Ensemble Connect Returns, Will Perform Free Concert

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ensemble Connect—a group of young professional classical musicians from Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute—has returned to Skidmore College for its fall residency, part of a biannual program now in its 19th year. 

The public is invited to attend a culminating concert on Friday, Oct. 24 featuring some of the most compelling voices of chamber music: Arvo Pärt’s “Da pacem Domine” and “Quintettino,” Janáček’s “Mládí,” and Shostakovich’s “Piano Quintet, Opus 57.” The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College. The event is free and open to the public, though tickets are required. For more information, visit www.skidmore.edu/zankel/.

Ensemble Connect is a two-year fellowship program that prepares young professional classical musicians for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership.