“After a hiatus last year due to the COVID pandemic, the American Music Festival has announced a comeback with four days of events at Albany’s Palace Theatre,” writes Danielle Monica in Wednesday’s (5/19) NYS Music. “Presented by the … Albany Symphony Orchestra and their music director David Alan Miller, the annual festival celebrates cutting-edge composers and musicians. This year, the festival will be held from June 10-13 and consist of a Composer Workshop Masterclass, outdoor neighborhood performances, and family activities. Other events include a First Draughts reading session … as well as performances from members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and the orchestra’s own Dogs of Desire [ensemble]. The festival will also feature works from composers Nina Shekhar, Clarice Assad, Molly Joyce, Christopher Theofanidis, Alexis Lamb, Kerwin Young, Bobby Ge, Jack Frerer, Carolyn Yarnell, and Tom Morrison, alongside other musicians. Many of the works will be premiered at the fest…. Concerts will have limited in-person attendance…. Livestream access will be available for free … on the Albany Symphony Orchestra website.” Scheduled world premieres at the festival include Nina Shekhar’s Above the Fray, Clarice Assad’s Folk Tales Double Guitar Concerto, Molly Joyce and Christopher Theofanidis’s Songs, and Alexis Lamb’s Serotiny.
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