﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>zankel</title><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/</link><description /><pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:08:12 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:17:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>Calendar of Events</category><atom:link href="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=brsmCHWO1FinSXDSstpxf7g7ezrDjWs6" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><generator>:: Master Calendar ::</generator><copyright>2026</copyright><ttl>30</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[American Patchwork Quartet 9/19/2026 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) brings new life to old songs. Led by multi-GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist and vocalist Clay Ross, the ensemble binds timeless American folk songs with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics, and East Asian ornamentation.   A southern-born roots music aficionado, Ross is also the founder of the world-renowned Gullah group Ranky Tanky. In APQ, Ross intertwines with other Grammy-winning artists: Falguni Shah, an eleventh-generation Hindustani classical vocalist, Moto Fukushima, an internationally acclaimed Issei jazz bassist, and Rudy Royston, a renowned jazz drummer whose fibers were honed by African American church traditions. Together, they approach American roots music as a living practice: something carried, questioned, transformed, and passed on.    Their GRAMMY-nominated self-titled debut album reveals the United States as a place of overlapping histories and evolving traditions, where folk songs become vessels for memory and migration, struggle and hope. In APQ’s hands, familiar melodies open into new textures and unexpected connections, inviting audiences to hear American music as a shared but unfinished story.   About the Artists:  Clay Ross is a 2x Grammy Award-winning artist and the founder of the Billboard chart-topping band Ranky Tanky. A native of South Carolina, Ross moved to NYC in 2002 and has since collaborated with artists as diverse as Gregory Porter, Snarky Puppy, and Bobby McFerrin. Winning multiple grants through the U.S. State Department, he has toured worldwide as a Cultural Ambassador.  Rudy Royston, a Texas-born, Colorado-bred drummer and educator, is known for his dynamic percussion skills honed over three decades. His career, deeply influenced by the celebrated late trumpeter Ron Miles, has seen him explore various genres. Since obtaining a Masters in Music from Rutgers University and relocating to New Jersey in 2006, Royston has collaborated with jazz icons like Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, and Ravi Coltrane. His dedication to music propels him to continually expand his horizons.  Falu (Faluguni Shah) is a GRAMMY Award-winning artist acclaimed for her innovative fusion of modern styles with classical Indian vocal traditions. She has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Wyclef Jean, Philip Glass, Ricky Martin, Blues Traveler, and A.R. Rahman. Notably, Falu performed at the world's largest stadium before 132,000 attendees, an event broadcast to billions globally. She has graced the GRAMMYs pre-telecast ceremony, entertained President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House, and was the featured performer at the Time 100 Gala in 2009. Since 2006, Falu has served as Carnegie Hall's ambassador of Indian music.  Moto Fukushima, bassist and Grammy-nominated co-leader of House of Waters, blends Western classical, traditional Japanese, and South American music into unique jazz compositions. A Berklee alumnus, he has worked with artists like Mike Stern and Dave Weckl. House of Waters' albums have topped iTunes charts, and Moto has earned accolades like the Sports Emmy and ASCAP Plus Award. Currently based in NYC, his talents continue to resonate globally.    Presented by the Arthur Zankel Music Center. Made possible by the Zankel Music Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Alfred Z. Solomon Community Fund for Children, Youth, and the Arts.   Additional Info This event offers two ways to attend: a standard General Admission ticket at $25 plus fees, or Pay-What-You-Will admission for patrons who would like to choose their own price. Paying at the suggested level, or above it when possible, helps support our programming and keeps concerts at Zankel accessible to students, families, and community members. Skidmore students, faculty, and staff can access free or discounted tickets by using the Single Sign On option. Tickets are free for children 18 and under.]]></description><author>trockwell@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6rvDgxjt2RICWlZEHpOsQuISeooGiHdTSVg43a5i6F3ddpag0wb3Hg</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6rvDgxjt2RICWlZEHpOsQuISeooGiHdTSVg43a5i6F3ddpag0wb3Hg</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5393" length="5000" type="image/png" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billy Hart Quartet 9/25/2026 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: Billy Hart is one of jazz’s great living drummers: a bandleader, educator, and master collaborator whose career spans more than six decades. A 2022 NEA Jazz Master, Hart has helped shape the sound of modern jazz through landmark work with Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz, Quest, and many others. He also appears on Miles Davis’s On the Corner, placing him in the lineage of some of the music’s most transformative recordings.   