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1:30pm - 2:30pm
Voice Area Recital: On Our Way to NATS
2/26/2026
Casadesus Recital Hall
Our voice students are on their way to compete in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. Come hear the selections they will be performing before they go to N.A.T.S.
Free Admission
2/26/2026
Casadesus Recital Hall
Our voice students are on their way to compete in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. Come hear the selections they will be performing before they go to N.A.T.S.
Free Admission
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Rosefsky Gallery
Saloni Parekh: "God, Otherwise"
On View: February 26—March 26, 2026
The Department of Art and Design hosts a lecture and exhibition opening reception by Saloni Parekh, visiting assistant professor of studio art at Oberlin College.An artist lecture will take place from 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in FA 258. An opening reception will follow from 6-7 p.m. in the Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259.
Parekh's exhibition "God, Otherwise” invites viewers to engage with god beyond the constraints of fixed imagery, inherited dogmas, and historical structures of power. Rather than offering a definition, Parekh’s work approaches god as an open-ended question, an understanding actively constructed and realized through the act of painting, in an effort to find who god is and what god looks like.
All events are free and open to the public.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Rosefsky Gallery
Saloni Parekh: "God, Otherwise"
On View: February 26—March 26, 2026
The Department of Art and Design hosts a lecture and exhibition opening reception by Saloni Parekh, visiting assistant professor of studio art at Oberlin College.An artist lecture will take place from 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in FA 258. An opening reception will follow from 6-7 p.m. in the Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259.
Parekh's exhibition "God, Otherwise” invites viewers to engage with god beyond the constraints of fixed imagery, inherited dogmas, and historical structures of power. Rather than offering a definition, Parekh’s work approaches god as an open-ended question, an understanding actively constructed and realized through the act of painting, in an effort to find who god is and what god looks like.
All events are free and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater
Ticketing Information https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html
Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize -winning musical RENT returns in a powerful new symphonic concert version.
With a live cast, full band, and symphonic arrangements, RENT in Concert reimagines the beloved rock musical in a bold and moving format. This production brings Larson’s raw, emotional score to life with a new sonic depth while staying true to its story of community, love, loss, and resilience in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Fans of the original will find this concert both familiar and fresh; an homage to a show that defined a generation and continues to speak powerfully today.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Chamber Hall
Voice Area Residency
March 2 - 5, 2026
DESCRIPTION
Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Opera Apprentice Artist Program, and International Soprano and Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, will be in residence with the Binghamton University Music Department, March 2-5. While here, the artists will lead masterclasses, private coachings, and a recital on March 4th.
EVENT SCHEDULE
- Masterclass, March 2, 2:00pm, Anderson Center Chamber Hall (open to Binghamton University Students)
- Alumna Recital, March 4, 7:30pm, Casadesus Recital Hall (open to the public)
- Masterclass, March 5, 10:30am, Tri-Cities Opera Center (315 Clinton Street)
ARTISTS BIOS
Chandler Johnson
Chandler Johnson has extensive professional experience on and off the operatic stage. He joined the artistic staff of The Santa Fe Opera in 2021 as the Artistic Associate, and now he serves as the Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera. Previously, Chandler was the Associate Manager of Artistic Programs at the Los Angeles Opera, and was one of the first Artistic Fellows chosen by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of their Clayco Future Leaders Fellowship Program. He served as an artistic intern with Stratagem Artists and was selected to participate in the M3 seminar hosted by L2 Artists aimed to develop candidates from diverse backgrounds for artist management and arts administration. On stage, Chandler has performed with companies including Opera Santa Barbara, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Columbus, and Cincinnati Opera. Chandler holds both a Bachelor’s of Music and a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Caitlin Gotimer
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
March 2 - 5, 2026
DESCRIPTION
Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Opera Apprentice Artist Program, and International Soprano and Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, will be in residence with the Binghamton University Music Department, March 2-5. While here, the artists will lead masterclasses, private coachings, and a recital on March 4th.
