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Vision of Sound
Thursday, February 19, 2026–Sunday, February 22, 2026,
OCC Recital Hall, Onondaga Community College campus, Syracuse
Tickets: $30 regular, $25 seniors

Our 20th annual Vision of Sound, featuring works by Paul Leary, Mark Olivieri, Ivan Malcolm, and more.

Performances will take place at SUNY Brockport, Onondaga Community College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Tickets purchased in advance will be held for you at the door.

Prize Winners
Sunday, April 26, 2026, 4:00 PM
OCC Recital Hall, Onondaga Community College campus, Syracuse
Tickets: $25 regular, $20 seniors

Concert featuring the winners of the Israel/Pellman Prizes and the Harpsichord Concerto by Armando Bayolo, performed by Ryan Chan.

Tickets purchased in advance will be held for you at the door.

Premieres and Encores
Syracuse Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, May 16, 2026–Sunday, May 17, 2026,
Erwin First United Methodist Church, 920 Euclid Ave., Syracuse

A collaboration celebrating commissions featuring Society for New Music Composers and the stellar artistry of the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble.

May 16, 7:30 pm: Erwin Methodist Church, Syracuse
May 17, 3:00 pm: St. Peter's Church, Cazenovia



past concerts

Lake Effects/Sonic Abstractions
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 4:00 PM
OCC Recital Hall, Onondaga Community College campus, Syracuse
Tickets: $25 regular, $20 seniors

An evocative and haunting concert of meditation, abstraction, place, and environment, featuring works by Arvo Pärt, Christopher Stark, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Chris Cresswell, along with the second performance of Society for New Music’s gorgeous CNY weather-inspired recent commission, Lake Effects by Ryan Chase.

Performers include Lana Stafford, flute; Marcy Bacon, clarinet; Noah Fields, violin; Gregory Wood, cello; Andrea Scheibel, percussion; Chris Cresswell, guitar; and Elena Nezhdanova, piano.


Sherlock Jr.: Silent Film with New Music
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 7:15 PM
Coyne Performing Arts Center, LeMoyne College, Syracuse
Tickets: $20 regular, $15 seniors, free for students with school ID

Enjoy a screening of Buster Keaton’s brilliant silent film Sherlock Jr. (1924, 45 mins.) with a new score by Nic Scherzinger performed live by the Society for New Music. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the composer.

The event will be preceded, at 6:30 pm, by a panel discussion on imaginative movies about movies, with Le Moyne English and Communication professors Julie Grossman, Rebecca Pelky, and Daniel Rudin, and composer of the score for Sherlock Jr., Syracuse University professor Nic Scherzinger. The discussion will take place in Marren Studio.

This event is sponsored by the Le Moyne College Film Program, the Society for New Music, the Le Moyne College Religion and Literature Forum, the Le Moyne College Music Program, and the Syracuse International Film Festival.
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