Bang on a Can at MASS MoCA | July 30, 2026
Bang on a Can brings LOUD Weekend back to MASS MoCA on July 30 — the most intellectually charged multi-day new music festival within reach of Upstate New York. This is contemporary classical at its most uncompromising.
Yo Yo Ma at Tanglewood | August 8, 2026
Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood on August 6 is one of the summer’s most significant classical bookings — an artist of rare depth in one of North America’s most beloved concert settings. An evening not to be rationalized away.
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti composed some of the most haunting, atmospheric music in film history, and his path to Hollywood ran through the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Best known for his collaborations with director David Lynch — including the iconic Twin Peaks theme, one of the most recognizable pieces of television music ever […]
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William Miller was born on July 4, 1911, in Rochester, New York, in a modest home on Sheridan Street near the Bausch & Lomb factory. The son of a Russian immigrant wrought iron worker and a former seamstress, Miller would rise from Rochester’s working-class neighborhoods to become one of the most powerful figures in […]
Elaine Lee Martone
Elaine Martone is the most decorated classical record producer in Upstate New York history, and one of the most accomplished women in the field globally. Born in Rochester, New York, Martone studied oboe and earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College with the ambition of joining a symphony orchestra. Instead, she found her […]
Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson did more to shape the sound and structure of American classical music than perhaps any figure of the twentieth century — and he did it from Rochester. As director of the Eastman School of Music for 40 years, Hanson transformed a promising regional conservatory into one of the world’s premier music institutions while […]
Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro Music Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary July 18-August 16, 2026 — chamber music at the highest level in the southern Vermont hills.
The Sembrich
The Sembrich opens its 2026 season May 23 at its lakeside museum in Bolton Landing — classical concerts, opera, films, and studio talks on the shores of Lake George.
Skaneateles Festival
The Skaneateles Festival presents four weeks of classical and chamber music July 30 through August 22, 2026. World-class performances on the shores of Skaneateles Lake.
Mostly Modern Festival
Two weeks of contemporary classical at Skidmore’s Zankel Music Center. The Mostly Modern Festival brings the music of our time to Saratoga Springs — new works, adventurous programming, intimate performances.