Calendar of Events

Conservatory of Music

Performances

Enjoy memorable concerts and recitals featuring our outstanding students and ensembles.

Click on the individual event title for more details including admission, program, and attendance policies. Also included on the calendar below are Conservatory special events, notable off-campus performances by our students and faculty, and select events presented by other entities on campus.

Upcoming:

  • Nov 18
    Benny Green, pianist

    Jazz Masterclass: Benny Green

    Time:  12:30pm—2:30pm

    A masterclass with jazz pianist Benny Green.

  • Nov 19
    Cosi fan tutte

    Purchase Opera: Così fan tutte - Opening Night

    Time:  7:00pm—10:00pm

    In this deeply funny and ironic comedy two couples experience the inconstancy of romantic love and the kaleidoscope of emotions that color it: attraction, desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, regret and forgiveness.

  • Nov 20
    Cosi fan tutte

    Purchase Opera: Così fan tutte

    Time:  7:00pm—10:00pm

    In this deeply funny and ironic comedy two couples experience the inconstancy of romantic love and the kaleidoscope of emotions that color it: attraction, desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, regret and forgiveness.

  • Nov 21
    Cosi fan tutte

    Purchase Opera: Così fan tutte

    Time:  7:00pm—10:00pm

    In this deeply funny and ironic comedy two couples experience the inconstancy of romantic love and the kaleidoscope of emotions that color it: attraction, desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, regret and forgiveness.

  • Nov 21
    Four musicians pose in front of a cinderblock wall

    Joshua Redman Quartet

    Time:  7:30pm

    Joshua Redman is a Berkeley-born, Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who has been a prominent figure in contemporary jazz for over 30 years. 

  • Nov 22
    Cosi fan tutte

    Purchase Opera: Così fan tutte

    Time:  1:00pm—4:00pm

    In this deeply funny and ironic comedy two couples experience the inconstancy of romantic love and the kaleidoscope of emotions that color it: attraction, desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, regret and forgiveness.

  • Nov 30
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Nov 30
    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 1
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 1
    Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

    Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

    Time:  7:30pm—9:00pm

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

  • Dec 2
    Chamber Music

    Chamber Music

    Time:  6:30pm—8:00pm

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

  • Dec 2
    Swinging Panther

    Swinging Panthers Jazz Choir

    Time:  7:30pm—9:00pm

    Students of the Jazz Studies department presents an evening of classic jazz vocal standards and songbook favorites.

  • Dec 3
    Jazz Combo

    Jazz Combo Week

    Time:  4:30pm—5:50pm

    Students of Jazz Studies in small ensembles present their work.  

  • Dec 3
    Purchase Jazz Orchestra

    Purchase Jazz Orchestra

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm
  • Dec 4
    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Celli

    Purchase Symphony Orchestra Concert

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

    Shadows and Transformation

  • Dec 6
    Close up of a flute on a window sill.

    Concert of Winds

    Time:  6:00pm—7:30pm

    Start time updated to 6:00 PM
    Small ensembles featuring woodwinds perform chamber music. 

  • Dec 7
    Purchase Symphony Orchestra

    Brass Chamber Music

    Time:  2:00pm—3:30pm

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

  • Dec 7
    A Composition Student at work.

    Purchase New Music

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

    A concert of newly composed songs by students of Classical Composition, featuring a special guest artist.

  • Dec 8
    Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

    Graduate Jazz Composition Recital

    Time:  5:00pm—6:30pm
  • Dec 8
    Members of the 2026 Soul Voices Ensemble

    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 9
    Piano

    Piano Recital

    Time:  7:00pm—8:30pm

    Students of classical piano present their work in recital.  

  • Dec 10
    Percussion Players

    Percussion Ensemble

    Time:  7:00pm—9:00pm

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