Upcoming Concerts & Events

The Anderson Center for the Performing Arts brings in Cirque Kalabanté, performing with the Nukporfe African Drumming and Dance Ensemble.

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"Love, Loss & Dreams: A Woman's Life in Song" centers on Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben (A Woman's Life and Love), the beloved song cycle that follows a woman's journey through love, marriage, motherhood, and loss. The program also celebrates the 150th anniversary of Manuel de Falla's birth with his Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folk Songs), vivid snapshots of love, jealousy, and longing, including a tender lullaby. Completing the recital is a U.S. premiere: rarely heard songs in French by Mexican composer Gustavo Campa, newly edited and brought back to life, adding dreams and passion to this portrait of a woman's inner world. Performed by Binghamton faculty artists Brenda Iglesias, contralto, Curt Pajer, piano, and Joey Grunkemeyer, cello, who joins them for one of the Campa songs.

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Binghamton University Music Department welcomes saxophonist Thomas Giles to campus. Thomas Giles performs the music of our time with tireless curiosity, imagination, and unwavering conviction. To date Giles has premiered more than 250 new works—many of which are dedicated to him. Join us for a world class performance Monday evening followed by an instructional masterclass on Tuesday afternoon from 1:30-3:30.

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Described as “insanely clever” (ClassicFM, United Kingdom), “full of crystalline clarity” (Südkurier, Germany) and possessing a “theatrical…ricocheting intensity” (The New York Times), Thomas Giles performs the music of our time with tireless curiosity, imagination, and unwavering conviction. To date Giles has premiered more than 250 new works—many of which are dedicated to him. He has enjoyed working closely with many leading composers e.g., Michael Gordon, Meredith Monk, David Lang, and Charles Wuorinen. Recent premieres include works by Steven Mackey, Chris Dench, Augusta Read Thomas, and choreographer Kyle Abraham. His growing body of solo repertoire hones a fascination with simultaneity and the multilimbic potentials of a single wind performer.

A prizewinner of the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg International Saxophone Competition, Giles has been presented as a soloist at Lincoln Center, National Sawdust, Constellation Chicago, and in concerto performances with the National Music Festival Orchestra, Present Music, Tilted Head Ensemble, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, and many university bands and orchestras across the United States. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, SFJAZZ, and internationally at Bachfest Leipzig, Heidelberg Kulturzentrum, Münster Musikhochschule, Szczecin International Saxophone Festival, Utrecht’s Bartholomeus Gasthuis, and the Cité de la Musique de Strasbourg.

Giles is a founding member of Telos Consort—a flexible new music quintet of two saxophones, violin, cello, and piano. The ensemble’s modular concept frequently calls on his adroit skills playing all saxophones, flutes, and clarinets. He has appeared in over a dozen productions across theater, opera, and dance, including Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, La Belle et la Bête, and on tour with the A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham dance company. A regular guest within leading ensembles, he has appeared with Alarm Will Sound, London Royal Opera co., New York City Opera Orchestra, Opera Parallèle, Contemporaneous, ensembles Signal, MISE-EN, Échappé, Metropolis, as well as the PRISM and Raschèr saxophone quartets. From 2012-2022, he was a member of the critically acclaimed MANA Quartet.

Giles has appeared on more than a dozen studio recordings. His first lead release with pianist Liana Pailodze Harron, Mysteries of the Macabre (2022), featured “breathtaking” (New York Music Daily) first recordings of works by Ligeti, Messiaen, Asiya Korepanova, and Jay Schwartz. His second album, Mundiglossia (2023), spotlights Cole Blouin’s gargantuan “obstacle course” work for solo soprano saxophone—praised for its “unflinching exactitude” (Best Contemporary Classical, Bandcamp). As a sideman, he can be heard on the New Amsterdam, Bright Shiny Things, New Focus, Mark, Armazi, and Lakeshore labels, including the Experiential Orchestra’s GRAMMY-nominated album American Counterpoints (2025).

A dedicated educator, Giles serves on the applied faculties of the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He has presented lectures, clinics, and performances at the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, Harvard, Princeton, Manhattan School of Music, NYU Steinhardt, and others. He has held residencies at the Arts Academy of Szczecin (Poland), and the Landesgymnasium für Musik in Dresden (Germany).

Thomas Giles is an endorsing artist for Yanagisawa Saxophones, D’Addario Woodwinds products, and holds a Doctor of Music degree (2016) from Florida State University.

