Upcoming Performances
Dalibor at Bard SummerScape
July 25 – Aug 3
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Set against a backdrop of medieval intrigue, Dalibor follows its titular tragic hero…
Bard Music Festival — Program 9
Aug 16
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
PROGRAM NINE: The Epic Power of Tradition This program comprises choral and orchestral music by Martinů and perhaps his finest student, Moravia’s Jan Novák. Set to his own Latin text,…
Bard Music Festival — Program 11
Aug 17
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
“Leon Botstein, the conductor and tireless champion of overlooked works, considers Julietta an operatic masterpiece that at least deserves a place in the repertory…He has done his part by bringing a worthy…
New York Profiles
Sept 12
Bryant Park
In what has become a cherished tradition, the American Symphony Orchestra is pleased to debut our 2025-2026 season as part of Bryant Park’s Picnic Performances series. New York Profiles will showcase…
New York Profiles
Sept 14
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The American Symphony Orchestra returns to Kupferberg Center for the Arts with New York Profiles, a concert celebrating five influential American composers whose work helped define the sound of mid-20th-century America….
Requiem & Revelation
Nov 13
St. Bartholomew's Church
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…
Forging an American Musical Identity
Jan 30
Carnegie Hall
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…
Weber & Berlioz: Der Freischütz Reimagined
April 16
Carnegie Hall
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…
Past Performances
Chamber Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 19 & 20
Bryant Park
Following a 2023 commission for the ASO’s Chamber Series, percussionist-composer Javier Diaz curates “Contrapunto Musical”: Musical Counterpoint between Cuba and the United States, a selection of chamber music programs that…
The Music of Louis Armstrong (Jazz Ensemble) at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 12 & 13
Bryant Park
ASO’s jazz ensemble has performed numerous concerts dedicated to the great jazz composers of both the past and present, including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Count Basie, Charles Mingus,…
Upcoming
Dalibor at Bard SummerScape
July 25 – Aug 3
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Set against a backdrop of medieval intrigue, Dalibor follows its titular tragic hero…
Bard Music Festival — Program 9
Aug 16
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
PROGRAM NINE: The Epic Power of Tradition This program comprises choral and orchestral music by Martinů and perhaps his finest student, Moravia’s Jan Novák. Set to his own Latin text,…
Bard Music Festival — Program 11
Aug 17
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
“Leon Botstein, the conductor and tireless champion of overlooked works, considers Julietta an operatic masterpiece that at least deserves a place in the repertory…He has done his part by bringing a worthy…
New York Profiles
Sept 12
Bryant Park
In what has become a cherished tradition, the American Symphony Orchestra is pleased to debut our 2025-2026 season as part of Bryant Park’s Picnic Performances series. New York Profiles will showcase…
New York Profiles
Sept 14
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The American Symphony Orchestra returns to Kupferberg Center for the Arts with New York Profiles, a concert celebrating five influential American composers whose work helped define the sound of mid-20th-century America….
Requiem & Revelation
Nov 13
St. Bartholomew's Church
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…
Forging an American Musical Identity
Jan 30
Carnegie Hall
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…
Weber & Berlioz: Der Freischütz Reimagined
April 16
Carnegie Hall
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…
Past Performances
Chamber Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 19 & 20
Bryant Park
Following a 2023 commission for the ASO’s Chamber Series, percussionist-composer Javier Diaz curates “Contrapunto Musical”: Musical Counterpoint between Cuba and the United States, a selection of chamber music programs that…
The Music of Louis Armstrong (Jazz Ensemble) at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 12 & 13
Bryant Park
ASO’s jazz ensemble has performed numerous concerts dedicated to the great jazz composers of both the past and present, including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Count Basie, Charles Mingus,…