EVENT SCHEDULE
- Masterclass, March 2, 2:00pm, Anderson Center Chamber Hall (open to Binghamton University Students)
- Alumna Recital, March 4, 7:30pm, Casadesus Recital Hall (open to the public)
- Masterclass, March 5, 10:30am, Tri-Cities Opera Center (315 Clinton Street)
ARTISTS BIOS
Chandler Johnson
Chandler Johnson has extensive professional experience on and off the operatic stage. He joined the artistic staff of The Santa Fe Opera in 2021 as the Artistic Associate, and now he serves as the Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera. Previously, Chandler was the Associate Manager of Artistic Programs at the Los Angeles Opera, and was one of the first Artistic Fellows chosen by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of their Clayco Future Leaders Fellowship Program. He served as an artistic intern with Stratagem Artists and was selected to participate in the M3 seminar hosted by L2 Artists aimed to develop candidates from diverse backgrounds for artist management and arts administration. On stage, Chandler has performed with companies including Opera Santa Barbara, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Columbus, and Cincinnati Opera. Chandler holds both a Bachelor’s of Music and a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Caitlin Gotimer
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
3/4/25
SPK
Sofia Theodore-Pierce
BU Film Salon.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, B.M. 2015, returns to Binghamton University in recital with Binghamton University students and pianist, Curt Pajer. Ms Gotimer is enjoying an international career. Having recently covered Mimi at the Metropolitan Opera. A 2023 Operalia finalist, she has appeared in leading roles with the Deutsche Opera Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Royal Danish Opera and opera companies throughout the US. Come hear works by Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, and more!
COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS:
Curt Pajer, piano
Binghamton University Voice and Opera Students
CAITLIN GOTIMER BIO
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
CURT PAJER BIO
Equally at home on the concert stage, opera podium and coaching studio, Curt Pajer has forged a teaching and performing career that balances collaborative piano, vocal coaching and conducting.
For 15 years, he served as the musical and managing director of opera and musical theater at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; prior to that, he was the head of music staff at both the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Wexford Festival Opera. He has also served as an assistant conductor and vocal coach at prestigious opera houses and festivals, including New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Prague National Theater (Czech Republic), the Nissei Theater (Tokyo), New York Philharmonic, Bard SummerScape, Palm Beach Opera, Toledo Opera and Baltimore Opera. In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Prague Summer Nights festival.
As an operatic conductor, Pajer’s repertoire ranges from Mozart to world premieres, including the Mozart/DaPonte trilogy, La Clemenza di Tito, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Hansel and Gretel, Ariadne auf Naxos, Zanetto, Une education manquée, Docteur Miracle, Les mamelles de Tirésias, Postcard from Morocco and Glory Denied. He also led a complete cycle of Benjamin Britten's chamber operas in San Francisco. A champion of modern opera, Pajer conducted the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park and The Enchanted Pig, as well as the world premiere of William Bolcom's orchestrated version of his opera Lucrezia. In 2021, San Francisco's classical radio station KDFC broadcast Pajer's recording of Giancarlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief; it was recorded with soloists and orchestra during the COVID-19 lockdown, using state-of-the-art closed-circuit audio and video technology with the singers and orchestral musicians in separate rooms.
Pajer is also an active recitalist, most recently performing with renowned soprano Lisette Oropesa at the opening night concert of Festival Napa Valley
COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS:
Curt Pajer, piano
Binghamton University Voice and Opera Students
CAITLIN GOTIMER BIO
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
CURT PAJER BIO
Equally at home on the concert stage, opera podium and coaching studio, Curt Pajer has forged a teaching and performing career that balances collaborative piano, vocal coaching and conducting.
For 15 years, he served as the musical and managing director of opera and musical theater at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; prior to that, he was the head of music staff at both the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Wexford Festival Opera. He has also served as an assistant conductor and vocal coach at prestigious opera houses and festivals, including New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Prague National Theater (Czech Republic), the Nissei Theater (Tokyo), New York Philharmonic, Bard SummerScape, Palm Beach Opera, Toledo Opera and Baltimore Opera. In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Prague Summer Nights festival.
As an operatic conductor, Pajer’s repertoire ranges from Mozart to world premieres, including the Mozart/DaPonte trilogy, La Clemenza di Tito, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Hansel and Gretel, Ariadne auf Naxos, Zanetto, Une education manquée, Docteur Miracle, Les mamelles de Tirésias, Postcard from Morocco and Glory Denied. He also led a complete cycle of Benjamin Britten's chamber operas in San Francisco. A champion of modern opera, Pajer conducted the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park and The Enchanted Pig, as well as the world premiere of William Bolcom's orchestrated version of his opera Lucrezia. In 2021, San Francisco's classical radio station KDFC broadcast Pajer's recording of Giancarlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief; it was recorded with soloists and orchestra during the COVID-19 lockdown, using state-of-the-art closed-circuit audio and video technology with the singers and orchestral musicians in separate rooms.
