American Music Festival Water Music NY: More Voices - June 7 through 9, 2024

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.

The Albany Symphony is commemorating the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal through music and stories, raising more voices to tell untold stories about the past, present, and future of the Erie Canal. Over the next three years, composers, artists, and communities will create compelling music and art for all to share along New York State Canal waterways.

Film Music Festival - October 5 through 8, 2023

Albany Symphony kicks off its 2023-24 season with a Film Music Festival Weekend October 5th through 8th in Albany and Troy. Thursday Oct. 5 at 7:30pm, pianist Kevin Cole returns to the Capital Region for an intimate Hollywood Cabaret solo recital featuring beloved favorite songs from the Golden Age of film at the Troy Saving Bank Music Hall. On Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7:30pm, Music Director David Alan Miller leads the ASO in Soundtrack NY, a concert featuring selections from West Side Story, King Kong, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and more at Albany’s Palace Theatre. On Sunday, Oct. 8, at 7:30pm, rocker Tommy Tallarico and his band join the Symphony for Video Games Live, an immersive music experience featuring music and videos from World of Warcraft, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Halo, Skyrim, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts and more at the Palace.

Convergence Festival - June 7 through July 3, 2023

The 2023 American Music Festival: Convergence celebrates the latest in musical innovation, featuring an array of premieres and performances in the exploration of Black American art forms. As part of a three-year collaborative project, Convergence, brings together the Symphony, an array of performers and organizations from across the Capital Region, and nationally acclaimed artistic partners to engage in various Black artistic disciplines relating to the breadth of American culture, new music, and meaningful community-building work.

Funded in part with generous investment from the Carl E. Touhey Foundation, Convergence builds broad awareness of our contemporary world while working to expose and eliminate bias through artistic inquiry and musical creation.

Convergence has and will continue to bring together members of our community, and deepen our understanding of and appreciation for art that radiates from it. Convergence is building bridges between cultures, fostering collaboration, opening up dialogue, and sparking a renewed sense of creativity here in our shared community. Experience this important project in action as we work together toward ever-increasing inclusiveness, vitality and resonance in the Capital Region.

TrailBlaze NY Festival - June 2 through July 3, 2022

TrailBlaze NY celebrates the completion of New York’s Empire State Trail—750 miles of cycling, walking, and hiking trails alongside the state’s most significant waterways. Over five weekends and across nine counties, the Albany Symphony will present free new music concerts, multimedia art, interactive family fun, and recreation events to thousands of people along New York’s scenic trails and rivers.

American Music Festival - June 10 through June 13, 2021

The 2021 American Music Festival features an array of new music, from the world premieres of several commissions for our Symphony’s season finale and the latest appearance of our genre-bending ensemble Dogs of Desire, to a chance to follow composers and their growing works up through our “First Draughts” Reading Session. In appreciation of the adventurous spirit that has carried all of us through the great challenges of 2020, we are throwing open our digital doors and inviting everyone to experience the American Music Festival from anywhere and everywhere.

Clara Schumann Festival - January 9 through January 12, 2020

A piano prodigy, trailblazing composer, famous teacher, devoted wife, and loving mother- explore the life and legacy of Clara Schumann while her music resonates through historic Downtown Troy.

American Music Festival - Sing Out! New York - May 30 through June 9, 2019

THIS IS MORE THAN MUSIC YOU HEAR — IT’S MUSIC YOU FEEL! Experience more than 55 new or recent works by 38 American composers, including 27 world premiere performances celebrating New York’s leading role in the struggle for equal rights.

SHIFT Festival - April 11 through April 13, 2018

From Capital to Capital: The Albany Symphony makes their Kennedy Center Debut at SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras. Travel alongside the orchestra and enjoy Springtime in Washington D.C. with the Albany Symphony.

American Music Festival - Musical Tributaries - May 31 through June 3, 2018

Experience the beauty and artistry of the Albany Symphony at the American Music Festival, a bold weekend festival of innovative concerts and artistic happenings around Troy, NY. Hear thrilling new works come to life and witness for yourself how the Albany Symphony and Grammy® Award-winning Maestro David Alan Miller are reshaping America's musical landscape.

American Music Festival - May 31 through June 4, 2017

The American Music Festival is a bold, five-day festival of innovative concerts and artistic happenings across Troy, NY. Experience thrilling new works by living American composers and cross-genre artists. Witness for yourself how the Albany Symphony and Grammy-winning Maestro David Alan Miller are reshaping the nation’s musical future!

Water Music NY - July 2 through July 8, 2017

Water Music NY is a cross-regional celebration of the bicentennial of New York’s Erie Canal, developed and presented by the Albany Symphony in close collaboration with the New York State Canal Corporation. The project consists of a week-long barge journey on the Erie Canal from July 2 to July 8, performing free concerts in seven canal communities along the way. The Symphony will collaborate with local art groups to debut seven original world premieres by emerging composers, as it stops in Albany, Schenectady, Amsterdam, Little Falls, Baldwinsville, Brockport and Lockport.

Read the New York Times feature: Hell or High Water, an Orchestra Celebrates the Erie Canal - The New York Times (nytimes.com)