Our students perform excerpts of works in a competition to be able to perform with our symphony Orchestra in March. Free Admission.

John Dowland (1563-1626), one of the greatest English composers of the late Renaissance, was a master of the lute and a composer of excellent songs with lute accompaniment. This program will feature a variety of both genres, illustrating his phenomenal skill and stylistic range. Free Admission.

Members of the Binghamton University Composition Studio present new compositions. Featuring graduate and undergraduate composers. Music NOW!, showcases the cutting edge work created by the studio.

Critically acclaimed tenor, Stuart Skelton, comes to Binghamton University as artist-in-residence. As one of the finest heldentenors on stage today, Skelton is known for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty, and intensely dramatic portrayals. Performances of the 2024-25 season include the title role of Tristan und Isolde with Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie and in a Philadelphia Orchestra debut under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the title role of Parsifal and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Marek Janowski leading the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Die Walküre with the Sydney Symphony under the baton of Simone Young, and the First Act of Die Walküre at Teatro Comunale Bologna with Oksana Lyniv on the podium. Additional highlights of the season include the Second Act of Tristan und Isolde with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Fabio Luisi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the Orchestre National de Lyon, and with Marin Alsop and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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A performance celebrating the flute at Binghamton! Enjoy the accomplishments of the campus flute community, from our most experienced to our newest flutists. Free Admission

Students from the studio of Yaël Weiss, perform pieces they have been preparing in their lessons.

Binghamton University Chamber Singers joins the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra with the Southern Tier Singers' Collective. The concert, Simple Gifts, Sacred Praise, features Appalachian Spring, by Aaron Copland and Ludwig van Beethoven's, Mass in C.


Soloists for Beethoven
Sarah Fleiss, soprano
Samuel Higgins, countertenor
Landry Allen, tenor
Patrick Wilhelm, baritone

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The Binghamton University Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Jennifer L. R. Greene, presents an mix of works that highlight a diverse repertoire for collegiate wind band.

Join us for our fall opera, The Child and the Enchanments (L'enfent et les sortilèges), by Maurice Ravel.

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Join us for our fall opera, The Child and the Enchanments (L'enfent et les sortilèges), by Maurice Ravel.

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Our early music ensemble presents varied works from the 17th and 18th centuries.  Free Admission

bingLO, the Binghamton Laptop Orchestra, presents their Fall concert of new collaboratively crafted compositions. Focusing on live electronic performance, the group brings together notated composition, improvisation, and sound art.

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Binghamton University Choirs - Chamber Singers, Treble Chorus, and Harpur Chorale - present a wide variety of pieces from multiple genres, styles, time periods and languages.

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Join us and enjoy an evening of Music for guitar trio and quartet as well as folk song and dance arrangements,  with music by living composers. Free Admission.

Yarn/Wire is a new music quartet dedicated to the promotion of creative, meaningful live musical experiences in the US and abroad. Yarn/Wire achieves this by supporting composers and audiences through live performances, educational activities, and large-scale collaborative projects. Our artistic programming is driven by the desire to present music that reflects the full spectrum of our community at the highest level.

Artists:
Laura Barger, piano
Julia Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Dustin Donahue, percussion

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Join us as our voice area students perform selections of your favorite arias and art songs.

The Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra presents an exciting concert of new and classic works by some of your favorite composers.

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Immerse yourself in heartwarming music as pianists engage in a delightful performance of piano four hands and six hands!  Free Admission.

The program features a dynamic blend of contemporary percussion works alongside classical music reimagined for percussion ensembles. It showcases a diverse sound palette, incorporating a wide array of instruments such as metals, membranes, wood, and shakers. The performance also highlights the vibrant rhythms and unique textures of Caribbean music, with the Binghamton University Steel Drum Band, bringing the lively and melodic sounds of steel drums to the forefront. This mix of traditional and modern percussion elements blends classical arrangements with the infectious energy of Caribbean Steel Pan.

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Students in our Introduction to Composition class present new works in collaboration with the Bitter/Sweet/ exhibition in the Binghamton University Art Museum.

Momenta Quartet visits Binghamton University Music Department as Artists-in-Residence for a performance featuring guest composer Martin Suckling from University of York, United Kingdom.

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Our newest faculty member, Yaël Weiss, Assistant Professor of Piano and Chamber Music, puts on a performance of some of her favorite and most dynamic works.