Pajer is also an active recitalist, most recently performing with renowned soprano Lisette Oropesa at the opening night concert of Festival Napa Valley
10:30am - 12:00pm
Tri-Cities Opera, 315 Clinton St, Binghamton, NY 13905, USA
Voice Area Residency
March 2 - 5, 2026
DESCRIPTION
Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Opera Apprentice Artist Program, and International Soprano and Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, will be in residence with the Binghamton University Music Department, March 2-5. While here, the artists will lead masterclasses, private coachings, and a recital on March 4th.
EVENT SCHEDULE
- Masterclass, March 2, 2:00pm, Anderson Center Chamber Hall (open to Binghamton University Students)
- Alumna Recital, March 4, 7:30pm, Casadesus Recital Hall (open to the public)
- Masterclass, March 5, 10:30am, Tri-Cities Opera Center (315 Clinton Street)
ARTISTS BIOS
Chandler Johnson
Chandler Johnson has extensive professional experience on and off the operatic stage. He joined the artistic staff of The Santa Fe Opera in 2021 as the Artistic Associate, and now he serves as the Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera. Previously, Chandler was the Associate Manager of Artistic Programs at the Los Angeles Opera, and was one of the first Artistic Fellows chosen by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of their Clayco Future Leaders Fellowship Program. He served as an artistic intern with Stratagem Artists and was selected to participate in the M3 seminar hosted by L2 Artists aimed to develop candidates from diverse backgrounds for artist management and arts administration. On stage, Chandler has performed with companies including Opera Santa Barbara, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Columbus, and Cincinnati Opera. Chandler holds both a Bachelor’s of Music and a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Caitlin Gotimer
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
March 2 - 5, 2026
DESCRIPTION
Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Opera Apprentice Artist Program, and International Soprano and Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, will be in residence with the Binghamton University Music Department, March 2-5. While here, the artists will lead masterclasses, private coachings, and a recital on March 4th.
EVENT SCHEDULE
- Masterclass, March 2, 2:00pm, Anderson Center Chamber Hall (open to Binghamton University Students)
- Alumna Recital, March 4, 7:30pm, Casadesus Recital Hall (open to the public)
- Masterclass, March 5, 10:30am, Tri-Cities Opera Center (315 Clinton Street)
ARTISTS BIOS
Chandler Johnson
Chandler Johnson has extensive professional experience on and off the operatic stage. He joined the artistic staff of The Santa Fe Opera in 2021 as the Artistic Associate, and now he serves as the Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera. Previously, Chandler was the Associate Manager of Artistic Programs at the Los Angeles Opera, and was one of the first Artistic Fellows chosen by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of their Clayco Future Leaders Fellowship Program. He served as an artistic intern with Stratagem Artists and was selected to participate in the M3 seminar hosted by L2 Artists aimed to develop candidates from diverse backgrounds for artist management and arts administration. On stage, Chandler has performed with companies including Opera Santa Barbara, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Columbus, and Cincinnati Opera. Chandler holds both a Bachelor’s of Music and a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Caitlin Gotimer
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris. Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Bartle Breezeway
#BingCollects Pop-Up Series
Collaboration with University Libraries Special Collections
The theme during the 2025-2026 academic year is “Food & Drink.” Items on display will highlight artwork, objects, ephemera and books from the collections related to dining out and at home as well as growing and preparing food. Not merely for nourishment, food and drink are central to individual enjoyment, strengthening bonds among family and friends, building community and celebrating culture.
Sub-theme: In the GardenMarch 5, 2026, 2–4PM
Bartle BreezewaySub-theme: For the Feast
April 14, 2026, 12–2PM
Marketplace, University Union
7:30pm - 9:10pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/6 & 3/8/2026
Spell Reel (Filipa César)
96 mins. France/Germany/Guinea-Bissau/Portugal | 2017
At once archive, memory, and cinematic voyage, Spell Reel traces a sea change in post-colonial African cinema through the collaboration of Portuguese filmmaker Filipa César and Guinean directors Sana na N'Hada and Flora Gomes. During Guinea-Bissau's war of independence (1963–74), N'Hada and Gomes documented the liberation struggle, working under Amílcar Cabral's decolonizing vision and trained by radical filmmaker Chris Marker. Decades later, César joins them as they return to those original sites, screening the footage for local audiences—many seeing it for the first time in fifty years. Spell Reel becomes both an evocation of revolutionary cinema's spirit and a living archive of its improbable emergence: cinema as collective memory, as pedagogy, as antidote to our current crisis.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Music Department Faculty, Jeanne Sperber, flute, and Michael Salmirs, piano, present Winter Winds. An exploration of repertoire, new and old, that loves rhythm from swing to driving and everything in between. Featured works will include the ever favorite Henri Dutillieux's Sonatine, Amanda Harberg's Court Dances, Ali Ryerson's Jazz Dream, and more!
