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The Roundtable

Flute soloist Brandon Patrick George to perform at the American Music Festival and Tannery Pond Concerts

By Joe Donahue

Published June 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM EDT

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Brandon Patrick George

Brandon Patrick George is a leading flute soloist and Grammy Award-winning chamber musician. He is in our region for this weekend’s American Music Festival in Troy. He will also perform at Tannery Pond concerts on June 22nd and has a new album "Twofold."

He has been hailed as a “knockout musician with a gorgeous sound” by The Philadelphia whose repertoire extends from the Baroque era to today. He is the flutist of Imani Winds and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, among others.

Brandon Patrick George joins us along with Albany Symphony's Education & Community Engagement Coordinator Lily Whiteman.

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