The 24-year-old Purchase College grad already has three GRAMMY wins and a chart-topping debut album under her belt. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, evokes the greats – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald.

Samara Joy

Purchase College, State University of New York

Individuals requiring accommodations for equal access to this event are encouraged to contact the Conservatory office by email music@purchase.edu or by phone 914-251-6700, as soon as possible so that a good faith effort can be made by the organizers to meet the identified needs.

Junior Recital: Joanna Louisime

Conservatory of Music at Purchase College

Students of the Classical Composition program present new works.

Purchase New Music

Choral Hall

Students of the Jazz Studies department presents an evening of classic jazz vocal standards.

Purchase Jazz Choir

Students of Stephanie Brown present their work in recital.  

Piano Studio Recital

The music of French composer Ambroise Thomas exquisitely illustrates Shakespeare’s tragic tale of madness, deceit and revenge.   

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Purchase Opera: Hamlet

Purchase College

The PLJO performs music from all over Latin America. Featuring top students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, the PLJO explores numerous genres including Mambo, Cha-Cha, Danzon, Festejo, and Porro. Whether performing classic compositions by the masters or newer works commissioned for the ensemble, seeing and hearing the PLJO is always a memorable occasion.

Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland

Birdland Jazz Club

Celebrate the Great American Songbook in all of its playful — and sophisticated — glory, brought to life by two of New York’s brightest young artists and a quartet of jazz all-stars.

Boasting prodigious trumpet talent and vocal charm, Bria Skonberg and Benny Benack III will re-imagine some of the classic partnerships in jazz and popular song, including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby, and Dean Martin and Peggy Lee. Featuring songs by Gershwin, Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many more, this will be an “unforgettable” evening of singin’ and swingin’!

Sing & Swing: Our American Songbook

Enjoy a full evening of energetic arrangements delivered by bright young artists who infuse their performances with vitality and high-level musicianship. Led by legendary trumpet player Jon Faddis, Purchase Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece ensemble translates hidden gems from every era, promising a hard-swinging set for every listener.

Purchase Jazz at Dizzy’s Club

The Shops at Columbus Circle

The Purchase Jazz Orchestra (PJO) is a 17-piece big band that performs jazz from every era. From staples like Ellington and Basie, to more modern works by today’s leading composers and arrangers like McNeely, Clayton, Abene, and Schneider, the PJO swings and is always a pleasure to listen to.

Purchase Jazz Orchestra

Purchase Symphony Orchestra

Performing Arts Center

Students of the Conservatory’s Chamber Music Program perform chamber music classics at the Grinton I. Will branch of the Yonkers Public Library.  This performance is presented by Young Musicians of Westchester, a non-profit that strives to create performance opportunities for emerging artists, and to present performances to underserved audiences.  Also sponsored by the Friends of Yonkers Public Library. 

Chamber Music: Out and About

Yonkers Public Library-Grinton I. Will Public Library

This collaboration brings together three singular figures in American concert music—virtuoso instrumentalists with fierce classical chops, deep connections to roots and fiddle music, and wide-open artistic sensibilities.

Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, and Edgar Meyer

Jazz Choir

A 20th Century Opera by Giancarlo Menotti that explores themes of poverty, love, the search for spiritual identity, and gratitude for the miracles that may be discovered at the turn of every corner.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Individuals requiring accommodations for equal access to this event are encouraged to contact The Conservatory of Music by phone (914) 251-6700 or by email music@purchase.edu as soon as possible so that a good faith effort can be made by the organizers to meet the identified needs.

Percussion Ensemble

Concert of Winds

Classical Guitar Concert

Contemporary Ensemble explores and transgresses the boundaries of classical music, performing music of the mid 20th Century to the modern day, including composers such as Boulez, Messiaen, Glass, Adès, Adams, Reich, Pärt, and recent works by composers yet well known!

Contemporary Ensemble

Purchase Chorus brings together students from across the campus to present choral masterworks in styles ranging from the Renaissance to the present day.

Purchase Chorus

Chamber Music

Featuring top students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, the PLJO explores numerous genres including Mambo, Cha-Cha, Danzon, Festejo, and Porro. Whether performing classic compositions by the masters or newer works commissioned for the ensemble, seeing and hearing the PLJO is always a memorable occasion.

Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

Individuals requiring accommodations for equal access to this event are encouraged to contact The Conservatory of Music by email music@purchase.edu or phone 914-251-6200, as soon as possible so that a good faith effort can be made by the organizers to meet the identified needs.

Brass Ensembles Concert I

Brass Ensembles Concert II

The Soul Voices celebrates the diverse and talented student body of Purchase College. Comprised of young people of various backgrounds, interests and major study areas, the singers in the group come together to experience and express to their audience the unity possible via the great and universal gift of the human voice.

Conservatory of Music at Purchase College

Nov 14, 2024

Purchase Jazz Orchestra

Nov 15, 2024

Purchase Symphony Orchestra

Nov 17, 2024

Chamber Music: Out and About

Nov 17, 2024

Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, and Edgar Meyer

Nov 20, 2024

Jazz Choir

Nov 9, 2024

Samara Joy

Nov 8, 2024

Junior Recital: Joanna Louisime

Conservatory of Music at Purchase College