Free admission.
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
The Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra presents, Voices Across Time, A performance where timeless masterworks meet bold new creations. From the brilliance of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Donizetti, and Catán to the exciting new work by our graduate student composer Nicky Kuláy, this concert celebrates music’s living continuum. Featuring three extraordinary Concerto and Aria competition winners, who will bring their passion, virtuosity, and artistry to the stage.
Competition Winners:
Robert Rabeeh Dakwar, baritone
Alejandra Toledo, soprano
Yuri Hatazaki, violin
Ticketing information: https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html
Competition Winners:
Robert Rabeeh Dakwar, baritone
Alejandra Toledo, soprano
Yuri Hatazaki, violin
Ticketing information: https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html
7:30pm - 9:10pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/6 & 3/8/2026
Spell Reel (Filipa César)
96 mins. France/Germany/Guinea-Bissau/Portugal | 2017
At once archive, memory, and cinematic voyage, Spell Reel traces a sea change in post-colonial African cinema through the collaboration of Portuguese filmmaker Filipa César and Guinean directors Sana na N'Hada and Flora Gomes. During Guinea-Bissau's war of independence (1963–74), N'Hada and Gomes documented the liberation struggle, working under Amílcar Cabral's decolonizing vision and trained by radical filmmaker Chris Marker. Decades later, César joins them as they return to those original sites, screening the footage for local audiences—many seeing it for the first time in fifty years. Spell Reel becomes both an evocation of revolutionary cinema's spirit and a living archive of its improbable emergence: cinema as collective memory, as pedagogy, as antidote to our current crisis.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Jay S. and Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Distinguished Writers Series with Alexandra Tanner
Thursday, March 12, 6pm - 8pm
The Jay S. and Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Alexandra Tanner is the author of the novel Worry, named one of the best books of 2024 by The New Yorker and Vogue and shortlisted for the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. A recipient of grants and fellowships from Lighthouse Works, MacDowell, and The Center for Fiction, her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times Book Review, and Jewish Currents, among other outlets. She lives and writes in Brooklyn.
Thursday, March 12, 6pm - 8pm
The Jay S. and Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Alexandra Tanner is the author of the novel Worry, named one of the best books of 2024 by The New Yorker and Vogue and shortlisted for the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. A recipient of grants and fellowships from Lighthouse Works, MacDowell, and The Center for Fiction, her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times Book Review, and Jewish Currents, among other outlets. She lives and writes in Brooklyn.
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Men on Boats:
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater
Ticketing Information https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html
Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent.
It’s The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (that’s Pipers, NOT Peppers!), the nine piece ensemble of pipers, guitarists, keys and drummers who rock the world with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that leaves audiences and band alike breathless.
Since they walked away with the top prize on the U.K. primetime talent show, “When Will I Be Famous” in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven't stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes! Formed in 2002, The Chillis have become a global phenomenon, taking their signature 'bagrock' sound to the masses with their unique fusion of rocked up bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Their trademark sound is a unique fusion of traditional pipe tunes like “The Flowers of Scotland” and contemporary anthems like Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.
The Pipers have sold out the Anderson Center twice before and we can’t wait to welcome them back to celebrate St. Patrick’s Weekend in 2026!
This performance will feature a special onstage collaboration between the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and local bagpipe groups.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/13 & 3/15/2026
The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel)
87 mins. Argentina | 2008
A compelling and oblique tale of a poster child for the South American haute bourgeoisie: blonde and bland, perfectly coiffed and made-up, usually sitting behind the wheel of a Mercedes. María Onetto plays a woman whose perfect life may be a dream or whose nightmare accident (was that a child her car hit? a dog? or nothing?) may indicate that her entire existence lacks reality. Critics have referenced David Lynch and Luis Buñuel as forerunners for the kind of hyper-reality the film exudes. When the film played at the 2008 New York Film Festival, the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman wrote: “The third feature by Lucrecia Martel, leading director of the Argentine renaissance, is her strongest to date — at the very least, this brilliantly edited, purposefully disorienting comedy about a middle-aged woman’s post-car-accident confusion is the movie I’m most looking forward to revisiting.”
