Schedule:

Wednesday, June 7, 2023
    
7:30 PM 8:30 PM:Gone in a Phrase of Air

Location:The Egg Agency Building 1 S Mall Arterial Albany, NY, 12210

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

2:00 PM 3:00 PM:Composer Masterclass

Location:EMPAC Studio Beta 44 8th Street Troy, NY, 12180

free and open to the public

Watch and listen as composer and professor Christopher Theofanidis works with talented composers on honing their craft as part of his weeklong AMF workshop Orchestrating for the 21st Century. Hear how it all comes together on Sunday night at First Draughts Reading Sessions.

5:30 PM 6:30 PM:Thrive & Survive Dance Workshop

Location:Sanctuary for Independent Media 3361 6th Avenue Troy, NY

free and open to the public

Dance and learn in an immersive Afro-Caribbean dance lesson with Convergence Curating Artists Adia Tamar Whitaker and Guy de Chalus. No experience necessary, all are welcome.

Friday, June 9, 2023

7:30 PM 8:30 PM:Dogs of Desire

Dogs of Desire

David Alan Miller, conductor

Horacio Fernández: Unruly (world premiere)

Marie A. Douglas: The Candidate (world premiere)

Kyle Rivera: (new work) (world premiere)

Christian Quiñones: (new work) (world premiere)

Jack Frerer: TBA

Location:EMPAC at RPI 44 8th Street Troy, NY, 12180

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9:30 PM 10:30 PM:Late Night Lounge: A Love Letter to Hip-Hop

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop with a love song set list spun by DJs from Collectiveffort.

Location:Evelyn's Cafe at EMPAC 44 8th Street Troy, NY

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Saturday, June 10, 2023

12:00 PM 1:00 PM:Have K(NO!)w Fear: A Bluessical

A free outdoor community performance by À?? Dance Theatre Collective, which specializes in dance from the African Diaspora, and Albany Symphony musicians. HKF is a reimagining of ritual dance theater as an action of protest, prayer, and healing. HKF moves the audiences out of the concert hall and into multiple street locations and a world where embodied culture speaks, sings, and moves without fear. Join Adia Tamar Whitaker, dancers from the À?? Dance Theatre Collective, and musicians from the Albany Symphony for a free Afro-Caribbean music and movement event bringing together elements of Whitaker’s work from her Convergence residency.

Location:Monument Square 251 River Street Troy, NY, 1218

9:30 PM 10:30 PM:Late Night Lounge: DBR

Free With Festival Pass

An intimate performance by composer and violinist DBR (Daniel Bernard Roumain), hailed by The New York Times as “about as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets.”

Admission:$10
    
Location:Evelyn's Cafe at EMPAC 44 8th Street Troy, NY, 12180

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Sunday, June 11, 2023
    
7:30 PM 9:30 PM:First Draughts: Reading Session & Beer Tasting

From the composer’s imagination to the concert hall, watch as emerging composers have their newest works performed for the first time. 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.

Location:Bush Memorial Hall 51 1st Street Troy, NY, 12180

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

3:00pm - Albany Symphony Quintet Performance
    
Location:Auburn, NY Auburn, NY 13021

Friday, June 30, 2023

5:00pm - Albany Symphony Quintet Performance

Location:Sojourner Truth State Park 100 Sojourner Truth Way Kingston, NY 12401

Date: June 7 - 30,2023

Location: Experimental Media And Performing Arts Center, 44 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180

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