Hart’s discography includes more than 600 recordings as a leader and sideman. His life in music is also the subject of Oceans of Time: The Musical Autobiography of Billy Hart, as told to longtime collaborator Ethan Iverson. His current Billy Hart Quartet—with saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Ethan Iverson, and bassist Ben Street—has released three acclaimed albums on ECM Records.    Presented by the Skidmore College Department of Music. Ticketing Info This event offers two ways to attend: a standard General Admission ticket at $25 plus fees, or Pay-What-You-Will admission for patrons who would like to choose their own price. Paying at the suggested level, or above it when possible, helps support our programming and keeps concerts at Zankel accessible to students, families, and community members. Skidmore students, faculty, and staff can access free or discounted tickets by using the Single Sign On option. Tickets are free for children 18 and under. ]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5yyTRP5FZlwG48bwG%2ftdf4dqS6Rk8HP2ywTfhwSjrwmWJF9yc5b7g2</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5yyTRP5FZlwG48bwG%2ftdf4dqS6Rk8HP2ywTfhwSjrwmWJF9yc5b7g2</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5394" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somi: A Well-Being Concert 9/27/2026 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award–winning vocalist, composer, writer, and performer Somi opens Zankel’s Well-Being Concert series with an uplifting and deeply expressive performance shaped by jazz, soul, African musical traditions, and story-based songwriting. Hosted by Teisha Duncan, this intimate concert combines live performance with simple guided restorative practices such as breathing, mindfulness, and deep listening, in an immersive, nurturing space. Audience members will be seated onstage with the performers, and can choose from a variety of casual and comfortable seating options, with mats, cushions, and chairs all available on a first-come, first-served basis. No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed—only a willingness to listen, breathe, and be present.About Well-Being ConcertsWell-Being Concerts combine live music with explorations of mindfulness, self-care, and communal connection. Each concert is designed as a restorative listening experience, offering audiences the chance to slow down, be present, and experience music as a source of well-being.The Skidmore series is being developed in collaboration with partners in our community, including Wellspring and the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office. Together, the partners will help shape restorative practices and connect the concerts with people who may benefit from them. A portion of the available space for each performance will be reserved for community members invited through these partnerships.About the ArtistsVocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is the Midwestern daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Hailed by The New York Times as “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers,” she is known in the international jazz world simply as ‘Somi’. Her 2021Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album made her the first African woman ever nominated in any of the Grammy jazz categories, as well as the first Rwandan or Ugandan ever nominated for a Grammy. Her last release, Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba, was a companion project to the critically acclaimed original musical “Dreaming Zenzile” that Somi also wrote and starred in Off-Broadway as a tribute to the great South African singer and activist. Her highly anticipated forthcoming album, What Does It Take to Bloom?, will be released in August 2026.Somi is a recipient of two NAACP Image Awards and a Doris Duke Artist Award. She is also a Soros Equality Fellow, United States Artist Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, Sundance Theatre Fellow, and the founder of Salon Africana – a boutique cultural agency and record label. Recently, Somi made her Broadway debut in the titular role of the TONY Award winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”.She holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and African Studies from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master’s degree in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and a PhD in Critical Inquiry &amp; Creative Practice from Harvard University. In her heart of hearts, sheloves family, poetry, and freedom.Teisha Duncan is an actress, educator, director, and performative scholar whose work moves fluidly between stage performance, classroom practice, and creative research. