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SUMMARY:Albany Pro Musica Choir & Mostly Modern Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Tonight features the Albany Pro Musica Choir and Maestro José Daniel Flores-Caraballo. This is a brand-new three year collaboration with Albany Pro Musica and the Mostly Modern Festival. This concert also features our concerto winner\, Ethan Pound\, in Tomasi’s Concerto for Trombone\, as well as special guest from Mexico City\, handpan percussionist Diego Alfonso\, featured in Robert Paterson’s KAMA. The program starts with Johanny Navarro\, who is a fantastic Puerto Rican composer\, and the evening ends with Morten Lauridsen’s breathtaking Lux Aeterna. \nConductor José Daniel Flores-Caraballo\, Albany Pro Musica\nMMOrchestra & Albany Pro Musica\nJOHANNY NAVARRO Marejada de los muertos\nHENRI TOMASI Concerto pour Trombone\, with soloist Ethan Pound\n                 ~Intermission~\nROBERT PATERSON KAMA\, with soloist Diego Alfonso on handpan\nMORTEN LAURIDSEN Lux Aeterna \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nFamily friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/albany-pro-musica-choir-mostly-modern-orchestra/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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SUMMARY:Mostly Modern Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Tonight brings brand-new premieres with “hot-off-the-press” pieces\, featuring composers of all ages and backgrounds from across the globe\, all in the audience. Mostly Modern Ensemble features our world class faculty performing everything up close and personal from the piano to cello to clarinet to harp and much more. New this year — Audience Choice Awards — pick your favorite of the night via QR code! \nOWEN AXELBERD Points of Imitation* \nSTEPHEN CABELL^ Nocturne in Parallax \nJULIA CROSSON Fountain of Splendor \nDONALD GRANTHAM^ Black-Eyed Suzie \nJEN IMPEY Rumination on a Festering Rage* \nOLIVIA JONES chimes on the wall* \nVIVIAN LE As Far As You Can Go* \nROBERT PATERSON^ Three Goddesses \nNIKOLAS SCHEIBER-LOEIS Gray Echoes* \nIAN WIESE The Magic Place* \nGARRETT WOODBURY Four Bagatelles* \n*World Premieres | ^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nPROGRAM ORDER TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM STAGE.  PROGRAM AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nAll concerts family friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/mostly-modern-ensemble/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T160000
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SUMMARY:The FAB5
DESCRIPTION:This afternoon celebrates FAB5’s tracks from their very 1st album\, along with brand new premieres. The FAB5 is a string quartet with famed-percussionist Diego Alfonso coming all the way from Mexico City! This matinee is a great choice for families\, kids and seniors ~ classical and pop music all come together for a very special afternoon. Explore the FAB5 here – Digital\, Vinyl and CDs will be for sale at the show! \nROBERT PATERSON^ Wound Up \nMARK KIM-MULGREW Secaucus Junction* \nRYAN RAGSDALE Backfire* \nMENA WILLIAMS …and the Kitchen Sink* \n~intermission~ \nROBERT PATERSON^ Unwind \n*World Premieres | ^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \n2ND HALF OF PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM STAGE. \nPROGRAM AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. \nFAB5\nVictoria Paterson\, violin\nErica Dicker\, violin\nBenjamin von Gutzeit\, viola\nDave Eggar\, cello\nDiego Alfonso\, percussion\n \nSpecial guest singer Cassandra Kubinski \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nFamily friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/the-fab5/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T213000
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SUMMARY:Mostly Modern Brass
DESCRIPTION:Strike up the band with Mostly Modern Brass! Always hugely fun and a popular choice for everyone. Brand-new premieres alongside standard fare make this a perfect evening. These brass players are Grammy® winners from the New York City Ballet to Imani Winds\, to Broadway to the United States Naval Academy Band  – stars of the brass world bring their A-Game – not to be missed! \nSTEPHEN CABELL^ Book of Spells \nWYATT FOX Silhouettes* \nCHRISTOPHER JESSUP Ice Memory* \nYUNQI LI Footless Bird* \nROBERT PATERSON^ Shine \nMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Street Song \nDAVID YUDIS Apocalyptic Transformation* \n*World Premieres | ^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nPROGRAM ORDER TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM STAGE. \nPROGRAM AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. \nMostly Modern Brass\nWayne Dumaine\, trumpet\nDavy DeArmond\, trumpet\nKevin Newton\, horn\nBradley Kerns\, trombone\nDan Peck\, tuba \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nFamily friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/mostly-modern-brass/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T193000
