Calendar of Events

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 14
    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Celli

    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
    Two violinist and a cellist in performance.

    Monday Music

    Time:  12:00pm—1:00pm

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

  • Nov 18
    a couple dancing latin dance

    Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra: Dance Night!

    Time:  6:00pm—7:00pm

    Note time change:  Now at 6:00 PM. 
    Dance to the music of the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra (PLJO) in the Music Building Orchestra Room 0078.

  • Nov 20
    Die Fledermaus

    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
    Die Fledermaus

    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
    Die Fledermaus

    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
    Die Fledermaus

    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 Players

    Percussion Ensemble

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

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

  • Dec 1
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 1
    Cello Student

    Cello Studio Recital

    Time:  5:00pm—7:30pm

    Students of Caleb Vanderswaagh present a cello studio recital.

  • Dec 1
    Student playing guitar

    Classical Guitar Concert

    Time:  7:00pm
  • Dec 1
    Close up of a flute on a window sill.

    Concert of Winds

    Time:  8:00pm—9:30pm

    Small ensembles featuring woodwinds perform chamber music. 

  • Dec 2
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 2
    Conservatory of Music students playing trumpets

    Music Portfolio Prep Webinar

    Time:  5:00pm—6:00pm

    Interested in applying to the Conservatory of Music?

  • Dec 3
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 3
    Swinging Panthers

    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

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 4
    Percussion

    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

    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 6
    Chamber Music

    Chamber Music

    Time:  1:00pm—3:00pm

    Small ensembles of strings, winds and piano perform chamber music.

  • Dec 7
    Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

    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
    Jorell Williams in Purchase Opera's 2017 Classic Broadway: In Concert

    Noon Music

    Time:  12:30pm—1:30pm

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

  • Dec 8
    Purchase Symphony Orchestra

    Brass Ensembles

    Time:  6:00pm—8:00pm

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

  • Dec 8
    Purchase Jazz Orchestra

    Purchase Jazz Orchestra

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm
  • Dec 9
    Singers of Purchase Soul Voices directed by Knoelle Higginson

    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

    Piano Recital

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

    Students of classical piano present their work in recital.  

  • Dec 11
    Cassatt String Quartet

    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 Celli

    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert III

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

    Ode to Unity

  • May 8
    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Celli

    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert IV

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

    New Voices, New World