Feel the rhythm of the Hudson River at Albany’s Historic Lock 1 – Jennings Landing with Chicago’s GRAMMY-award winning Third Coast Percussion quartet. Their mission is to inspire and educate through the creation of exciting and unexpected musical experiences. 

Third Coast Percussion's vision is a world-wide audience that embraces creativity, curiosity, and community through music. 

Bring a picnic and your lawn chairs or blanket to enjoy a perfect summer’s evening along the Hudson River!

Peek behind the curtain as Music Director David Alan Miller and the orchestra explore the creative process of refining the concert program. 

The Summer Soiree is an annual fundraising event featuring a Silent Auction, Live Auction, Fund a Need, and Standing Ovation Awards. Join us for dinner and drinks immediately following the Dogs of Desire concert to support your Albany Symphony!

Be inspired by chamber music that explores unique stories to commemorate the Erie Canal bicentennial, featuring vocalists MaryNell Morgan, Britt Hewitt and Devony Smith.

Clarice Assad: Earth and Water

Juhi Bansal: Refuge

Francisco del Pino: Orenda

Selections from Liberty Minstrel

Presented in Partnership with the Underground Railroad Education Center

Join vocalists Britt Hewitt and Devony Smith for an intimate evening of genre-bending music. With works by Meredith Monk and Jake Landau, heartfelt originals, jazz standards, and unexpected pop duets.

From the composer’s imagination to the concert hall, watch as emerging composers have their newest works performed for the first time. Music Director David Alan Miller, composer Christopher Theofanidis, and musicians of the Albany Symphony guide each new voice through the challenges of composing in the 21st Century. In between the readings, sample new craft brews from SingleCut Beersmiths. 

The Palace Theatre, together with The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. & Social Club and Albany Symphony, presents Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Musical Celebration featuring the Howard University Gospel Choir, Tuesday, June 17, 7:30pm. Award-winning actress, singer, and storyteller Barbara Howard will emcee an evening of performances that celebrate black performing artists throughout history. In addition to the internationally renowned Howard University Gospel Choir, the evening features the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Empire State Youth Orchestra, and the Albany Symphony. This special evening of music is part of a week-long series of activities in Albany to commemorate the effective end of slavery in the United States. Residents and visitors are invited to lift their voices to celebrate freedom, unity, diversity, and Black history and culture.