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Men on Boats:
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Watters Theater
Men on Boats:
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Men on Boats:
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
1:00pm - 1:45pm
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Watters Theater
Men on Boats:
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Lisa Rothe
March 12-15, 2026
Men on Boats hilariously reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 river expedition, brought to life by female-identifying and non-binary performers. The play flips the script on masculine myths of conquest, using comedy and theatrical invention to reveal the untold truths beneath America’s “heroic” history.
Thu, Mar 12th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, Mar 13th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Mar 14th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, Mar 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/13 & 3/15/2026
The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel)
87 mins. Argentina | 2008
A compelling and oblique tale of a poster child for the South American haute bourgeoisie: blonde and bland, perfectly coiffed and made-up, usually sitting behind the wheel of a Mercedes. María Onetto plays a woman whose perfect life may be a dream or whose nightmare accident (was that a child her car hit? a dog? or nothing?) may indicate that her entire existence lacks reality. Critics have referenced David Lynch and Luis Buñuel as forerunners for the kind of hyper-reality the film exudes. When the film played at the 2008 New York Film Festival, the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman wrote: “The third feature by Lucrecia Martel, leading director of the Argentine renaissance, is her strongest to date — at the very least, this brilliantly edited, purposefully disorienting comedy about a middle-aged woman’s post-car-accident confusion is the movie I’m most looking forward to revisiting.”
7:00pm - 9:00pm
LH6
Cinema Department's Visiting Artist Series
3/17 - LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Beyond Resolution: Films By Sabine Gruffat
3/17 - LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Beyond Resolution: Films By Sabine Gruffat
Sabine Gruffat is a French-American artist born in Bangkok, Thailand. She co-founded and co-programs the Cosmic Rays Film Festival in Chapel Hill, NC with filmmaker Bill Brown. Currently she lives in Marseille, France.
Sabine Gruffat works on experimental, animation, and essay forms and exhibits her work as installations, performances, and single-channel screenings. By actively engaging with both current and outmoded technology, Gruffat’s work questions our standardized and mediated world.
Sabine Gruffat’s films and videos have screened at festivals worldwide including the Image Forum Festival, The Ann Arbor Film Festival, Migrating Forms, the Viennale, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, Chicago Underground, Cinéma du Réel, 25FPS, Transmediale in Berlin, and The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. She has produced digital media works for public spaces as well as interactive installations that have been shown at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Zolla Lieberman Gallery in Chicago, Art In General, PS1 Contemporary Art Museum, and Hudson Franklin in New York. Her collected video works are distributed by the Video Data Bank in Chicago, IL.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
TBA
Material+Visual Worlds
Molly Herron (Assistant Professor, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt)
public lecture Thu 19 Mar 6:00 PM location TBA
lunchtime workshop Fri 20 Mar 12:00 PM FA 218
7:00pm - 9:00pm
LH6
Cinema Department's Visiting Artist Series
3/19 - LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Works by Peter Burr
Peter Burr is an artist from Brooklyn, NY who transforms complex computational systems into emotional, sensory experiences through large-scale immersive environments. Drawing from early experiments with computational graphics in the mid-nineties, Burr's practice has evolved to incorporate techniques that merge fundamental computing operations with modern real-time rendering systems. His work frequently explores the relationship between human-machine interfaces and the underlying systems that drive them.His practice has been recognized through grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant, and a Sundance New Frontier Fellowship. His work has been presented at major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, The Barbican Centre, Documenta 14, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Centre Pompidou.
3/19 - LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Works by Peter Burr
Peter Burr is an artist from Brooklyn, NY who transforms complex computational systems into emotional, sensory experiences through large-scale immersive environments. Drawing from early experiments with computational graphics in the mid-nineties, Burr's practice has evolved to incorporate techniques that merge fundamental computing operations with modern real-time rendering systems. His work frequently explores the relationship between human-machine interfaces and the underlying systems that drive them.His practice has been recognized through grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant, and a Sundance New Frontier Fellowship. His work has been presented at major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, The Barbican Centre, Documenta 14, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Centre Pompidou.
