2024 Concert Series
The Skidmore Jazz Institute is sponsored, in part, by The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, Stewart鈥檚 Shops/Dake Family and The Howard Bayne Fund.
Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars
Sunday, June 30 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Presented by the Skidmore Jazz Institute in partnership with the as part of the (Absolutely Live Entertainment) Tickets available .
Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars featuring Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Steve Wilson (saxophone), Steve Davis (trombone), Mike Moreno (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).
Trio
Tuesday, July 2, 7:30 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. This concert is free and open to the public, no pre-registration is required. Doors open at 7 pm. Information on livestream available .
Grammy庐 Award-winning Panamanian Pianist and Composer Danilo P茅rez leads this trio featuring Ian Ashby (bass) and Adam Cruz (drums).
Skidmore Faculty All-Stars
Wednesday, July 3, 7:30 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. This concert is free and open to the public, no pre-registration is required. Doors open at 7 pm. Information on livestream available .
Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars featuring Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Steve Wilson (saxophone), Steve Davis (trombone), Dave Stryker (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).
Poetry & Jazz: An Evening with Robert Pinsky, Todd Coolman and Bill Cunliffe with
special guest Pat LaBarbera
Friday, July 5, 8 PM at
An evening with former U.S. Poet Laureate , and Grammy Award-winning musicians Todd Coolman (bass) and Bill Cunliffe (piano) and special guest Juno Award-winner Pat LaBarbera. Tickets available . Co-sponsored by the Skidmore Jazz Institute and the New York State Summer Writers Institute.
Jazz Institute Students
Sunday, July 7, 7 pm at in downtown Saratoga Springs; tickets available .
Skidmore Jazz Institute students showcase their talent! Limited seating is available at the ticket link above, and the performance will be streamed live on . Co-sponsored by Caff茅 Lena.
Quartet
Tuesday, July 9, 7:30 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. This concert is free and open to the public, no pre-registration is required. Doors open at 7 pm. Information on livestream available .
Rising alto saxophone star, Alexa Tarantino, leads this group featuring Steven Feifke (piano), Raviv Markovitz (bass) and Mark Whitfield, Jr. (drums).
Skidmore Faculty All-Stars
Thursday, July 11, 7:30 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. This concert is free and open to the public, no pre-registration is required. Doors open at 7 pm. Information on livestream available .
Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars featuring Brian Lynch (trumpet), Jimmy Greene (saxophone), Sara Jacovino (trombone), Mike Moreno (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).
Jazz Institute Students
Fridays, July 5 and 12, 1 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; Free and open to the public; Livestream for July 5 available and July 12 .
Click here for a list of the Institute's former Guest Artists.