Join us for our spring opera, L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), by Gaetano Donizetti

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Join us for our spring opera, L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), by Gaetano Donizetti

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HYPERCUBE has built a reputation on high-energy performances with impressive execution. The NYC-based quartet embraces the boundaries of chamber music, featuring cutting-edge works for saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, while spanning electric and acoustic worlds.

HYPERCUBE has appeared as guest artist at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, the Music on the Edge (Pittsburgh), The Garrick Theatre (Newfoundland), Roulette Intermedium, the Nief-Norf Summer Festival (Knoxville), LPR presents (NYC), Le Vivier (Montréal) and the 40th International Festival of New Music “Manuel Enríquez” (Mexico City).

From championing original works such as Louis Andriessen’s Hout, and Philippe Hurel’s Localized Corrosion, to commissioning new works by composers Nicholas Deyoe, Farzia Fallah, Eric Wubbels, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Rick Burkhardt, Erin Rogers, Ashkan Behzadi, Nomi Epstein, and Juan Trigos.

HYPERCUBE has collaborated with partner organizations such as Experiments in Opera, Luna Lab, Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA), to bring new music to new audiences and participates in educational residencies such as Berklee Conservatory, Columbia, University of Virginia, Eastman School of Music, NYU, Brandeis, Cincinnati Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Duke University, Oberlin Conservatory, Acadia (Nova Scotia), Wesleyan, and CalArts.

Since 2020, HYPERCUBE has hosted an annual composition lab. Cubelab workshops engage dozens of emerging composers in the creation of adventurous new works for mixed quartet alongside educational and professional development sessions.


Artists
Erin Rogers, saxophones
Jay Sorce, classical & electric guitar
Andrea Lodge, piano & accordion
Chris Graham percussion

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Retired faculty, Michael Salmirs gives a performance of familiar piano favorites.

Join us as we celebrate the talented winners of the Concerto & Aria Competition! Experience a wonderful Sunday evening of exciting music making, featuring repertoire spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th-Century eras. Don’t miss this collaboration of musical artistry!

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Yaël Weiss, assistant professor of piano and chamber music, hosts performances celebrating the 200th anniversary of the death of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Free Admission.

Join the Binghamton University Opera Workshop as they put on an afternoon of opera scenes. Come and hear arias and art songs from some of your favorite operas and composers. 

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Momenta Quartet comes to Binghamton as we prepare our students to perform at Carnegie Hall.

Students, faculty, and alumni gather together to put on a performance at Weill Recital Hall in New York City. This concert will feature, new works and collaborations, as well as performances by noted department alumni. Ticket information coming soon

The Binghamton University Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Jennifer L. R. Greene, presents an mix of works that highlight a diverse repertoire for collegiate wind band.

Binghamton University Choirs - Chamber Singers, Treble Chorus, and Harpur Chorale - present a wide variety of pieces from multiple genres, styles, time periods and languages.

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bingLO, the Binghamton Laptop Orchestra, presents their Fall concert of new collaboratively crafted compositions. Focusing on live electronic performance, the group brings together notated composition, improvisation, and sound art.

The Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra presents an exciting concert of new and classic works by some of your favorite composers.

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Immerse yourself in heartwarming music as pianists engage in a delightful performance of piano four hands and six hands!  Free Admission.

The program features a dynamic blend of contemporary percussion works alongside classical music reimagined for percussion ensembles. It showcases a diverse sound palette, incorporating a wide array of instruments such as metals, membranes, wood, and shakers. The performance also highlights the vibrant rhythms and unique textures of Caribbean music, with the Binghamton University Steel Drum Band, bringing the lively and melodic sounds of steel drums to the forefront. This mix of traditional and modern percussion elements blends classical arrangements with the infectious energy of Caribbean Steel Pan.

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University Composers premiere pocket sized operas, transforming stories written by local students into new works for the stage, performed by Tri-Cities Opera's resident artists.

Transforming student stories into masterful mini-operas!

The Pocket Opera Project is telling stories with a distinct new voice! Local elementary and middle school students have been selected to have their story submissions transformed into mini-operas — in collaboration with Binghamton University composers.

These incredible “pocket operas” come with big theatrical moments and tell deeply human stories filled with adventure, tragedy, and magic!

K-12 students who would like a chance to see their story transformed into a “pocket opera” in 2027 are encouraged to enter the WSKG Student Writing Competition by May 1, 2026.

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