ENSEMBLE CONNECT

Ensemble Connect is a two-year fellowship program for extraordinary young professional classical musicians in the United States that prepares them for careers combining musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Each year, Ensemble Connect holds two five-day residencies at Skidmore College in October and February. While in residence, the fellows of Ensemble Connect engage with Skidmore College students — as well as the broader Saratoga Springs community — offering master classes, lessons, class demonstrations, and interactive performances, culminating in a performance in Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall in Arthur Zankel Music Center, that has included works commissioned for the ensemble.

Photo credit: Fadi Kheir

Ensemble Connect, now entering its 18th full season, is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.

Established in 2007, the residency at Skidmore College has included the following compilations:

Spring 2024: February 2024 Program

Fall 2023: October 2023 Program

Spring 2023: February 2023 Program

Fall 2022: October 2022 Program

Spring 2022: February 2022 Program

Fall 2021: October 2021 Program

Spring 2021: What Does it Mean to be Moved?

Fall 2020: "United Through Separation"

Spring 2020: TJ Cole

Fall 2019: Tania León

Spring 2019: February 2019 Program