Winter 2026 Events on the Marlboro Campus

December 17, 2025

As we reflect on a rewarding year and the evolution of our musical and campus programs, we want to thank all of our friends and neighbors for helping us make the Marlboro campus a vibrant, accessible place. During the past year, it has been a pleasure for us to welcome many of you, along with thousands of visitors and dozens of local, regional, and national organizations, primarily for programs related to the arts, education, and environment. We’re especially grateful for the strong community support for our mission-aligned programming, which we are working to expand in the year ahead.

In January, we are excited for the return of the Guggenheim’s Works & Process LaunchPad residencies, featuring street dance pioneer Chrybaby Cozie and ballroom icon Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington. Chrybaby Cozie and members of the renowned freestyle dance group Bomb Squad will be back, following their incredibly inspiring residency last February, while Washington’s company, MasterZ at Work Dance Family, will be developing new work here for the first time. Their latest project, 24/7 Diner, a finalist for the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, blends ballroom and street dance with theatrical storytelling to explore chosen family, resilience, and joy as acts of resistance. 

You can experience this new work, as well as work by NYC’s New Chamber Ballet, in development during a free public showing on Wednesday, January 7 at 4 pm in the Serkin Center Dance Studio. Follow the link to reserve your tickets (reservations required). Chrybaby Cozie & Harlem Lite Feet will also bring their new work, Chrysolation, to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth on January 7. Marlboro is Works & Process’ first residency partner in Vermont, and the largest. 

Later in January, we will welcome Marlboro Music participants David Bernat and Deborah Pae and their colleagues in the Formosa Quartet for the next Marlboro Music artist residency. This program brings outstanding chamber music ensembles to Marlboro throughout the year for deep creative work and performance opportunities. Each group in residence enjoys concentrated time together in a retreat-like environment where they can rehearse new programming and share the results of their work with our community. During their time on campus, the Formosa Quartet will dive deeply into a new program of music by Wynton Marsalis, Shelley Washington, and others and present a community concert on Wednesday, January 21 at 7 pm in Ragle Hall. Admission is free (reservations required). Follow this link for more information and to reserve your seats.

We love sharing these residency performances with you and deeply appreciate your enthusiasm and support for this program and our emerging artists. To help ensure the Marlboro Music Residencies continue, a generous donor has offered to match gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. If you’re interested in learning more about how you might help sustain and expand this important new program, or if you have any questions about it, please contact Kalya Yannatos, Marlboro Music’s managing director, at 802-258-9211 or [email protected].

This winter, we will also welcome back the Contemplative Semester, a three-month educational immersion program in meditation, community living, and nature connection for 18-25 year olds, and the Marlboro Nordic Ski Club. Our thanks to Spencer Knickerbocker for his dedication to the campus trail system and community programming. Additionally, we’re pleased to be collaborating with a number of organizations on individual events, from trainings and workshops to retreats and educational offerings.

Thank you for your interest in activities on campus, and for helping to spread the word about opportunities here. For more information on campus programming and rentals, please contact us at [email protected].