandWindsinE-flatMajor, K.452;Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet; and the world premiere of 7 Kinships, a newly commissioned work by composer and violinist Michi Wiancko. Made possible by the generous support of the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 | 7:30 PM

MIRÓ QUARTET

This Austin TX-based string quartet has performed on many of the world's most prestigious concert stages for over 25 years. Inspired by the works of Spanish Surrealist Joan Miró, the Quartet will perform Microfictions,vol1., a piece written for them by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, commissioned in part by Carnegie Hall, in between Haydn’s StringQuartetinBflatmajor,Op.64,No.3and Dvořák’sStringQuartet inGmajor,Op.106.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 | 7 PM

SKIDMORE ORCHESTRA

Directed by Glen Cortese, the Skidmore College Orchestra will perform an evening of popular classical music including Serge Koussevitzky’s ConcertoforDoubleBassandOrchestra, Op.3(soloist Noanddi Manigat ’26); Tchaikovsky’s best known–and only–concerto for violin (soloist Marlowe Jacques ’26); Edvard Grieg’s famous PianoConcerto,Op.16 (soloist Daniel Huh ’26); and, for a breathtaking finale, Firebird Suite1919by Igor Stravinsky.

— FREE

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 | 2 PM & 7 PM

YOU'REGONNA

LOVETOMORROW: A SONDHEIM CABARET

Celebrating the legacy of Stephen Sondheim as both composer and lyricist, this cabaret produced by Skidmore’s Musical Theater-Opera Workshop includes both beloved melodies and lesser-known gems. Performed in the intimate setting of the Surrey-Williamson Inn (950 N. Broadway), You'reGonnaLoveTomorrowis gonna move you.

Stage direction: Sylvia Stoner ‘94 & Johnny Mulcahy ‘24; Musical direction: Casey Gray & Nate Lucas ‘23; Carol Ann Elze, keyboards.

— FREE withlimitedseating

FRIDAY, MARCH 31 | 8 PM

CAROLINE ROSE

First seen at Falstaff’s in 2018, indie-rock singer, songwriter, and musician Caroline Rose returns to Skidmore to kick off her North American tour. Taking a marked departure from earlier releases, Rose’s new album TheArtofForgetting experiments with a palette of sonic textures–weaving together classical and avant-garde elements, low and high fidelity, constraint and catharsis–to produce a series of magnetic dipoles that entice and dismay.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1 | 7:30 PM

STRINGS OF THREE CONTINENTS:

GAO HONG, LEONARD JACOME, & KADIALY KOUYATÉ

Chinese composer and master of the pipa (pear-shaped lute) Gao Hong is joined by Venezuelan harpist Leonard Jacome and Kadialy Kouyaté, a Senegalese Griot and kora artist based in London, for an evening of new and improvised works featuring the strings of Asia, Africa, and South America.

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 | 4 PM

YOUNG KIM & SKIDMORE PIANISTS

Visiting Artist-in-Residence and Steinway Artist Young Kim and Skidmore piano students will perform the works of trailblazing women composers such as Clara Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, Amy Beach, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Chen Yi, Libby Larsen, and more.

— FREE

THURSDAY, APRIL 6 | 5:30 PM

TSOU MUSIC SCHOLAR LECTURE SERIES: KOFI AGAWU

Kofi Agawu (CUNY Graduate Center) was born in Ghana, where he received his initial education before studying composition and analysis in the UK and musicology in the US. His work focuses on analytical issues in selected repertoires of Western Europe and West Africa, which are not as widely known as Agawu believes they ought to be. In his talk, Composingin thePostcolony:APerspectiveonAfrican ArtMusic , Agawu will “lay bare some of art music’s enabling conditions, starting with its birth out of the twin forces of missionization and colonization.”

— FREE

STERNE VIRTUOSO SERIES: JIAYAN SUN

Described as “revelatory” (New York Times) and “flawless” (Toronto Star), Jiayan Sun’s command of the piano is a sight to behold. Sun will perform Franz Schubert’s MomentsMusicaux,op.94on an original Graf fortepiano and two of Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonatas, op. 27 on a Hester Walter fortepiano–demonstrating the range and intricacies of these marvelously crafted early pianos.

APRIL 14 - APRIL 15

SPEECH AND EXPRESSION ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES SYMPOSIUM

Through a series of talks and panels examining free speech and expression, faculty and students, along with distinguished guests Danielle Allen and David Brooks, will interrogate, discuss, and model how we can – and must – talk about and engage with difference on college campuses. Please monitor the Zankel website for further updates and details.

— FREE

FRIDAY, APRIL 14 | 5:30 PM

Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 | 3:30 PM

David Brooks, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, Author, and Commentator

THURSDAY, APRIL 20 | 7 PM

BELL OPERA WORKSHOP PREMIERE

Bell explores inventor Alexander Graham Bell’s fascination with sound and his relationship with his deaf wife, Mabel Hubbard, which ultimately led to his passion to educate deaf persons. Composed by Richard Einhorn and librettist Kathryn Walat, Skidmore’s Musical Theater-Opera Workshop will collaborate with the renowned chamber ensemble Musicians of Ma’alwych to premiere this new work. Made possible with the generous support of Elijah McCormack ’16 and the Sterne Fund. — FREE

APRIL

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The 19th Skidmore College String Festival welcomes the world-renowned American String Quartet as artists-in-residence. Festival activities include individual and group coaching with the dynamic quartet and Skidmore faculty, and two public performances.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22 | 7:30 PM

THE AMERICAN STRING QUARTET

The American String Quartet has spent decades honing the luxurious sound for which it is famous. This evening-length affair will include performances of Franz Schubert’s s StringQuartetinAminor (“Rosamunde”);Blueprint,composed by Caroline Shaw as a “harmonic reduction” of Beethoven’s StringQuartet,Op.18,No.6; Vivian Fung’s Pizzicato , a short work during which the players never use their bows; ending with Ludwig van Beethoven’s last quartet, through which he asks, “Mussessein?”

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 | 2 PM

STRING FESTIVAL ENSEMBLES WITH THE AMERICAN STRING QUARTET

SKIDMORE IN CONCERT SERIES

Free and open to the public, this series showcases the vibrance of our shared creative community. All events take place in Zankel's Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 | 7 PM

BRASS & WIND

CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Coached by Patrice Malatestinic & Yvonne Hansbrough

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 | 5:30 PM

INDIAN ENSEMBLE

Coached by Veena Chandra ElisabethLuceMooreHall

FRIDAY, APRIL 21 | 7 PM

VOCAL SOUL COLLECTIVE

Directed by Floydd Ricketts FileneRecitalHall

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 | 5 PM

STRING ENSEMBLES

Coached by Michael Emery, Jameson Platte, and Stephani Emery

TUESDAY, APRIL 25 | 7 PM

ORCHESTRA

Directed by Glen Cortese

FRIDAY, APRIL 28 | 7 PM

WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING & DANCE

Coached by Koblavi Dogah

SUNDAY, APRIL 30 | 1 PM

CONCERT BAND

Coached by Milton Lee

SUNDAY, APRIL 30 | 7 PM

SMALL JAZZ ENSEMBLES

Coached by Bob Halek, Adam Hutcheson, and George Muscatello

MONDAY, MAY 1 | 7 PM

BIG BAND

Coached by Adam Hutcheson

TUESDAY, MAY 2 | 7 PM

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Coached by Joel Brown and Brett Grigsby

THURSDAY, APRIL 27 | 7 PM

CHORUS

Directed by Floydd Ricketts