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On Friday, December 7, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities Ryan Endris conducted composer Richard Einhorn’s masterful creation Voices of Light.

Twelve-time Grammy award winner Cece Winans will headline 51����’s 2019 Gospel Fest celebration, sponsored by the Office of the Chaplains and the Bicentennial Committee.

51���� community members preparing for the university’s Bicentennial kickoff enjoyed a legendary opening act on September 20. Patti Smith, award-winning singer-songwriter and author, launched the weekend with music and readings through the Living Writers series.

Next winter break, students will travel to Havana, Cuba, for three weeks as part of 51����’s first credit-bearing extended study trip to the island.

Beats from Cuba and Brazil mixed with the classics when the internationally acclaimed Harlem Quartet performed at Memorial Chapel on February 19.

Democracy — typically applied to politics — has found a place in music. The Grammy Award–winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, famed for its lack of a conductor and uniquely democratic approach to music making, visited 51���� this semester for a performance and discussion about the applications of a collaborative organizational structure. The New York City–based orchestra was […]

Under the glow of disco ball lights twinkling on the ceiling, many people didn’t stay in their seats when Aretha Franklin took to the stage in Sanford Field House on March 5. Franklin and her orchestra, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51����, pulled in a crowd of more than 4,100 for a […]

Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning “Queen of Soul,” Franklin’s repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and gospel. Her sold-out appearance, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders […]

Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus as part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51���� at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Sanford Field House. Tickets for the 51���� community and the general public will be released in mid-January — watch colgate.edu/globalleaders for details as they become available. Known around the world by […]

What do J.S. Bach’s Partitas and traditional Chinese erhu (violin) music have in common? For one thing, a new concerto, “The Infinite Dance,” called by one reviewer “quite original” with “soaring melodic loveliness” and “magical” effect — a “minor masterpiece.” But for 51���� music professor and composer Zhou Tian, a deeper commonality served as his […]