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Next Generation Festival 2026

Next Generation Festival 2026
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Next Generation Festival 2026

We're gearing up for the 2nd annual Next Generation Festival. I hope you can join us. It will be held on Sunday, March 22, at 3, at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. This year we have ensembles from SUNY Schenectady, the University at Albany, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Queens College CUNY, SUNY New Paltz & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Music will include Telemann and Weelkes, the World Premiere of a Sonata by one of the performers, Smetena's Moldau and more. Support the next generation of musicians and music lovers, see this concert and see how a tv production is made.

https://www.troymusichall.org/events/2930/next-generation-festival-/

You can listen to a couple of performances from last year on No Ticket Required (Fridays at 2pm) on March 13th and 20th.

March 13
Mozart: Regina coeli, K.276
Barnum: The Long View. Marist University Chamber Singers; Christopher Wynkoop, piano; Sarah Williams, conductor.

March 20
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances. RPI Orchestra; Dr. Robert Whalen, conductor.

And here's the finished production from last year.
https://video.wmht.org/video/next-generation-music-festival-2025-ubtmy4/

Rob Brown comes from a musical family. His mother played piano and taught in this area for nearly 30 years. One uncle is a composer and brass player, one aunt is a professional accompanist and recitalist. And his grandfather had a record collection to rival WMHT’s. He started at WMHT as an intern in 1996. His first job was to go through the stacks of vinyl to make sure they were filed properly. He’s now the Music Director and is thrilled to continue in the “family business” and share more of our very favorite classical music from 1-4 every weekday and 11-3 on Sundays.