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence teaching acting in Skidmore' College's Theater Department. Her interests span storytelling, mask work, puppetry, Caribbean theatre, Black African performance traditions, and Egyptian mythology. As a performer, she has appeared in productions including Disney’s The Lion King, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Color Purple, Sarafina!, Tartuffe,  and The Bluest Eye, among many others. Her directing and movement work includes plays, musicals, and Intimacy Direction, reflecting a wide-ranging practice dedicated to story, embodiment, and the cultural forms that shape performance.Presented by the Arthur Zankel Music Center in partnership with Skidmore Health and Wellness  and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Made possible by the Office of Special Programs/ McCormack Fund and the Zankel Music Fund. Ad sponsorship provided by The Metroland. ]]></description><author>trockwell@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4AcUCG5giEujTopbPTSvRTqZ%2byyY2GDDXKo0GT%2brB8o5HA8fBwWFEo</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4AcUCG5giEujTopbPTSvRTqZ%2byyY2GDDXKo0GT%2brB8o5HA8fBwWFEo</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5418" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filene Celebration Concert 10/2/2026 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: The 2026 Filene Scholar Celebration Concert features the winners of the 45th Annual Filene Scholarship Competition, alongside our current Filene Scholars and faculty artists. Established through the generosity of the Filene Ladd families, this prestigious merit scholarship recognizes exceptional young musicians, providing them with support for private lessons and the freedom to pursue any major while continuing to perform at a high level. We celebrate the Filene Scholars for the ways they enrich Skidmore’s musical life, contributing to a vibrant community of student–musicians through performances, ensembles, and collaborations across campus.Filene Scholars Class of 2030Gina LeBeau, voiceLily Maynard, voiceJacob Miller, celloOliver Wyman, french hornPresented by the Department of Music made possible by the support of the Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation.This event is free and open to the public, no ticket required. RSVP is encouraged.]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4w2FwZCwQvA6qjWgVh31GZ3YtNK9ZrOwe80VOHjGCpblarOeLFkz5%2f</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4w2FwZCwQvA6qjWgVh31GZ3YtNK9ZrOwe80VOHjGCpblarOeLFkz5%2f</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5422" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skidmore Orchestra Feat. Molly Lewis 10/16/2026 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall:  With a sound The New Yorker describes as “part Snow White communing with the birds, part haunted theremin,” Molly Lewis has made the human whistle a distinctive contemporary musical voice. Millions heard her in Barbie, where she whistles the melody of Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” during a pivotal scene and over the film’s closing credits. In 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art featured newly commissioned footage of Lewis in Musical Bodies, an exhibition tracing the relationship between music and the human body across 4,000 years.Born in Sydney, Australia, Lewis grew up whistling, and eventually pursued it as a career. After her parents showed her the documentary Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling, she entered her first whistling competition, the 2012 International Whistlers Convention in North Carolina. She later won first place in the Live Band Accompaniment Division at 2015’s Masters of Musical Whistling competition in Los Angeles. Her debut EP The Forgotten Edge was released in 2021 on Jagjaguwar, after the label saw her lounge show Café Molly in LA. A second EP, Mirage, followed in 2022 and her debut LP On the Lips was released in 2024, which she promoted by playing headline shows all over the world, as well as supporting Weyes Blood and Beck on his symphony tour. She is currently co-starring in a new documentary, Whistle, which has been making the rounds of film festivals across the globe after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.Lewis brings her singular artistry to the Skidmore Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Georgia Mills, with arrangements by Icelandic composer Thomas Stankiewicz. The program places the whistle in the role of orchestral soloist through beloved melodies from Delibes’s Lakmé, Saint-Saëns’s The Swan, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and Mozart’s famously virtuosic “Queen of the Night” aria, alongside Lewis’s own Oceanic Feeling and Miracle Fruit. The Skidmore Orchestra also takes the spotlight in “Carillon,” “Pastorale,” and “Farandole” from Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne.]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5J7Wv5MHr%2fSpNPiwxfGOhYMGmFDqnJxDZF%2fk63Bze%2fcvtZmpY38twZ</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5J7Wv5MHr%2fSpNPiwxfGOhYMGmFDqnJxDZF%2fk63Bze%2fcvtZmpY38twZ</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5419" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Café Molly: An Evening with Molly Lewis 10/17/2026 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall:  Molly Lewis brings Café Molly—her traveling lounge concept—to the Zankel stage for an evening with her five-piece band. Drawn from On the Lips and other original work, the set pairs Lewis’s precise, expressive whistle with lush arrangements, jazz-inflected grooves, and the elegance and intrigue of mid-century lounge and film music. It’s stylish, cinematic, and a little surreal: a fully realized musical