2025-2026

The ASO celebrates 125 years of Louis Armstrong with a program of his lesser-recorded works, curated by longtime orchestra member Louis Bruno. The set list includes Cool Cart Blues, Don’t Forget to Mess Around, Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya, If We Never Meet Again, and New Orleans Stomp. Featuring Alphonso Horne (trumpet), Zoe Obadia (saxophone and clarinet), Ron Wilkins…

Following a 2023 commission for the ASO’s Chamber Series, percussionist-composer Javier Diaz — whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights — curates “Contrapunto Musical”: Musical Counterpoint between Cuba and the United States, a selection of chamber music programs that highlight the rich musical history of Cuba and its influence…

In 2026—200 years following the death of Carl Maria von Weber, a decisive figure in the development of German opera in the Romantic period—the American Symphony Orchestra takes on the composer’s seminal opera Der Freischütz (1821), performed with a twist: in place of the original opera, the ASO presents Hector Berlioz’s version of the work,…

The ASO continues its celebration of Louis Armstrong with a first-time performance in partnership with Bronx Music Hall the day before the legendary trumpeter’s 125th birthday. Curated by longtime orchestra member Louis Bruno, the ASO Jazz Ensemble will perform a program of his lesser-recorded works including Cool Cart Blues, Don’t Forget to Mess Around, Hear Me Talkin’…

A hypnotic blend of myth, melodrama, and psychological intrigue, Richard Strauss’s seldom heard The Egyptian Helen (Die ägyptische Helena) receives a lavish, rare U.S. staging at Bard SummerScape. Botstein, and his annual opera production at Bard, seem more invaluable by the year. —The New York Times Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal reimagine the Helen myth, set in the…

The ASO celebrates 125 years of Louis Armstrong with a program of his lesser-recorded works, curated by longtime orchestra member Louis Bruno. The set list includes Cool Cart Blues, Don’t Forget to Mess Around, Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya, If We Never Meet Again, and New Orleans Stomp. Featuring Alphonso Horne (trumpet), Zoe Obadia (saxophone and clarinet), Ron Wilkins (trombone…

For the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, the American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the forging of an American musical identity in the 19th century with a diverse program of seldom performed scores. The concert’s centerpiece is George Bristow’s massive “Niagara” symphony in its first performance since the work’s world premiere. The program begins with two…

The American Symphony Orchestra joins Francesco Lanzillotta for a festive gala concert featuring stars of the opera world: Sondra Radvanovsky, Thomas Hampson, Asmik Grigorian, Nadine Sierra, Brian Jagde, and Anita Monserrat. The program features a carefully curated selection of operatic masterpieces and works infused with the spirit of Christmas and holiday cheer. Presented by Winstag Production OÜ

Following last season’s sold-out concert “Bach at St. Bart’s,” the ASO returns to the venue where its founder, world-renowned conductor Leopold Stokowski, began his U.S. music career. The acclaimed Bard Festival Chorale joins the orchestra for this performance of two rarely performed scores. Peter Cornelius, known primarily for his comic opera Der Barber von Bagdad,…

A string quartet of American Symphony Orchestra musicians performs works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and Antonín Dvořák, each reflecting a unique perspective on the American musical experience. Perkinson’s String Quartet No. 1 blends classical form with elements of jazz—a truly American genre—reflecting the vibrancy and depth of Black American music. Still’s Lyric Quartette…