Skaneateles Festival Season Preview: An Afternoon with Eliot Fisk Wed. July 26, 2023 Event Sponsored by:Ed and Paula ConanBy popular demand, Eliot Fisk opens the Festival with a solo recital for the Skaneateles Festival's first-ever matinee concert. More details to come! Program will include: FERNANDO SOR - Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Mozart's The Magic Flute, Op. […]

Skaneateles Festival Opening Night: Eliot Fisk & Friends Thurs. July 27, 2023  This concert is presented by Joan Christy and Sharon Ryan in memory of their dear friend, Carolyn Stein. 7:00 PM BACKSTAGE PASS: Guitar virtuoso and Syracuse native Eliot Fisk joins Festival Artistic Directors Aaron Wunsch and Julia Bruskin for a discussion of Fisk’s life in music, […]

Skaneateles Festival The Danish String Quartet Fri. July 28, 2023 Event Sponsored by:Dave Graham Fred & Ginny Marty Pete & Betsy McKinnellThe Danish Quartet may well be the world’s most in-demand string quartet. The foursome from Denmark has captivated audiences worldwide with its blend of apparent ease and wild abandon. Their program showcases both their mastery of classics […]

Skaneateles Festival Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart Sat. July 29, 2023 TONIGHT'S CONCERT HAS MOVED TO OUR RAIN VENUE: 191 FRANKLIN ST, AUBURN NY (AUBURN JR HIGH)Event Sponsored by:The Bob and Sally Neumann Fund for Jazz & Innovative Programming  with additional support from Grossman St. Amour CPABanjo king Béla Fleck is at the epicenter of American folk […]

Skaneateles Festival Inventing Mozart Thurs. August 3, 2023 Event Sponsored by:Sieglinde Wikstrom250 years later, Mozart’s music continues to uplift and entrance us, as well as a new generation of composers. Hear Mozart’s joyous Exultate Jubilate for soprano and strings (featuring Kearstin Piper Brown); the ultra-famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik; a new work by jazz polymath Vijay Iyer based on […]

Skaneateles Festival Outreach Event: Kearstin Piper Brown at the Seward House MuseumFriday, August 4 The Skaneateles Festival in collaboration with the Seward House Museum is proud to present an afternoon with Kearstin Piper Brown! This event will feature the piece Fortitude, commisssioned by the Skaneateles Festival, inspired by the life of Hariet Tubman This afternoon performance will take […]

Skaneateles Festival Following Harriet Fri. August 4, 2023 Event Sponsored by:Doug and Peg Whitehouse 7:00 PM BACKSTAGE PASS: Join composer Nailah Nombeko; soprano Kearstin Piper Brown; Harriet Tubman’s great-great-grand niece, Judith Gladys Bryant; and the Festival’s Artistic Directors for a conversation about Harriet Tubman’s life in the area, her enduring influence, and the new work about her to be […]

Skaneateles Festival Kelli O'Hara: Songs From My Heart Sat. August 5, 2023 Event Sponsored by:The Noreen and Michael Falcone Fund for Artistic Excellence  Kelli O'Hara, star of stage and screen, has established herself as one of Broadway's greatest leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna in The King and I garnered her the 2015 Tony Award for Best Leading […]