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Jazz Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 23

Bryant Park

A truly American genre, the ASO presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America’s jazz royalty: New Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the…

Strike Force at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

May 17

Bryant Park

This percussion ensemble combines Afro-Cuban Batá drumming and poetry with the sounds of contemporary chamber percussion, featuring Grammy-nominated Imani Winds’ oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz in compositions by percussionist and composer Javier…

CANCELED: String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

Rain Date: May 20

Bryant Park

In celebration of 40 years of Fête de la Musique, which started in France and is now celebrated around the world, a string quartet of ASO musicians performs works by…

Clarinet Quintet at St. Monica

Oct 24

Church of St. Monica

Join us on Sunday, October 24 at 3:00pm for a free chamber music concert at the Church of St. Monica as part of their live concert series. The program will…

Visions Trio at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sept 30

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Join us on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. This eclectic trio will perform a variety…

Reawakening Quartet at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sept 16

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Join us on Thursday, September 16 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. As the sun sets over the New…

Winds Among the Trees: American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Trio

Sept 9

Opus 40

Together, the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon possess a wonderful sonority and range. Treat your ears to a program of impressive works for this woodwind trio by Canteloube, Tansman, Koechlin, and…

Bard Music Festival – Program Twelve

August 15

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Boulanger’s Credo In 1962, when Boulanger led the New York Philharmonic in a program featuring the world premiere of Virgil Thomson’s powerful orchestral piece A Solemn Music and Fauré’s beloved Requiem, the Carnegie…

Bard Music Festival – Program Nine

August 14

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Remembering Ethel Smyth and Boulanger’s Circle at Home and Abroad The American Symphony Orchestra’s first concert at the Bard Music Festival opens with Fête galante by Dame Ethel Smyth, a…

King Arthur (Le roi Arthus) at Bard SummerScape

Opens July 25

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Idealism, treachery, honor, and perfidy collide in this richly lyrical opera by French composer Ernest Chausson. This opulently scored work, which premiered in 1903, lays bare the tragedy of King…

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America UNBOUND

May 23

Bryant Park

Experience the world premiere of this new piece by percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. Commissioned by the American Symphony…

America UNBOUND – World Premiere

May 22

Bryant Park

Experience the world premiere of this new piece by percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. Commissioned by the American Symphony…

A Century of Great American Jazz Composers

May 16

Bryant Park

The American Symphony Orchestra explores a truly American genre—jazz, with an ensemble comprised of ASO musicians and other featured artists active in the New York jazz scene today. The program…

A Century of Great American Jazz Composers

May 15

Bryant Park

The American Symphony Orchestra explores a truly American genre—jazz, with an ensemble comprised of ASO musicians and other featured artists active in the New York jazz scene today. The program…

Daphne

March 23

Carnegie Hall

The ASO spotlights Richard Strauss’s seldom heard pastoral opera Daphne. With its lush orchestral palette, endlessly shifting harmonic motion, sumptuous melodies, combined with a diaphanous serenity typical of Strauss’s later…

Organ + Orchestra

Jan 27

St. Bartholomew's Church

The ASO and St. Bartholomew’s Church share a connection rooted deep in the history of both institutions. ASO founder Leopold Stokowski began his American career as organist and choirmaster of…

String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace

Sept 20 & 21

Bryant Park

Musicians from American Symphony Orchestra performs pillars from the string quartet repertoire: Haydn’s Quartet op 76 No 5, nicknamed at various points in history “Largo” for its particularly comforting but…

Celebrating New York

Sept 17

Bryant Park

Continuing a partnership forged between the American Symphony Orchestra and the Bryant Park Corporation in the wake of COVID-19, the ASO will present a free concert to celebrate its 60th…

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert at Radio City Music Hall

Aug 13-17

Radio City Music Hall

These performances have been rescheduled: Saturday, August 13, 2022 Monday, August 15, 2022 Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Thursday, August 18, 2022 Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music…

Bard Music Festival – Program 6

Aug 7

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Anchored by the ASO, this all-Rachmaninoff event opens with the First Symphony, which the composer abandoned after its ill-starred premiere, and died without hearing a second time. Nevertheless, the work…