Mozart's chamber music is by turns effervescent, joyful, and profoundly moving. These works show many aspects of Mozart's musical expression. The combination of flute or piano with strings provides delightful contrast in the sounds of the great master. Innisfree (Carole Cowan on violin, Susan Seligman on cello, and Sylvia Buccelli on piano) is joined by flutist Marcia Gates.

Cellist, singer and composer Mike Block will be the headlining guest artist for Ridge String Fling at SUNY New Paltz. Block, a Grammy Award-winning member of the Silk Road Ensemble, brings a mixture of original compositions and songs, arrangements of traditional folk music, and classical selections that draw inspiration from his diverse collaborations with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor, Sandeep Das, and pop stars such as will.i.am, Stevie Wonder, and Bon Iver.

An evening of vocal and instrumental chamber music under the direction of Christiana Fortune-Reader, Alex Peh, and Edward Lundergan, including music by Palestrina, Monteverdi and Barber.

Violinist Tobias Steymans, concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony, along with violist Christiana Fortune-Reader, cellist Ruth Marshall, and pianist Garret Ross perform Johannes Brahms’ "Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26" and "Phantasy for Piano Quartet H.94 in F-sharp Minor" by Frank Bridge.

SUNY New Paltz students in the Chamber Jazz Ensembles perform in a variety of jazz and jazz-influenced styles.

Professors Alex Peh and Raj Pandya present a planetarium star show featuring the works of American Avant-Garde minimalists Steve Reich and John Adams. Works to be performed include "Hallelujah Junction," "Piano Phase," and "China Gates," set to the constellations and celestial motions displayed overhead.

The Symphonic Band will perform a varied program by a number of distinguished wind band composers and arrangers including Johann de Meij, Frank Ticheli, Gordon Jacob, and John Barnes Chance.

SUNY New Paltz students in the Chamber Jazz Ensembles perform in a variety of jazz and jazz-influenced styles.

Enjoy the haunting, melodious airs of the Provencal troubadours, the melancholy sound of English lute songs, the vibrant dance tunes of the Renaissance and the rich counterpoint of the high baroque.

SUNY New Paltz students in the Chamber Jazz Ensembles perform in a variety of jazz and jazz-influenced styles.

Students in Professor Kent Smith's vocal studio present the culmination of their semester's work in an evening of art songs and arias.

The Choral Ensembles present a program including interpolated choruses from Bach's Magnificat, Haydn's Te Deum, and settings of poetry by Robert Frost, John Keats, and others.

The College-Youth Symphony includes qualified high school and college students as well as professional musicians.