The Malmgren Concert Series of Hendricks Chapel has been made possible by a generous gift from Syracuse University alumna Ester Malmgren to Hendricks Chapel in 1991. The concert series offers the Syracuse community the highest quality of arts at no cost. See below for parking and accessibility information.
Many of our concerts are live-streamed and/or recorded. To view a live or recorded show, visit our YouTube page!
Upcoming Shows | Spring 2026
Black History Month Concert
Feb. 15, 2026 at 4pm
Hendricks Chapel
The Setnor School of Music celebrates the legacy and music of Black composers in this beloved annual concert. Student soloists present music for solo piano and clarinet by Margaret Bonds (pictured above), Ahmed Alabac, and Regina Harris Baiocchi, and chamber music by Florence Price and Ivan Malcolm, G ’26. The Xaden Nishimitsu jazz combo, Black Celestial Choral Ensemble, Hendricks Chapel Choir, and Concert Choir will offer jazz standards, gospel tunes, and African-American spirituals, while Crouse Chorale performs Dorothy Rudd Moore’s “Voices from the Light,” with real-time graphic art by Sean Zhai. The program concludes with the audience and performers joining together in the civil rights anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson.
Dedication of the Harrold Organ at SU Catholic
March 29 at 4 pm
St. Thomas More Chapel at the Syracuse University Catholic Center
110 Walnut Place, Syracuse, NY 13244
Advance registration required. Registration information will be available starting Feb. 15.
The Malmgren Concert Series hosts the first public concert featuring the newly installed organ for Syracuse University’s Catholic Center. The 24-stop organ was originally built by California builder Greg Harrold in 1995 for the computer engineer Alan Kay at his home in Los Angeles. When Mr. Kay decided to downsize, he graciously gifted the instrument to Syracuse University so that future generations could learn from it and enjoy it. Modeled on eighteenth-century building practices and sounds, the organ is a visually and aurally stunning complement to the Catholic Center’s new St. Thomas More Chapel.
University Organist Anne Laver performs with the Hendricks Chapel Choir and dancers from the Meagan Woods Collaborative, featuring music by Bach, Buxtehude, Vivaldi, Natalie Draper, and a new work by José “Peppie” Calvar.
This concert is the culminating event in the third annual Syracuse Pipe Organ Festival, co-sponsored by the Syracuse Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
South Africa Tour Preview Concert
April 26 at 4pm
Hendricks Chapel
The Hendricks Chapel Choir presents the music they will bring on their first-ever tour of South Africa, scheduled for May 2026. This choir of students from across the university has travelled internationally every 4-5 years, building cultural bridges and making lasting memories through music. This year’s tour marks the first time the choir will travel to the African continent. They are scheduled to perform alongside musicians in XX cites.
The choir will share an eclectic variety of music, from energetic works for choir and organ by Antonio Vivaldi, Cecilia McDowall, Paul Basler, and José “Peppie” Calvar, inspiring new pieces by American composers Jennifer Lucy Cook and Jeffrey Ames; and arrangements of traditional South African tunes. Receive the gift of music and give the Hendricks Chapel Choir an encouraging send-off!
Accessibility:
For accessible parking, please call Hendricks Chapel at 315.443.2901 or email chapel@syr.edu.
CART, ASL and Aira will be offered at this event.
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)is the instant translation of the spoken word into English text using a stenotype machine, notebook computer and real-time software. This is useful for English speakers who are hard of hearing or deaf.
An American Sign Language (ASL)interpreter translates a service or program for those who know ASL and are deaf or hard of hearing.
Aira is a visual interpreting service that makes visual information accessible for people who are blind or have low vision, or for any person with a disability who may benefit from verbal descriptions of visual information. Syracuse University is a proud Aira Access Partner. SU makes Aira visual interpreting services available to our community of students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and visitors on campus at no cost. Interpreters audibly describe a person’s visual surroundings via a live professionally-trained agent and the Aira Explorer mobile app.
Past Shows
Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet
Sept. 14, 2025 | 4 PM
Click HERE to see the program!
Latin GRAMMY Award winner Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet represents the evolution of tango, from its roots in the traditional Orquesta típica, then to tango nuevo as epitomized by Astor Piazzolla, and now to a contemporary sound that respects the past and looks to the future. Pedro Giraudo, who has become an active cultural ambassador of this beautiful and passionate music of his native Argentina, brings something new and exciting to the form while retaining all the lushness and beauty of tango.
Denmark’s Rudersdal Chamber Players
Apr. 13, 2025 | 4 PM
Denmark’s acclaimed piano quartet performs music by Nordic composers Carl Nielsen, Poul Ruders, and Amanda Maier-Röntgen. Co-sponsored by the Setnor School of Music.
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Immerse yourself in lush sounds of classical and contemporary music of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the skilled hands of the Rudersdal Chamber Players. Led by violinist and founder Christine Pryn, this group specializes in premiering new works and shedding light on lesser known composers. Their 2022 recording of contemporary Danish composer Poul Ruders’ chamber music received brilliant international reviews from Fanfare Magazine and five stars in BBC Music Magazine’s review. They will include Ruder’s Piano Quartet on their Malmgren Concert program.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Sept. 22, 2024 | 4 PM
Performing worldwide for more than 101 years under the guidance of three generations of Ellington’s family, this Grammy Award-winning supergroup has produced more iconic jazz classics than any other band.
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Today, The Duke Ellington Orchestra comprises brilliant musicians who dedicate themselves to performing Duke’s music while adding—just as their predecessors did–their own creative styles. Together they share a history and lineage that goes back to Duke’s original band members.
Each Moment Radiant: Music of Johannes Brahms and Kurt Erickson commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 Disaster
Oct. 20, 2024 | 4 PM
The Malmgren Concert Series of Hendricks Chapel invites you to a profoundly moving concert on Sunday, October 20th at 4 PM, marking the beginning of Remembrance Week (October 20-26). The event features the world premiere of “Each Moment Radiant,” a newly commissioned chamber work by composer Kurt Erickson and poet Brian Turner commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 Air Disaster. Setnor School of Music faculty and guest musicians will perform Erickson and Turner’s song cycle “Here, Bullet” and Johannes Brahms’s piano trio in C minor.
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Accessibility:
For accessible parking, please call Hendricks Chapel at 315.443.2901 or email chapel@syr.edu.
CART, ASL and Aira will be offered at this event.
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)is the instant translation of the spoken word into English text using a stenotype machine, notebook computer and real-time software. This is useful for English speakers who are hard of hearing or deaf.
An American Sign Language (ASL)interpreter translates a service or program for those who know ASL and are deaf or hard of hearing.
Aira is a visual interpreting service that makes visual information accessible for people who are blind or have low vision, or for any person with a disability who may benefit from verbal descriptions of visual information. Syracuse University is a proud Aira Access Partner. SU makes Aira visual interpreting services available to our community of students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and visitors on campus at no cost. Interpreters audibly describe a person’s visual surroundings via a live professionally-trained agent and the Aira Explorer mobile app.