EMPAC

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…

The TOPOS Music Festival returns to Rensselaer from Aug. 28-30 with commissioned world premieres and rare productions set to take place. The festival will take place at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts…

2023 marks EMPAC's (Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)15th year of commissions, artist residencies, and public programs at the Center for Arts and Technology. The renowned institute…

A standing ovation welcomed Del McCoury and David Grisman to the stage shortly after 8pm on December 10. The duo best known as Del & Dawg began their 50th anniversary show on the same RPI campus with “Feast Here Tonight,” a tune by the…

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…