Concerts

Spring 2023 Concerts

All events are in the SUNY Schenectady Carl B. Taylor Auditorium and free unless otherwise indicated.

Professional Concerts

Friday, January 27
4:00 p.m.
Musicians of Ma'alwyck

Thursday, February 16
7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Series - Spotlight on Alumni

Niamh Paris '20
Iida Nyman '17
Rebecca Schmid '17

Performing works by Beethoven
Sonata in C major, Op. 53, Waldstein
Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110

Wednesday, March 8
12:00 p.m.
Musicians of Ma'alwyck

Celestial Melodies, celebrating the music of William Herschel, musician and astronomer, and featuring Invocations, a new piece inspired by the NASA data sonification project by composer Max Caplan, Faculty Member in the School of Music. Performers: Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, Director and Violin; Sten Isachsen, Guitar and Mandolin, and Norman Thibodeau, Flute, all members of the School of Music Faculty.

Thursday, March 23
7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Series - Spotlight on Faculty
Joseph Han, baritone
Mark Evans, piano
Performing Winterreise By Franz Schubert

Sunday, March 26
3:00 p.m.
Capital Region Wind Ensemble Annual Side-by-Side Concert
$10 Adult, $8 student, $5 child under 10
SUNY Schenectady students are free with ID

This year the concert will feature H. Owen Reed’s La Fiesta Mexicana. Featured soloist will be Paul Quigley, guitar. Additional works by John J. Morrissey, Stephen Goss, Frank Duarte, and John Philip Sousa

Wednesday, March 29
7:30 p.m.
Marimba Concert

Monday, April 3
7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Series - John Kamitsuka, piano
Performing works by Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, and Beethoven

Student Performances

Thursday, March 9
7:30 p.m.
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra
Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12222
Advanced tickets: $5 general public/$3 students, seniors, and UAlbany faculty/staff
Day of show tickets: $10 general public/$8 students, seniors, and UAlbany faculty/staff
Buy UAlbany Symphony Orchestra tickets online.

Monday, April 24
12:00 p.m.
Guitar & Bass Recital

Wednesday, April 26
12:00 p.m.
Wind & Strings Recital

Wednesday, April 26
7:30 p.m.
Jazz Combos Concert

Thursday, April 27
7:30 p.m.
Chamber Ensemble

Friday, April 28
7:30 p.m.
Vocal Chamber Ensemble
First Reformed Church of Scotia, 224 N. Ballston Ave., Scotia, N.Y. 12302

Sunday, April 30
3:00 p.m.
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra
Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12222
Advanced tickets: $5 general public/$3 students, seniors, and UAlbany faculty/staff
Day of show tickets: $10 general public/$8 students, seniors, and UAlbany faculty/staff
Buy UAlbany Symphony Orchestra tickets online.

Monday, May 1
12:00 p.m.
Piano & Percussion Recital

Monday, May 1
7:30 p.m.
Chorus

Wednesday, May 3
12:00 p.m.
Voice Recital

Wednesday, May 3
7:30 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble

Friday, May 5
7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble

Monday, May 8
12:00 p.m.
Digital Music and Beat Production Recital

Monday, May 8
7:30 p.m.
Guitar Ensemble

YouTube Concerts Featuring Students and Alumni

SUNY Schenectady Brass Ensemble

SUNY Schenectady Wind Ensemble

Read about the concert series in The Daily Gazette.

Music of the Masters

Niamh Schmid, Piano

School of Music Protocols

The School of Music recruits three to four student ushers for each concert/event. Ushers are instructed in all protocols like masking and socially distanced seating in the auditorium and then remind and assist audience members as they get seated. Ushers are also provided a clicker to keep track of attendance and close the doors if a 240 capacity is reached. 
All non-student performers must provide evidence of vaccination to the Dean of the School of Music or his designee; the Dean then emails files to Human Resources. Non-vaccinated performers are not invited to participate in campus performances.
All doors are opened before and after the event to promote optimal ventilation; this includes the outside door for the stage loading dock.
Extracurricular activities including student performances: Attendance capped at a 240-seating capacity.  
Social distancing signage is posted in the auditorium to instruct audience members to leave at least 6' between other audience members with whom they are not already in a "bubble," this is a pod concept that allows families to sit together but not strangers.
Workshops will limit capacity to 120 participants in the auditorium to allow for participatory activities; this is purposely smaller than performances since participants will not just be seated for the entirety of the event.