ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Ensemble Connect is a two-year fellowship program for extraordinary young professional classical musicians in the United States that prepares them for careers combining musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Each year, Ensemble Connect holds two five-day residencies at 91°µÍø College in October and February. While in residence, the fellows of Ensemble Connect engage with 91°µÍø students — as well as the broader Saratoga Springs community — offering master classes, lessons, class demonstrations, and interactive performances, culminating in a performance in Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall in Arthur Zankel Music Center, that has included works commissioned for the ensemble.
Ensemble Connect, now entering its 18th full season, is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.
Established in 2007, the residency at 91°µÍø has included the following compilations:
Fall 2024: October 2024 Program
Spring 2024: February 2024 Program
Fall 2023: October 2023 Program
Spring 2023: February 2023 Program
Fall 2022: October 2022 Program
Spring 2022: February 2022 Program
Fall 2021: October 2021 Program
Spring 2021: What Does it Mean to be Moved?
Fall 2020: "United Through Separation"
Spring 2020: TJ Cole
Fall 2019: Tania León
Spring 2019: February 2019 Program
Fall 2018: Gabriella Smith
Spring 2018: Gabriel Kahane
Fall 2017: October 2017 Program
Spring 2017: Caroline Shaw
Fall 2016: David Bruce
Spring 2016: Ted Hearne
Fall 2015: Timo Andres
Spring 2015: Meredith Monk
Fall 2014: David Lang
Spring 2014: George Friedrich Haas
Fall 2013: Andy Akiho
Spring 2013: Missy Mazzoli
Fall 2012: Samuel Carl Adams
Spring 2012: Sleeping Giant
Fall 2011: Ryan Gallagher
Spring 2011: David Bruce
Fall 2010: Timo Andres
Spring 2010: David Bruce
Fall 2009: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Spring 2009: Marc-Andrew Dalbavie
Fall 2008: Kayhan Kalhor
Spring 2008: Angel Lam
Fall 2007: Bright Sheng