setting built around Lewis’s most unmistakable instrument.About the ArtistWith a sound The New Yorker describes as “part Snow White communing with the birds, part haunted theremin,” Molly Lewis has made the human whistle a distinctive contemporary musical voice. Millions heard her in Barbie, where she whistles the melody of Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” during a pivotal scene and over the film’s closing credits. In 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art featured newly commissioned footage of Lewis in Musical Bodies, an exhibition tracing the relationship between music and the human body across 4,000 years.Born in Sydney, Australia, Lewis grew up whistling, and eventually pursued it as a career. After her parents showed her the documentary Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling, she entered her first whistling competition, the 2012 International Whistlers Convention in North Carolina. She later won first place in the Live Band Accompaniment Division at 2015’s Masters of Musical Whistling competition in Los Angeles. Her debut EP The Forgotten Edge was released in 2021 on Jagjaguwar, after the label saw her lounge show Café Molly in LA. A second EP, Mirage, followed in 2022 and her debut LP On the Lips was released in 2024, which she promoted by playing headline shows all over the world, as well as supporting Weyes Blood and Beck on his symphony tour. She is currently co-starring in a new documentary, Whistle, which has been making the rounds of film festivals across the globe after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.Molly Lewis’s Skidmore residency began in The Artist-Centered Approach, an Arts Administration course taught by Zankel Director Zhenelle LeBel, that asks students to imagine presenting practices built around artists’ creative identities, needs, and ambitions. For her final project, student Grace Higginbotham developed a proposal for an engagement with Lewis, which her classmates ultimately selected to move forward. Zankel then worked directly with Lewis to grow that student-generated idea into a weeklong residency shaped around her artistry, including performances with the Skidmore Orchestra and her own band. This October, Grace will return to Skidmore as a recent graduate to support Lewis during the residency—giving her the unusual opportunity to see an idea developed in the classroom become a professional artistic engagement and to take part in realizing it firsthand.Presented by the Arthur Zankel Music Center in partnership with the Skidmore Department of Music. Made possible by the Zankel Music Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the family of Elisabeth Luce Moore. ]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4bCDcRLJbO6kR9Dnylho7gBLznZv%2fNXBdNcHNlPk9mC5mLK9tHYMfF</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4bCDcRLJbO6kR9Dnylho7gBLznZv%2fNXBdNcHNlPk9mC5mLK9tHYMfF</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5420" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alash 10/18/2026 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing, or xöömei, a vocal tradition in which a singer can produce multiple pitches at the same time. Trained in Tuvan music since childhood, the members of Alash bring deep knowledge of traditional instruments, song forms, and vocal techniques to performances that are both rooted and contemporary.What sets Alash apart is their careful integration of modern influences into traditional Tuvan music. Their songs may include complex harmonies, Western instruments, or contemporary forms, but the sound and spirit remain distinctly Tuvan. The ensemble has won major international throat-singing competitions and has toured widely in the United States, where The Washington Post called their music “utterly stunning."Alash has collaborated with artists across genres, from the Sun Ra Arkestra to Béla Fleck &amp; the Flecktones, appearing on the Grammy-winning album Jingle All the Way. Beyond the stage, the ensemble is committed to teaching and cultural exchange, introducing audiences and students of all ages to the music, instruments, and traditions of Tuva.About the ArtistsBady-Dorzhu Ondar performs vocals, igil, guitar, and bayan. A graduate of Kyzyl Arts College and the East Siberia State Academy of Culture and Art, he has received major honors in traditional ensemble and xöömei competitions and was named People’s Xöömeizhi of Tuva in 2007.Ayan-ool Sam performs vocals, doshpuluur, igil, and xomus. He studied at the Republic School of the Arts, Kyzyl Arts College, and Moscow State Pedagogical University. He won first prize at the 2008 International Xöömei Symposium and was named People’s Xöömeizhi of Tuva in 2015.Ayan Shirizhik performs vocals, kengirge, shyngyrash, shoor, and xomus. A graduate of Kyzyl Arts College and the East Siberia State Academy of Culture and Art, he was named a Distinguished Artist of Tuva in 2009 and People’s Xöömeizhi of Tuva in 2021.Presented by the Skidmore College Department of Music.]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4s5dcxUBc22MdqvVZPdwI6YBMAhA8mVggBVpNCzuZv4tiggywZrPA3</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4s5dcxUBc22MdqvVZPdwI6YBMAhA8mVggBVpNCzuZv4tiggywZrPA3</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5421" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item></channel></rss>