Does Skidmore have jazz ensembles?
Students can enroll in our big band ensemble or in one of about five small jazz ensembles coached by our faculty. The big band, directed by Mark Vinci, gives one concert each semester. Senior Artist-in-Residence for jazz studies, John Nazarenko coordinates the small jazz ensembles. The SJEs typically perform three times each semester, once in Falstaff’s, the on-campus student-run cabaret, once downtown at the historic Caffe Lena coffee shop, and once on stage in Filene Recital Hall. The best of our student ensembles also find some work in clubs in Saratoga.
