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