Community Calendar

Singers in grades 4-12 can audition to sing The Magic of Christmas with the Albany Symphony and WMHT’s Holiday Choirs. More information is available on our website CDYC. Org or on our Facebook page.

The Woodstock Symphony Orchestra celebrates the opening of season 47 with “Heroism & Celebration”, featuring works by Bizet and Beethoven.
The concert will be held on Saturday 09/26/26, 7:30 PM, at the Woodstock Playhouse, 4 Playhouse Lane, Woodstock NY 12498.
Tickets are available at https://www.woodstockplayhouse.org or by calling (845) 679-6900; Adults $40, Seniors and Veterans $35, and Students $10.
For information about the WSO, visit https://www.woodstocksymphony.org or call (845) 266-3517.

Clarion Concerts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing world-class chamber music to the Hudson Valley, New York region, will kick off its fall concert series with a performance by multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet, one of the most notable chamber ensembles in the world.

Since 1994, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition, awards and critical acclaim, and is celebrated for its “virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and fearless repertory choices.” The ensemble includes Simin Ganatra, violin, Austin Hartman, violin, Mark Holloway, viola, and Brandon Vamos, cello.

The concert will take place on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3PM, in Hudson’s historic Christ Church Episcopal, a Gothic revival structure designed by William G. Harrison and consecrated in 1857, and listed on the New York State and National Historic Registers.

The Friends of Music of Stamford, NY 40th Anniversary Season continues on Sunday, September 27, with a 3PM concert. Pegasus: The Orchestra returns to Stamford for its own special 10th Anniversary Season concert, From Within: Strings & Voices, an intimate string-orchestra program, co-sponsored by Robin Shoemaker.

Led by founder, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan, the concert features Pegasus in a 12-piece string orchestra formation, with concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini, principal oboist Noah Kay, and principal cellist Ari Evan appearing as soloists.

This event is generously hosted by the First Presbyterian Church at 96 Main Street, Stamford, NY. Admission is by donation at the door; the suggested donation is $15 per person, $10 for seniors & students. There is no charge for those under age 13. Cash or check only; no reservations or advance sales. Visit https://friendsmusic.org for more information about this concert and the rest of the Friends of Music 2026 season.

Conducting from the harpsichord in the first half, Karén Hakobyan leads Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, featuring Ruggero Allifranchini and Noah Kay. Ruggero Allifranchini then takes center stage in Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G Major, a work of Classical grace and refined virtuosity.

After intermission, Ari Evan is featured in Azarashvili’s Concerto for Violoncello and String Orchestra, a lyrical and deeply expressive work for cello and strings. Noah Kay returns as soloist in Bach’s Sinfonia “Arioso” from Cantata BWV 156, before Pegasus closes the printed program with Britten’s spirited Simple Symphony. As a celebratory encore, the orchestra performs the Prelude from Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

Celebrate the musical arc of America with chamber ensembles of the HVSO. Journey with us through folk-inspired works by Florence Price to the jazzy themes of George Gershwin, from introspection and nostalgia of Samuel Barber's Summer Music and Charles Ives' Unanswered Question to the rollicking Hoe Down by Aaron Copland!

The concert features a woodwind quintet, a string ensemble, and a brass quintet, giving listeners an opportunity to hear members of the HVSO up close in the beautiful and intimate theatre at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center.

This is a special fundraising event. Sponsors will be invited to a reception following the performance with champagne and light bites to celebrate the opening of the season with members of the orchestra.

Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 3:00 pm
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, VBI Theatre
12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

Experience an afternoon of Beethoven with acclaimed violinist Pinchas Zukerman and pianist Shai Wosner, performing three of Beethoven’s celebrated violin sonatas on Sunday, October 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Katherine M. Elfers Hall. Free and open to the public.

Renowned violinist Siqing Lu returns to Elfers Hall for the Hotchkiss Philharmonic Orchestra’s season-opening concert, featuring an all-Sibelius program conducted by Artistic Director Fabio Witkowski. The program includes the Karelia Suite, Andante Festivo, and Violin Concerto in D Minor. Saturday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

True to Odyssey Opera's tradition of resurrecting forgotten or under-performed masterpieces, this unique, one-night-only program offers audiences a rare glimpse into the Second New England School. Program includes three rarely heard works written at the turn of the 20th Century: Lamia (1908), a lush orchestral tone poem by Edward MacDowell; Jephthah’s Daughter (1903), a dramatic concert aria by Amy Beach featuring acclaimed soprano Sarah Coburn; Il Padrone (1912), the highly anticipated Boston premiere of the opera by George Whitefield Chadwick featuring a stellar cast including soprano Toni Marie Palmertree, mezzo-soprano, Kate Aldrich, baritone Troy Cook, mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel, tenor John Viscardi, and soprano Sarah Coburn.

Our fall season at Union College begins with a special collaboration by an American new music icon and the MacArthur-winning composer and jazz pianist. The dynamic duo performs solo works with the NY premiere of our co-commission reflecting upon peoples’ lives today.

Bach: D-minor Partita, BWV 1004
Iyer: Scenes of Living & Dying: Part 1
Iyer: Segment for Sentiment No. 2
Iyer: Ghostrumental
Iyer: Children of Flint
Iyer: Kite (for Refaat Alareer)
Iyer: Scenes of Living & Dying, Part 2: The Betweens (co-commission)

Inspired by Emma Lazarus’s sonnet “The New Colossus,” immortalized beside the Statue of Liberty, A Lifted Lamp celebrates the diverse voices and musical traditions that have shaped America.

Journey with Albany Pro Musica across centuries, continents, and languages through music of longing, resilience, hope, and belonging—and toward the unfinished, ever-hopeful American promise of freedom and opportunity: a beacon of light in a dark world.

A Lifted Lamp offers both inspiration and invitation. The program moves from the expansive optimism of the opening work, Norman Dello Joio's "A Jubilant Song," through pieces touching on German, Irish, Korean, Puerto Rican, and Haitian traditions. The second half is built around Lazarus's poem itself, and includes a setting of "The New Colossus" by APM’s composer-in-residence Robert Paterson, along with works by Joel Thompson, Rafael Amor, Rosephanye Powell, Ysaye Barnwell, and Moses Hogan. The concert closes with Frank La Rocca's arrangement of Samuel Ward’s "America the Beautiful" and Irving Berlin's "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor," arranged by Roy Ringwald. The collegiate choruses from the University at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and SUNY Schenectady will join APM for this finale, offering a memorable close to this inspiring performance.

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Join us after the concert for a Global Food Fair!

Albany Pro Musica is pleased to partner with The Arts Center of the Capital Region and several Troy restaurants, including Sunhee’s Farm and Kitchen and The Seasonings House, to showcase Troy’s vibrant global food community. Join us for conversation, reflection, and an activity that unites people across the world: breaking bread, together. Separate ticket required.