10:00am - 5:00pm
BUAM Kenneth C. Lindsay Room (FA 179)
Annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference entitled Crossing the Boundaries (CTB), hosted by the Art History department. Now in its 31st year, this year's theme is Ephemerality, which draws on topics surrounding time-based media, materiality, media studies, and museum and curatorial studies. The conference will take place on March 20th, 2026, and will be held in the Kenneth C. Lindsay Room in the Fine Arts building.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
FA 218
Material+Visual Worlds
Molly Herron (Assistant Professor, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt)
public lecture Thu 19 Mar 6:00 PM location TBA
lunchtime workshop Fri 20 Mar 12:00 PM FA 218
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/20 & 3/22/2026
In the Manner of Smoke (Armand Yervant Tufenkian)
90 min. USA | 2025
Through landscapes and canvases, Armand Yervant Tufenkian’s debut feature In the Manner of Smoke traces how perception shifts over time. Moving between California’s Sequoia National Forest and painter Dan Hays' London-based studio, the film observes two solitary practices: the vigilance of a fire lookout and the meticulous rendering of digital landscapes. The camera dwells on subtle transformations, such as trees dissolving into haze, paintings oscillating between pixels and depth, and silence unfolding into sound, allowing each moment to stretch and change before our eyes. Rather than telling a linear story, the film creates a patient, immersive experience where every image feels transitory, suspended, and fleeting, like smoke carried by the wind.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
A performance celebrating the flute at Binghamton! Enjoy the accomplishments of the campus flute community, from our most experienced to our newest flutists. Featuring works by Taktakishvili, Uebayashi, Grant Still, Griffes, Gaubert and more. Join us in Casadesus Recital Hall.
Dr. Bobby Pace, piano
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
3/20 & 3/22/2026
In the Manner of Smoke (Armand Yervant Tufenkian)
90 min. USA | 2025
Through landscapes and canvases, Armand Yervant Tufenkian’s debut feature In the Manner of Smoke traces how perception shifts over time. Moving between California’s Sequoia National Forest and painter Dan Hays' London-based studio, the film observes two solitary practices: the vigilance of a fire lookout and the meticulous rendering of digital landscapes. The camera dwells on subtle transformations, such as trees dissolving into haze, paintings oscillating between pixels and depth, and silence unfolding into sound, allowing each moment to stretch and change before our eyes. Rather than telling a linear story, the film creates a patient, immersive experience where every image feels transitory, suspended, and fleeting, like smoke carried by the wind.
5:30pm - 6:30pm
FA 308
7:00pm - 9:00pm
LH6
Cinema Department's Visiting Artist Series
3/24 - LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Lynne Sachs
Lynne Sachs is a filmmaker and poet living in Brooklyn. She has produced over 50 films as well as numerous live performances, installations and web projects. Sachs creates cinematic works that defy genre through the use of hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaboration, incorporating elements of the essay film, collage, performance, documentary and poetry. Her films explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences. With each project, Lynne investigates the implicit connection between the body, the camera, and the materiality of film itself. Lynne discovered her love of filmmaking while living and studying in San Francisco. During this time, she produced her early, experimental works on celluloid which took a feminist approach to the creation of images and writing— a commitment which has grounded her body of work ever since. Sachs's films have screened at MoMA, Wexner Center for the Arts, New York Film Festival, Sundance, Punto de Vista, and DocLisboa. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at MoMI, Ambulante, Sheffield Doc/Fest, BAFICI, Cork, Costa Rica Int'l Film Fest, Cámara Lúcida, and China Women's Film Festival. In 2021, Edison and Prismatic Ground Film Festivals honored her body of work in the experimental and documentary fields. Tender Buttons Press published Lynne's book Year by Year Poems (2019), In 2025, Punctum Books published her book Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process and the Labor of Laundry (2025) written by Sachs and playwright Lizzie Olesker.
5:00pm - 6:30pm
LN 1106, IASH Room
Art History: VizCult Series
9:00am - 5:00pm
Rosefsky Gallery
Saloni Parekh: "God, Otherwise"
On View: February 26—March 26, 2026
Parekh's exhibition "God, Otherwise” invites viewers to engage with god beyond the constraints of fixed imagery, inherited dogmas, and historical structures of power. Rather than offering a definition, Parekh’s work approaches god as an open-ended question, an understanding actively constructed and realized through the act of painting, in an effort to find who god is and what god looks like.
