Classical/Showtunes

With each new year comes the promise of new music, and this year is also the start of a new decade. To usher in the new era, musician Jake Bellissimo has collaborated with legendary composer Gerald Busby on a new song, “The Budding of…

Review and photos by Jenn March It’s not every day you get an education and a show in one sitting, much less for free. But Saratoga Performing Arts Center is full of surprises — that’s because they love their proud little city. That…

The Tanglewood 2020 season has been announced with a range of festival favorites and brand new faces. The 12 programs start on June 19 and run through the entire summer, wrapping up on Aug. 30. The BSO’s $25 tickets for attendees…

Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble is a dynamically evolving 21st century orchestra with a dedication to creating a future for classical music both of and for the times we live in. Founder and conductor Andrew Cyr, who has been…

Since 1988, on the second Tuesday of each month, the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall’s free Music @ Noon concert series has presented exceptional musicians with a diverse mix of musical styles. This season, a phenomenal…

Members of the Empire State Youth Orchestra shut down the house with a robust symphony performance of four classical pieces at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Saturday night. As the musicians took to the stage, excitement rose in the…

Hamilton Leithauser January 14 – 18 Singer-songwriter Hamilton Leithauser returns to Café Carlyle for his third annual winter residency. The native New Yorker is currently putting the finishing touches on…

Pete Townshend and Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff will bring The Who’s Tommy back to Broadway in 2021. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of The Who’s Tommy, which tells the story of a young boy traumatized into deafness and blindness, yet has…

After 32 years Childsplay, comprised with some of the world's best fiddle players, announced they would be going on tour for the last time. The short six-stop-tour across the Northeast starts in November and will include a performance at …

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Bandstandwill roll out a coast to coast tour starting October 25 in Oklahoma City, OK. This tour comes after this smash- hit spent 2017 on Broadway. During the residency it was nominated for three…