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

Mir 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