World premiere vocal performance of an original work for soloists, chorus, piano, and organ by composer C. Leonard Raybon. Inspired by Murder in a Mill Town by Swarthmore Professor Bruce Dorsey, American Martyr tells the tale of Sarah Maria Cornell – tossed about by her friends, family, and God – searching desperately for love and faith in a life cut short. In this new work, she is made whole, beatified. Presented by Swarthmore’s Music and History Departments.

2025 Sullivan County Arts and Heritage Grantees Ava Pressman and Jason Sherwin present a program of arias and art songs that explore the eras of the Revolutionary War and Delaware and Hudson Canal construction. Presented alongside presentations from John Conway, Sullivan County Historian.

The Swarthmore College Department of Music will celebrate 50 years of the Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program during Garnet Weekend 2025, which is also the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth Pollard Fetter's graduation from the College.

Ava is performing as a section leader with The Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, which opens its season with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and the U.S. premiere of Dominick DiOrio’s Vigil for Love, celebrating love in all its complexity.