Name: Lara Downes
Start: 2022-04-14T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center

Lara Downes

Saratoga Performing Arts Center co-presentor:The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), located in the historic resort town of Saratoga Springs in upstate New York, is one of America’s most prestigious summer festivals. Its tranquil setting in a 2,400-acre park preserve surrounded by hiking trails, geysers, and natural mineral springs draws vacation crowds and arts connoisseurs each year for immersive experiences of performances by resident companies New York City Ballet, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, Opera Saratoga, and concerts by Live Nation. SPAC also hosts the annual Saratoga Wine and Food Festival in addition to imaginative programming such as the popular “SPAC on Stage” series andCaffèLena @ SPAC.SPAC is a 501c3 charitable organization. Donations and proceeds from fundraising events benefit the Center’s children’s education programs and support the vibrancy of its classical season. For more information visitspac.org.Skidmore College co-presentor:Founded more than a century ago and located in Saratoga Springs, New York, on a beautiful 1,000-acre campus, Skidmore is a highly regarded liberal arts college known for its creative approaches to just about everything.Skidmore offers 43 majors in the sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as in career-specific fields such as business, social work, education, and exercise science. Add to this the prominence of the performing and visual arts, which have long set Skidmore apart. Faculty have earned recognition from Guggenheim, Pulitzer, and Emmy awards to fellowships and grants from Fulbright, MacArthur, and the National Science Foundation, among others.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center & Skidmore College

Join us for an exclusive performance by Lara Downes at Skidmore College’s Arthur Zankel Music Center on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7:30PM.

Arthur Zankel Music Center

ONLINE SALES HAVE ENDED - TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOORAn iconoclast and trailblazer, her dynamic work as a sought-after performer, a Billboard Chart-topping recording artist, a producer, curator, activist, and arts advocate positions her as a cultural visionary on the national arts scene. Downes also hosts “AMPLIFY,” an NPR video series that features intimate conversations between BIPOC artists who are shaping the identity of a new era with bold vision, powerful mission and the inspiring energy of a transformative time. Downes will lead a piano masterclass for music majors at Skidmore the night prior to her performance. She will also return on August 4 with The Philadelphia Orchestra, for her SPAC debut where she’ll perform two premieres: The Strayhorn Concerto and Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement. For more information, click here. Tickets for the April 14 performance are $30 for general admission and $10 for all collegiate students and faculty with valid school ID. Skidmore students enrolled in the music program will have free admission. This performance is a part of Skidmore’s Filene Anniversary Concert Series. Skidmore College strongly encourages guests to be fully vaccinated and masked when attending a performance in the Arthur Zankel Music Center.

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