Orchestral Conductors:

David Amado (Atlantic Classical Orchestra) June 8

JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic) June 15

Andrew Crust (Vermont Symphony Orchestra) June 20

Highlighted 2025 Composers:

Samuel Barber, Alban Berg, Lili Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Alan Hovhaness, Jocelyn Morlock, Robert Paterson and more, with world premieres every night.

Mostly Modern Festival Concerts

10  public concerts will be held in Skidmore’s Arthur Zankel Music Center (with one exception, our kickoff @ Caffè Lena):

Thursday, June 5:            American Modern Ensemble

Friday, June 6:                6th Season Mostly Modern Kickoff at Caffè Lena

Saturday, June 7:            The FAB5

Sunday, June 8:              Mostly Modern Orchestra with David Amado      

Friday, June 13:              American Modern Ensemble

Saturday, June 14:          Voices of Today Sing!

Sunday, June 15:            Mostly Modern Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta

Tuesday, June 17:           Mostly Modern Brass

Wednesday, June 18:     Voices of Today Sing!

Friday, June 20:              6th Season Finale of Mostly Modern Orchestra with Andrew Crust

Audiences experience world premieres on every single concert with modern music by young, mid-career, as well as famed composers of today.

VIP Premium Seating - $35 | General Admission $20 | Group 8 or more - $15 each

Students - $10 | Skidmore Alumni and Faculty - $10

Mostly Modern Festival “Season Pass” for $185 includes admission and premium seating to all public performances, insider meet & greets, as well as attending select private events.

For concert and ticket details, visit: https://mostlymodernfestival.org/concert-calendar

ABOUT MOSTLY MODERN PROJECTS

ROBERT PATERSON, Artistic Director & Composer
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Robert Paterson is an American composer whose music embodies the diversity and vibrancy of New York State. Born and raised in Buffalo, he spent over a decade in Rochester and Ithaca, lived in New York City for over twenty years, and now resides in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. His music, known for its emotional depth, rhythmic energy, elegance, wit, and craftsmanship, embraces everything from the environment to goddesses, online dating to mathematics. Named Composer of the Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the recipient of the DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won a Grammy® Award for Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music frequently earns Best of the Year recognition on National Public Radio (NPR), with works like Dark Mountains and his Triple Concerto featured on NPR’s Performance Today. His opera Three Way premiered with the Nashville Opera and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with more productions across the United States.

Paterson’s music has been performed by the Oratorio Society of New York, Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Albany Symphony's Dogs of Desire and countless others. He has given masterclasses at institutions including the Aspen Music Festival, Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, and New York University.

A lifelong vegan and passionate advocate for animals and the environment, Paterson celebrates the natural world through seminal works such as I Go Among Trees, Listen, Triple Concerto, and A New Eaarth. He is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Mostly Modern Projects, dedicated to supporting composers of all backgrounds and levels and fostering the next generation of musicians.

VICTORIA PATERSON, Co-founder & General Director
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Victoria Paterson is a dynamic violinist equally at home with classical, popular, and the healing arts. She has performed on some of the world’s most renowned stages, including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Madison Square Garden, and television appearances on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Good Morning America, and The Today Show. As the General Director of Mostly Modern Projects, Victoria oversees the hiring of musicians year-round, delivering impactful music programs to communities. Under her leadership, Mostly Modern Projects enriches the lives of seniors, hospital patients, and individuals with Alzheimer’s, while also bringing live music to public spaces across New York State through “rush hour” and “lunchtime” concerts.

Victoria is the founder and driving force behind FAB5, an ensemble launched in 2021 at the Jacob Javits Center. FAB5 performed for more than 10,000 vaccination patients daily, as well as doctors, nurses, staff, and the National Guard. For nearly six months, seven days a week, she led these healing arts programs, demonstrating the transformative power of music in a time of crisis. Her leadership in this initiative garnered national media attention and recognition for the essential role of the arts to our collective humanity.

Victoria’s 20-year career on Broadway included full-time first violin positions in My Fair Lady (Lincoln Center), Sunset Boulevard and West Side Story (The Palace Theatre), and The Addams Family (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), as well as Off-Broadway productions such as Heathers and The Thing About Men.

She thrives in artistic collaboration, particularly with her husband, award-winning composer Robert Paterson. Together, they celebrate and promote new music through the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York, and its European counterpart, Mostly Modern The Netherlands.

A passionate educator, Victoria has taught at the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and provides career coaching. She mentors countless artists toward successful and standout careers, offering one-on-ones, seminars and residencies at institutions such as The Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, New York Youth Symphony, Broadway Backstage, Broadway Inside, Chamber Music America, and more.

Victoria studied at the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University. She performs on a modern violin, made by world-renowned luthier Peter Greiner, commissioned and made for her in 2017.

MOSTLY MODERN PROJECTS
mostlymodernprojects.org

Mostly Modern Projects is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005 that celebrates living composers and modern classical music. Projects include festivals, concerts, recordings, ensembles, and cultural institutes.

In 2018, the Mostly Modern Festival was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York, on the campus of Skidmore College at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. Quickly becoming the “Aspen of the East,” MMF hosts the MMF Institute, an educational experience for 150 instrumentalists, singers, composers, and conductors. Thousands of people head to Saratoga Springs yearly for the unique MMF experience. MMF’s international reputation began in 2021 when MMF The Netherlands was launched. MMF The Netherlands is held every April in historic Holland in Middelburg, Zeeland.
Mostly Modern Concerts began during the pandemic with a kick-off concert in 2020 featuring a socially distanced, masked, outdoor 20-piece orchestra at New York City’s Manhattan Plaza. It was beautifully filmed and featured in WQXR as one of the first live music events after over 8 months of silence.  This concert brought national media attention to the thousands of top tier musicians who stayed in the city, had no work, and shined an overall light on our collective isolation during that time. Today, Mostly Modern Concerts—nearly all of which are free—can be found joyfully performing in public spaces throughout New York City and Upstate New York, ranging from senior care facilities to outdoor public parks to Chelsea Market NYC to the Oculus World Trade Center.

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