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Troy Story: A Podcast for the Collar City have released a special episode revisiting Ozzy Osbourne’s thrilling concert at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s (RPI) Houston Field House in the Collar City on January 27, 1996, part of the…

A symposium that revisits and reflects on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) connection to the Erie Canal featuring a series of musical performances will be held on Friday, November 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the…

From August 28–30, Troy, NY will hold the 2025 TOPOS Music Festival, a program of experimental music presented by EMPAC at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at RPI.  Topos comes from the Greek word…

Empire State Youth Orchestra (ESYO) is set to present an inspiring lineup of performances this March, showcasing the power of collaboration, artistic exchange, and the exceptional musicianship of its young performers. From the…

On Oct. 16, at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at RPI in Troy, a free and open-to-the-public performance and workshop of The Other Side of Silence will be presented. This new opera is created with…

Ronnie James Dio, the Cortland native and heavy metal legend, brought his band DIO to the RPI Fieldhouse in Troy 35 years ago today, September 4, 1985. This was the second Albany-area appearance by Dio with his solo band - he’d played…

A small yet well-known engineering school in Upstate NY isn't somewhere that would be expected to produce the talent to perform at a world class concert hall. However, that's what happened at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 24 when Rensselaer…

The roots of bluegrass travel from Appalachia through Kentucky in the 1940s, but the origin of one of the most famous duos in bluegrass history is found in New York. On Saturday, December 10, Del McCoury and David Grisman, better known as…

Pauline Oliveros, experimental composer, electronic music innovator, accordionist, pioneer of the Deep Listening philosophy and Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, passed away Thanksgiving Day at…

It’s been over two years since music filled the historic RPI Houston Field House. That all changed in a big way when Passion Pit and Matt & Kim partied with several thousand of their closest fans. We can only hope this will be the first…