Following the mission of bringing music to the community and supporting young artists, our 2025 season will expand on our commitment of presenting, professional, world-class talent on our stage with a larger season and including a couple of Master Class/Educational Opportunities, as well!
Director of Chamber Music: Sophia Zhou
Pianist Terrence Wilson makes his Stissing Center debut with an exciting program including:
Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Intimate and lyrical works Brahms called “lullabies to my sorrows,” revealing his most personal voice.
Rachmaninoff: Études Tableaux, Op. 39 (complete) – Nine vivid études, rarely performed as a complete set, filled with passion, color, and virtuosity.
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – A musical gallery walk, culminating in the majestic “Great Gate of Kiev.”
An esteemed faculty member of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Terrence Wilson was named “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” by the Baltimore Sun.
Join us for Stissing Center’s Harvest Sunset Celebration an unforgettable evening at Globe Hill in Pine Plains, with panoramic views of the Catskills, Berkshires, and Taconics. Savor a harvest-themed dinner by The Farmer’s Wife and enjoy soulful music from beloved Hudson Valley artists Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, with opening act Long Steel Rail. It’s a joyful way to bid farewell to summer while supporting Stissing Center’s mission to bring world-class arts programming to our rural community.
Grammy® nominees R. Carlos Nakai and Will Clipman make their Stissing Center debut with a powerful blend of Native American flute and global percussion. Their longtime collaboration creates a rich, meditative sound rooted in tradition and connection to the natural world. Performed on earth-based instruments, their music invites listeners into a shared space of rhythm, reflection, and cultural harmony.
Stissing Center welcomes back NPR’s Selected Shorts, presented by Symphony Space. It’s a live celebration of storytelling, where acclaimed actors bring unforgettable fiction to life on stage and on air. We are delighted to feature Jessica Hecht, Santino Fontana and Cindy Cheung for this exciting afternoon of stories.
Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to play several instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, mandolin) and flatfoot/clog at a young age.
Pairing Wine with Comedians
Sip, swirl, and giggle at The Grapes of Laughs—a comedy and wine pairing show hosted by Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth), and featuring Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer, The State, Stella), hometown favorite Rachel Lenihan, plus Jenny J Rubin (NYC, Egremont Barn). A fantastic lineup of laughs!
Each comic’s set is matched with the perfect wine, blending bold reds, crisp whites, and big laughs for a night that’s part stand-up, part sommelier, all fun. 4 comics, 4 wines, all perfectly paired.
Presented with wine partner Fulton & Forbes Wine & Spirits, Ancram.
This special screening of the new documentary Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie at the Moviehouse in MIllerton is a fundraiser to upgrade the film screening equipment at Stissing Center.
After the screening, join us for a special Q&A with director David Bushell.
Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie explores the legacy of pioneering comics Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong with a mix of archival madness and cinematic road trip. The result is a true-life tale of fame and friendship stranger (and funnier) than fiction.
Step into the shadows with Dracula, Theatre on the Road’s flagship production, adapted from the iconic 1927 Broadway script by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Revived with chilling elegance and thrilling drama, this haunting tale follows the mysterious illness of young Lucy Seward and the dark forces believed to be behind it—Count Dracula himself.
Clarion Concerts proudly presents an extraordinary evening with Cuban-American cellist Dr. Tommy Mesa and Argentine bandoneon master JP Jofre, two world-class artists whose collaboration brings together the soulful resonance of the cello with the fiery elegance of the bandoneon.
An evening of dance, poetry, and piano featuring choreographer Catherine Tharin’s In the Wake of Yes—a multimedia performance with film, music, and spoken word. Poet Alison Granucci explores themes of the natural world, joined by pianist Igor Ferreira, who also performs a solo piece. A rich collaboration of local talent.
Wall Street Opera’s Christopher Sánchez, a Dominican operatic baritone, collaborates with Award-winning Cuban pianist and composer Dayramir Gonzales in an evening of musical fusion.
SUGAR SKULL! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure is a vibrant bilingual show for young audiences and families that celebrates the rich music, dance, and traditions of Mexico.
Twelve-year-old Vita Flores can’t understand why her family plans a big party for the dead—until a lively candy skeleton named Sugar Skull springs to life and whisks her on a magical journey through the heart of Día de Muertos.
Along the way, Vita dances with ancestors, sings with a mysterious sorceress, escapes playful tricksters, and meets the elegant Catrina Calavera. This colorful, high-energy production blends authentic regional music and dance with an uplifting story about family, memory, and the joy of honoring those who came before us.
Perfect for audiences of all ages, SUGAR SKULL! is an unforgettable adventure into the sights, sounds, and spirit of Mexican folklore.
Join us for an evening of film and music as Director Will Chase premieres his award winning film Coming Home: The Guggenheim Grotto Back in Ireland to our Upstate friends and neighbors.
The forty-five minute film will be followed by an acoustic set of some of the band’s fan favorites.
Director and self proclaimed super-fan Will Chase goes to Ireland to film the Irish duo The Guggenheim Grotto (Mick Lynch and Kevin May) as they perform for the first time in a decade, and possibly last time ever. A love letter to a brotherhood that has spanned decades through many ups and downs, the film becomes an homage to the duo’s body of work and to the nostalgia that holds for so many, especially each other.
