2025 Mostly Modern Festival

About this event

10 Concerts. 15 Days. 1 Epic Festival! Join us at the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, June 5th-20th: experience fresh and fun orchestral, vocal, and chamber music at the stunning Zankel Music Center. 

Bar opens 30 min before every concert!
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About These Concerts

The Mostly Modern Festival is an international music festival celebrating bold, contemporary classical music. From June 5 to June 20, the festival showcases world premieres by composers from around the globe, alongside dynamic works from the 20th and 21st centuries.

All concerts take place at Skidmore College at the stunning Arthur Zankel Music Center (except the Caffe Lena Kickoff on June 6th).

The festival is ideally located in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY, a world-renowned destination with an award-winning downtown. New York, Boston, Montreal and Philadelphia are all within a three-hour drive.

2025 Schedule:

• Thursday, June 5th: 6th Season Opener – Festival composers from across the globe come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring American Modern Ensemble, celebrating its 20th anniversary!

• Friday, June 6th: Caffe Lena Kickoff – Sold Out for Two Years in a Row

• Saturday, June 7th: FAB5 – Performing classical and popular favorites with special William Tell Overture for Belmont Races! Horse Chocolate giveaways from Saratoga Candy Co to all ticket buyers

• Sunday, June 8th: Mostly Modern Orchestra with David Amado – Spend the afternoon with the Mostly Modern Orchestra, featuring maestro David Amado. Program: Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, Samuel Barber’s Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance and brand-new works including Robert Paterson’s Celestial Harmonics and Stephen Cabell’s Symphony: Transmutation. 

• Friday, June 13th: American Modern Ensemble – Festival composers from across the globe come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring American Modern Ensemble, celebrating its 20th anniversary

• Saturday, June 14th: Voices of Today Sing! Acclaimed composers and singers join forces. Top singers from across the globe will be showcasing their talents tonight

• Sunday, June 15th: JoAnn Falletta with the Buffalo Philharmonic – Featuring Grammy®-winning legend and first woman to lead a major American orchestra. Music by Aaron Copland, Robert Paterson and more!

• Tuesday, June 17th: Mostly Modern Brass – These brass players are the globetrotters this summer... principals at the New York City Ballet, Chicago Symphony, Carnegie Hall, and Hollywood Bowl…Strike up the Band!

• Wednesday, June 18th: Voices of Today Sing! – Acclaimed composers and singers join forces. Top singers from across the globe will be showcasing their talents tonight.

• Friday, June 20th: 6th Season Finale – Mostly Modern Orchestra featuring Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Andrew Crust. Music by Hovaness, Morlock, Paterson and Boulanger.

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