All events are free and open to the public.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Chamber Hall
SOARJAM 2: an evening of interdisciplinary improvisation amongst the arts.
March 26, 7–9pm, Chamber Hall
Rehearsal slots March 23 and 25 for those performing.
Our second SOARJam brings together visual art, dance, spoken word, performance, cinema, and more, turning the Chamber Hall into a live laboratory of sound, movement, and image.
Open to all.
Join students across disciplines in a live, collaborative art action. Come to watch, or participate - we’ll help you find ways to join in and create live.
Opportunities include collaborative drawing, dance, music, spoken word, video projection, audio-reactive installation, and experimentation with digital and analog media—including 35mm slides and performing with live loops of yourself!
Come watch, participate, or move between both. No prior experience required.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery
Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day with BUAM and Gigi’s Playhouse on Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 2–4PM in the Main Gallery of the Binghamton University Art Museum.
Come talk art with our Dynamic Docents from GiGi’s Playhouse, go on a scavenger hunt, create your own sculpture, and MORE as we celebrate our friends in the community with Down Syndrome.
Binghamton University Art Museum is located in the Fine Arts Building on Binghamton University's campus. All BUAM events are FREE and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St, Binghamton, NY 13901, USA
3/28/2026
Broome County Forum Theatre (236 washington st.)
The Binghamton University Chamber Singers join with the Southern Tier Singers' Collective and members of the Syracuse University Oratorio Society for a performance with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Daniel Hege the BPO performs Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Broome County Forum Theater.
Soloists:
Sophia Hunt, soprano
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano
Ethan Burck, tenor
Erik Tofte, baritone (Binghamton University Music Department Alumus '19)
Ticketing:
https://binghamtonphilharmonic.org/event/6010559/715009758/ode-to-joy
Broome County Forum Theatre (236 washington st.)
The Binghamton University Chamber Singers join with the Southern Tier Singers' Collective and members of the Syracuse University Oratorio Society for a performance with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Daniel Hege the BPO performs Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Broome County Forum Theater.
Soloists:
Sophia Hunt, soprano
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano
Ethan Burck, tenor
Erik Tofte, baritone (Binghamton University Music Department Alumus '19)
Ticketing:
https://binghamtonphilharmonic.org/event/6010559/715009758/ode-to-joy
1:20pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Rosefsky Gallery
Art & Design: BFA Exhibition
On View: April 7—April 27
April 9, 5.30-7.30 opening reception
Rosefsky Gallery
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Bundy Museum of History and Art, 129 Main St, Binghamton, NY 13905, USA
Personal Cinema will be hosting an off-campus screening of curated subjective film works on April 10 at the Bundy Museum from 6-9 pm. Free and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/10 & 4/12/2026
Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking)
86 mins. USA | 1998
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland, California, art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Chamber Hall
One Pulse is Binghamton University’s multicultural dance showcase and competition, celebrating the wide range of dance styles and cultures represented on our campus. Dancers and groups/clubs will perform in a friendly competition highlighting creativity, cultural expression, and technical skill. From global dance traditions to contemporary artistry, this event brings our community together through movement—different styles, one pulse. For more info: onepulse@binghamton.edu
One Pulse 2026 Audition Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzpZv_chQTdPFcwIW61q1oW0pkWVf7FyDsgonw8vLT6xjagw/viewform
One Pulse 2026 Audition Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzpZv_chQTdPFcwIW61q1oW0pkWVf7FyDsgonw8vLT6xjagw/viewform
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/10 & 4/12/2026
Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking)
86 mins. USA | 1998
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland, California, art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Marketplace, University Union
#BingCollects Pop-Up Series
Collaboration with University Libraries Special Collections
The theme during the 2025-2026 academic year is “Food & Drink.” Items on display will highlight artwork, objects, ephemera and books from the collections related to dining out and at home as well as growing and preparing food. Not merely for nourishment, food and drink are central to individual enjoyment, strengthening bonds among family and friends, building community and celebrating culture.
Sub-theme: In the GardenMarch 5, 2026, 2–4PM
Bartle BreezewaySub-theme: For the Feast
April 14, 2026, 12–2PM
Marketplace, University Union
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Common Ground Reading
Weds, April 15, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.
12:00pm - 7:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery
A Long Series of Shorts: Films about the Arts and Crafts Movement
DATE CHANGE: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 12-7PM
Join the Binghamton University Art Museum for A Long Series of Shorts: Films about the Arts and Crafts Movement on Thursday April 16, 2026 during BUAM open hours of 12-7PM in the Main Gallery.
