Summer Events

You don’t have to travel to the city or Tanglewood to get your fix of music and dance this summer. An array of top-notch artists and performers are coming to Vassar and, best of all, many of the performances are free!

The Department of Dance is hosting two avant-garde dance companies to lead a two-week summer dance workshop with two performances in the Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater in Kenyon Hall. Also, Music at Vassar presents free summer concerts in Skinner Hall of Music, and the New York Opera Studio’s 10-day residency culminates with a free concert in Skinner Recital Hall. For more information, contact Conferences and Summer Programs at 437-5900. Here’s the entire schedule of music and dance:

Sunday, July 1, 2:00 p.m. A Concert of Opera featuring 28 aspiring opera singers and two pianists with operatic scenes in a variety of styles and languages.

Friday, July 6, 8:00 p.m. Performance of “Firewalling” and “Flat” by Ellis Wood Dance. $10 admission. For reservations call 437-7832.

Sunday, July 8, 3:00 p.m. Blanca Uribe, professor emerita of music, will perform Suite Iberia by Isaac Albéniz on piano.

Friday, July 13, 8:00 p.m. Performance of new and old works by Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre. $10 admission. Call for reservations.

Sunday, July 15, 3:00 p.m. An Afternoon of Chamber Music with Rolf Schulte, violin, Sophie Shao, cello, Richard Wilson, piano, and the music of Mozart, Beethoven, and Wilson.

Friday, July 20, 5:00 p.m. The Summer Choral Festival Treble Choir (ages 10-16) performs under conductor Susan Bialek and pianist Lidiya Yankovskaya.

Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m. An evening of intimate jazz with Brian Mann, piano, and friends.