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SUMMARY:Mostly Modern Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Tonight brings brand-new premieres with “hot-off-the-press” pieces\, featuring composers of all ages and backgrounds from across the globe\, all in the audience. Mostly Modern Ensemble features our world class faculty performing everything up close and personal from the piano to cello to clarinet to harp and much more. New this year — Audience Choice Awards — pick your favorite of the night via QR code! \nJEFF BEAL^ Almost Morning \nSASCHA BURHOP just passing by…* \nNATALIE DIETTERICH^ trance \nROSHANNE ETEZADY^ Fixations \nSIMON GERLACH Divergent Recollections* \nANH KIEU petrichor* \nFRANCISCO MATTE What Remains* \nROBERT PATERSON^ Fanfare for Six Trumpets \nZIV PINCO Rhapsody in Red* \nJOHN WIESE From Nothing\, to Nothing* \n*World Premieres | ^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nPROGRAM ORDER TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM STAGE. \nPROGRAM AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nAll concerts family friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/mostly-modern-ensemble-2/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T180000
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SUMMARY:PETER & THE WOLF and THE BELL\, starring Daniel Reichard from Jersey Boys
DESCRIPTION:This afternoon features Peter & The Wolf  by Sergei Prokofiev and The Bell by Robert Paterson\, with the story by Hans Christian Anderson. This matinee is the perfect show for everyone: a warm welcome into the magical world of classical music. Starring Daniel Reichard from The Jersey Boys\, this program is a “must see” essential on your list. Also featuring Grant O’Brien\, who is currently the JoAnn Falletta Conducting Fellow for the Buffalo Philharmonic\, Grant O’Brien grew up in upstate NY and lived on the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservation near Buffalo\, a proud member of the Seneca Nation (Cattaraugus Territory\, Heron Clan). \nROBERT PATERSON^ The Bell \n~Intermission~ \nSERGEI PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf \nArtists: \nMOSTLY MODERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA \nGrant O’Brien\, Conductor \nDaniel Reichard\, Narrator \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nFamily friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/peter-the-wolf-and-the-bell-starring-daniel-reichard-from-the-jersey-boys/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T160000
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SUMMARY:Mostly Modern Orchestra & Ravel's LA VALSE
DESCRIPTION:Another matinee perfect for families\, senior and all ages 5+! See and hear the orchestra for the first time or come as a Mostly Modern dedicated fan. This afternoon features the harp with our Concerto Competition winner\, Sophie Kim\, performing Kaija Saariaho’s Trans for Harp & Orchestra. Maestro David Amado returns to conduct the world premiere of Robert Paterson’s Celestial Harmonics and the program ends featuring the fabulous Mostly Modern Orchestra in Maurice Ravel’s La Valse. \nConductor David Amado\nMMOrchestra\nBrand-new composer work to be announced from the stage\nKAIJA SAARIAHO Trans for Harp & Orchestra\, soloist Sophie Kim\n        ~Intermission~\nROBERT PATERSON^ Celestial Harmonics*\nMAURICE RAVEL La Valse \n*World Premieres | ^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nPROGRAM AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nAll concerts family friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/mostly-modern-orchestra-ravels-la-valse/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T213000
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SUMMARY:Euclid String Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Tonight brings brand-new premieres with “hot-off-the-press” pieces\, featuring composers of all ages and backgrounds from across the globe\, all in the audience. The Euclid Quartet returns to Mostly Modern featuring the string family\, with everything up close\, intimate and simply breathtaking. New this year — Audience Choice Awards — pick your favorite of the night via QR code. \nROBERT PATERSON^ String Quartet No. 1 \nPATERSON String Quartet No. 2 \n~intermission~ \nPATERSON String Quartet No. 3 \nArtists: \nEUCLID QUARTET \nJamerson Cooper\, violin \nAviva Hakanoglue\, violin \nLuis Enrique Vargas\, viola \nJustin Goldsmith\, cello \n^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nPROGRAM AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nAll concerts family friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/euclid-string-quartet/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T213000
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SUMMARY:Season Finale ~ Mostly Modern Orchestra & Gershwin's AMERICAN IN PARIS
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Season Finale as we conclude our season with George Gershwin’s American in Paris. World Premiere of Robert Paterson’s Cocktail Concerto featuring soloist Christopher Creviston. Maestro Aram Demarjian returns to Saratoga Springs to give you a perfect evening of summer music as we conclude our 7th season! \nBrand-new composer work to be announced from the stage\nROBERT PATERSON^ Alto Saxophone Concerto\, “Cocktail Concerto”\n~Intermission~\nARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2\nGEORGE GERSHWIN American in Paris \n^MMF 2026 Composition Faculty \nArtists: \nMOSTLY MODERN ORCHESTRA \nAram Demarjian\, Conductor \nChristopher Creviston\, Saxophone \nBar opens 30 minutes before showtime\nFamily friendly\, ages 5+ welcome\nFree Parking\nWalk Ups welcome ~ best to buy tickets pre show to secure your seats\nKids under 12 are 1/2 price!
URL:https://mostlymodernfestival.org/event/season-finale-mostly-modern-orchestra-gershwins-american-in-paris/
LOCATION:Arthur Zankel Music Center\, 815 N Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mostly Modern Festival USA
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