Conservatory of Music

Performances

Enjoy the performances of our students as they present their work. Click on the individual event title for more details including admission, program, and attendance policies. Also included on the calendar below are Conservatory Events and select performances presented by other entities on campus.

Upcoming:

Nov 1

Day of Percussion

Time: 11:00am—5:00pm

The Purchase Percussion Ensemble hosts a festival of performances and masterclasses featuring percussion ensembles from the New York metropolitan area.
Nov 2

Fall Open House

Time: 9:00am

Register Today! This immersive event features general campus tours, facilities tours, and information sessions with faculty and staff from each of the schools/conservatories, a community fair with student services offices, and optional financial aid and “how to apply” workshops.

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Nov 3

Monday Music

Time: 12:30pm—1:30pm

An hour of performances by students and faculty from across the conservatory.
Nov 10

Monday Music

Time: 12:00pm—1:00pm

An hour of performances by students and faculty from across the conservatory.
Nov 12

“Let’s All Sing!”: Discovering Community Through Yiddish Song

Time: 7:00pm

Professor Zeke Levine talks about how Yiddish song has been a fundamental aspect of cultural life within a variety of communities in the United States, from early 20^th century urban immigrant enclaves to Yiddish schools and summer camps.

The tradition continues today with contemporary klezmer festivals and workshops. This talk introduces audiences to both the history and repertoire of Yiddish song in America and the communities who have fostered Yiddish music from the 1900s until the present day. “Let’s All Sing” was the title of a 1956 songbook, Lomir Ale Zingen.
Nov 14

Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert II

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Grace and Fantasy
Weaving Classical elegance, youthful Romantic charm, operatic lyricism, and magical storytelling.
Nov 17

Monday Music

Time: 12:00pm—1:00pm

An hour of performances by students and faculty from across the conservatory.
Nov 20

Purchase Opera: Die Fledermaus - Opening Night

Time: 7:00pm—10:00pm

Champagne fuels romance and hijinks at a masked ball in this operetta by Johann Strauss II.
Nov 21

Purchase Opera: Die Fledermaus #2

Time: 7:00pm—10:00pm

Champagne fuels romance and hijinks at a masked ball in this operetta by Johann Strauss II.
Nov 22

Purchase Opera: Die Fledermaus #3

Time: 7:00pm—10:00pm

Champagne fuels romance and hijinks at a masked ball in this operetta by Johann Strauss II.
Nov 23

Purchase Opera: Die Fledermaus #4

Time: 1:00pm—4:00pm

Champagne fuels romance and hijinks at a masked ball in this operetta by Johann Strauss II.
Nov 24

Percussion Ensemble

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Captivating, cerebral, and innovative music performed on pitched percussion.
Dec 1

Jazz Combo Week

Time: 4:30pm—5:50pm

Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.
Dec 1

Cello Studio Recital

Time: 5:30pm—7:30pm

Students of Caleb Vanderswaagh present a cello studio recital.
Dec 1

Concert of Winds

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Small ensembles featuring woodwinds perform chamber music.
Dec 2

Jazz Combo Week

Time: 4:30pm—5:50pm

Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.
Dec 2

Music Portfolio Prep Webinar

Time: 5:00pm—6:00pm

Interested in applying to the Conservatory of Music?
Dec 3

Jazz Combo Week

Time: 4:30pm—5:50pm

Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.
Dec 3

Swinging Panthers Jazz Choir

Time: 7:00pm—8:30pm

Students of the Jazz Studies department presents an evening of classic jazz vocal standards.
Dec 4

Jazz Combo Week

Time: 4:30pm—5:50pm

Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.
Dec 4

Contemporary Ensemble

Time: 7:30pm—9:30pm

Contemporary Ensemble explores and transgresses the boundaries of classical music, performing music of the mid 20th Century to the modern day, including composers such as Boulez, Messiaen, Glass, Adès, Adams, Reich, Pärt, and recent works by composers yet well known!
Dec 5

Purchase Chorus

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Purchase Chorus brings together students from across the campus to present choral masterworks in styles ranging from the Renaissance to the present day.
Dec 7

Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

Time: 7:00pm—8:30pm

The Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra (PLJO) is an exciting ensemble that performs music from all over Latin America.
Dec 8

Noon Music

Time: 12:30pm—1:30pm

Students of Voice and Opera Studies perform in a salon style recital.
Dec 8

Brass Ensembles

Time: 6:00pm—8:00pm

Students of Classical Instrumental - Brass will perform in ensembles large and small.
Dec 8

Purchase Jazz Orchestra

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm
Dec 9

Purchase Soul Voices

Time: 7:30pm—9:00pm

The Soul Voices will present a program of songs, new and old, that address our world in ways that only music of the African-American tradition can.
Dec 10

Piano Recital

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Students of classical piano present their work in recital.
Dec 11

Purchase New Music with Cassatt Quartet

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

The Cassatt Quartet is acclaimed for its passionate advocacy and skill in repertoire both new and old.
Mar 6

Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert III

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

Ode to Unity
May 8

Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert IV

Time: 7:00pm—9:00pm

New Voices, New World