Binghamton University Art Museum is located inside the Fine Arts Building on Binghamton University Campus. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/17 & 4/19/2026
Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking)
87 mins. USA
A pioneering video artist and tireless advocate for the medium, Ralph Hocking shaped electronic media art from the 1960s until his death in 2025. At Binghamton University, he founded one of the first campus-based media access programs in the country and served as Professor of Video Computer Art and Chair of the Cinema Department until his retirement in 1998. In 1971, he established the Experimental Television Center, an independent nonprofit that became a vital resource for artists through its residency program, community training, and national exhibitions. Hocking's influence extended through his advisory work with the New York State Council on the Arts, the NEA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and numerous other institutions. His own work—exhibited internationally—earned support from the NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Program and NYSCA.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/17 & 4/19/2026
Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking)
87 mins. USA
A pioneering video artist and tireless advocate for the medium, Ralph Hocking shaped electronic media art from the 1960s until his death in 2025. At Binghamton University, he founded one of the first campus-based media access programs in the country and served as Professor of Video Computer Art and Chair of the Cinema Department until his retirement in 1998. In 1971, he established the Experimental Television Center, an independent nonprofit that became a vital resource for artists through its residency program, community training, and national exhibitions. Hocking's influence extended through his advisory work with the New York State Council on the Arts, the NEA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and numerous other institutions. His own work—exhibited internationally—earned support from the NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Program and NYSCA.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
7:30pm - 9:00pm
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.
5:00pm - 7:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery
Puzzle & Play Night @ BUAM!
Join Binghamton University Art Museum for Puzzle & Play Night @ BUAM on Thursday, April 23, 2026 from 5-7PM in the Main Gallery.
More details to come soon...
Binghamton University Art Museum is located in the Fine Arts Building on Binghamton University Campus. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
TBA
Material+Visual Worlds
Seb Franklin (Reader, English, King's College, London, UK)
public lecture Thu 23 Apr 6:00 PM location TBA
lunchtime workshop Fri 24 Apr 12:00 PM FA 218
12:00pm - 1:30pm
FA 218
Material+Visual Worlds
Seb Franklin (Reader, English, King's College,London, UK)
public lecture Thu 23 Apr 6:00 PM location TBA
lunchtime workshop Fri 24 Apr 12:00 PM FA 218
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Fine Arts Room 21, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/24 & 4/26/2026
Tomonari Nishikawa Retrospective (Tomonari Nishikawa)
Japan/USA
In April 2025, the experimental film community lost Tomonari Nishikawa, Binghamton University Cinema professor and master of celluloid, who died at 55. Working with meticulous devotion to 16mm and 35mm film, Nishikawa developed optical techniques entirely his own—rigorous, patient explorations that established him as one of the most vital artists in contemporary artisanal film practice. He was an exacting technician and a generous teacher, as precise in the darkroom as he was open-hearted with students and colleagues. His films remain: luminous works that fracture and reconstruct our perception, inviting us to see time, space, and light anew.
5:30pm - 6:30pm
John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building
Friday, April 24, 5:30pm-6:30pm, John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building
Triple Cities Magazine Reading
The editors and contributors of Binghamton's new undergraduate literary journal, Triple Cities Magazine, read poetry and prose.
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chess is a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.
Fri, Apr 24th, 2026 at 8:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 2:00 pmSat, Apr 25th, 2026 at 8:00 pmFri, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00 pmSun, May 3rd, 2026 at 2:00 pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
4/24 & 4/26/2026
Tomonari Nishikawa Retrospective (Tomonari Nishikawa)
Japan/USA
In April 2025, the experimental film community lost Tomonari Nishikawa, Binghamton University Cinema professor and master of celluloid, who died at 55. Working with meticulous devotion to 16mm and 35mm film, Nishikawa developed optical techniques entirely his own—rigorous, patient explorations that established him as one of the most vital artists in contemporary artisanal film practice. He was an exacting technician and a generous teacher, as precise in the darkroom as he was open-hearted with students and colleagues. His films remain: luminous works that fracture and reconstruct our perception, inviting us to see time, space, and light anew.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
9:00am - 5:00pm
Grand Corridor and Rosefsky Gallery at Binghamton University, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Art & Design: BFA Exhibition
On View: April 7—April 27
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission