All concerts are free and open to the public.
The festival was inaugurated in 1995 as a celebration of all the performing groups, musicians and composers who make up the Sarah Lawrence College Music Program, noted Chester Biscardi, director of the program. Highlights of the festival include the debut and ritual dedication of Sarah Lawrence s new Gamelan Angklung, a Balinese percussion instrument built especially for the College and a fully staged performance of Stravinsky s L Histoire du Soldat. A traditional Balinese dedication ceremony will introduce the shimmering sounds of Gamelan Angklung Sarah Lawrence College s new bronze-keyed percussion orchestra. Directed by Kristin Taavola of World Music Ensemble, I Made Lasmawan and Friends are the featured guest artists. The Seven Last Words of Christ, op.