The 2025-26 season for the Cornell Concert Series, now the Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series, will include explorations of timeless classics, as well as concerts highlighting new frontiers in music.
The series was renamed thanks to a $2 million gift from the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts, which will allow the series to continue bringing world-class musicians to campus.
This year’s lineup includes:
Le Vent du Nord
Saturday, September 20, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
A leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement, the group’s repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions (rooted in the Celtic diaspora), with a broad range of global influences.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with James Ehnes, violin
Sunday, October 26, 4 p.m., Bailey Hall
The orchestra, which calls itself “a radical experiment in musical democracy,” has been making music for more than 50 years. Violinist Ehnes has been a favorite guest at some of the world’s most celebrated concert halls. They will perform works by Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Ravel and New York composer Jessica Meyer.
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Friday, December 5, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
Salvant is a composer, singer and visual artist with a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Winner of the Thelonius Monk competition, she received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, as well as the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. She will perform with her quartet of Sullivan Fortner, Yasushi Nakamura and Kyle Poole.
Garifuna Collective
Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
The hybrid culture of the Afro-AmerIndian Garifuna communities, located on the Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, is influenced by West Africa and indigenous Carib, as well as the Arawak Indian language. The Garifuna Collective focuses on the roots of Garifuna tradition, adding contemporary elements to traditional forms to bring the soul of this music into a modern context.
Tigran Hamasyan
Friday, February 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
Described as a “jazz-meets-rock pianist/composer, Hamasyan fuses jazz improvisation and progressive rock with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. In addition to winning the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Hamasyan has received praise from Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau and the late Chick Corea.
Stephen Hough, piano
Friday, March 20, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of 20 living polymaths, Hough was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. In 2014 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022. Hough will perform works by Schubert, Brahms, Schoenberg, Beethoven and others.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall
With a mission to promote flamenco as a living art form and a vital part of Hispanic heritage, the group will present “QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element),” a new evening-length work choreographed by Patricia Guerrero with an original score by Francis Gomez. The production explores the fifth element of the earth: ether, the essence that makes up the space around us.
The Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series, housed within the Department of Music, has been hosting musicians and ensembles of international stature since 1903, including performances by Fritz Kreisler, Sergei Rachmaninov, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Alfred Brendel, Zakir Hussain, and the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg.
This season, additional student and community engagement activities will accompany select performances. Details will be announced closer to each event date at cornellconcertseries.com.
Artist and program information, subscriptions, single tickets and student memberships are available through the DMCCS website, cornellconcertseries.com.
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