SUNY New Paltz Music Department

05/02/2026

05/02/2026

Valerie Bonavita, Christiana Fortune-reader and the suny New Paltz Orchestra

04/17/2026

We are presenting Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas tomorrow (saturday april 18 at Studley theater, 7:30 pm) tickets still available!

04/06/2026

Check out this interview with Amina Claudine Meyers, the 2026 Davenport Artist-in-Residence for New American Music at SUNY New Paltz on WAMC!! https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2026-04-03/suny-new-paltz-davenport-artist-in-residence-amina-claudine-myers-to-play-solo-piano-concert-on-4-7

We have been so fortunate to have Amina here throughout the semester during her residency at SUNY New Paltz. We hope you will join us for her solo piano performance tomorrow evening at 7:30pm in Studley Theater! Tickets are available here: https://am1.glitnirticketing.com/amticket/web/seatcartgrp.php?section_id=5&refresh=1775484590

2026 Davenport Resident Amina Claudine Myers will perform in the Studley Theatre at SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Amina will perform songs from her recent album "Solace of the Mind’ and the concert will feature a new solo piano piece written for Department of Music Assistant Prof...

03/23/2026

Thank you, Anna Clyne, for coming in to work with members of Scratch Band on your piece, “A Wonderful Day”! We are honored that you came to share your music and insights with us!

If you would like to hear Anna’s piece, and more music for mixed chamber ensemble, come join us at 7:30pm on April 10th for the first-ever Scratch Band performance at SUNY New Paltz! Tickets are available here: https://www.newpaltz.edu/fpa/music/concert-series/

03/09/2026

Join us tomorrow evening for a very special performance of Susie Ibarra’s ‘Sky Islands’, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Music! The concert is at 7:30pm in Studley Theater, and will feature Susie Ibarra, Claire Chase, Levy Lorenzo, the Bergamot String Quartet and our very own Dr. Alex Peh! Tickets are available at: https://www.newpaltz.edu/fpa/music/concert-series/

Hear more about the piece at this link!

The 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning piece, ‘Sky Islands,’ will make a grand return to the Hudson Valley when it’s performed at SUNY Paltz on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studley Theatre. Sarah LaDuke speaks with Susie Ibarra and Alex Peh.

02/23/2026

Come out to hear Mark Dziuba perform original tunes! Studley theater February 24 at 7:30 pm!

02/10/2026

Amazing workshop today by Amina Claudine Myers!

02/10/2026

We are so excited to welcome Amina Claudine Myers to SUNY New Paltz as the 2026 Davenport Residency for New American Music Artist-in-Residence! She will be here on campus three times throughout the semester to work with our students, and to perform a concert at 7:30 on April 7th. Come join us!