Composer workshops and rehearsal readings, post-concert musical mingling at Evelyn’s Cafe, Dogs of Desire, the culminating Festival concert, recitals and more! All yours to explore and discover throughout Troy with your Festival Pass.
Dai Wei: (new work) (world premiere)
Francisco del Pino: (new work) (world premiere)
Nicky Sohn: Crossway (world premiere)
Juhi Bansal: Refuge (world premiere)
JURAKHAN: (new work) (world premiere)
Jack Frerer: Arrangements of hits by NY-born songwriters, including Just the Two of Us, If I Had a Hammer, and more
Following the Dogs of Desire performance, enjoy the sultry Brazilian rhythms of father-daughter duo Sérgio and Clarice Assad.
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 beverages from local upstate breweries.
Enjoy an afternoon recital of Broadway and American classics in Bush Memorial Hall.
Joan Tower: 1920/2019
Clarice Assad: Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Michael Gilbertson: Flute Concerto (world premiere)
Christopher Theofanidis: On the Bridge of the Eternal
More American song - Broadway and beyond - long and late into the night.
Native American composer Brent Michael Davids has composed a charming quartet about James Fenimore Cooper. Davids, who embraces indigenous themes and subjects in his music, considers Cooper’s ignorance of native culture in “The Last of the Mohicans” in this delightful work for string quartet, featuring members of your Albany Symphony. This event is featured as part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s Freedom Festival in collaboration with the American Music Festival.
