Concerts, theater and shows in Troy

Julia Alsarraf, a Troy-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, performs a noon concert in the Music @ Noon series at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Pop singer Andy Grammer performs Greater Than Pt. II: A One Man Show at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

An evening of Indian classical music by sitarist Veena Chandra and tabla player Devesh Chandra, a mother-and-son duo known for improvisation-based melody and rhythm.

The Greatest Dance is an evening of food, music and tarot readings presented by Pride Plus, open to all HVCC students and staff.

Jazz concert by trumpeter Chris Botti at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The program is his Blue Note Records debut Vol.1, a small-group acoustic set of jazz classics and standards with his band.

Student and faculty dance concert in which the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company joins Russell Sage College dancers for solo and ensemble works.

Concert by singer-songwriter Don McLean, known for "American Pie" and "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)," at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Student and faculty dance concert in which the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company joins Russell Sage College dancers for solo and ensemble works.

Chamber concert by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, playing Strauss, Korngold and Glière string works.

Jazz event featuring Jeanine Ouderkirk at Bulmer Auditorium on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY.

An ambient and experimental concert by Antiphon Trio, whose album Chronolucence processes its acoustic sound through Pauline Oliveros's Expanded Instrument System.

Jazz concert by the Joshua Redman Quartet, led by saxophonist Joshua Redman, at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Redman is the son of saxophonist Dewey Redman.

Pyramus & Thisbe, a mock-opera by John Frederick Lampe to words by Shakespeare, presented by the BEMF Chamber Opera Series.

A holiday comedy mystery by the author of Late Nite Catechism, retelling the nativity as Sister investigates the Magi's missing gold.

Christmas with the Celts is an Irish Christmas show combining ancient Irish carols, contemporary Christmas songs, Irish dance, Irish instrumentation and a children's choir, touring the United States.

Ventriloquist and comedian Terry Fator presents A Very Terry Christmas, a holiday show mixing comedy, singing, celebrity impersonations and ventriloquism on tour.

Recess!, a monthly lunchtime concert series at Evelyn's Café on Level 5 of EMPAC, featuring live music by bands. Listed acts include Totally Confused, Space Haystack and Not Quite Bluegrass.

The Bleecker Consort, an early music group from Albany, New York, plays medieval, renaissance and baroque music in a free Music @ Noon concert.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, a swing band formed in Ventura, California, presents its Wild & Swingin' Holiday Party at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The band was co-founded by singer Scotty Morris.

The Cadets of La Salle Institute present their annual Christmas concert, featuring the Middle School Band, Symphonic Band and Cadet Blues Jazz Ensemble.

Albany Pro Musica's holiday concert with chorus and orchestra presents sacred and secular favorites by American composers, both historical and contemporary.

A Albany Symphony Chamber Companion concert exploring the composers and ideas behind the orchestra's Mozart & Manny: a Classical Holiday. Program and artists are to be announced.

Holiday orchestral concert led by David Alan Miller, with pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.

Holiday orchestral concert led by David Alan Miller, with pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.

Bach at New Year's is a classical concert in which the Berkshire Bach Ensemble, led by Eugene Drucker, performs iconic Bach works.

Clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy and pianist Marina Iwao perform a Music at Noon concert of Americana and tango nuevo works by composers including Gershwin, Piazzolla, Higdon and Rorem.

Piano recital by Yulianna Avdeeva. Program: selections from Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues Op. 87, then Chopin's 24 Preludes Op. 28.

Moondance, a tribute concert performing the songs of Van Morrison, including Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Domino, Tupelo Honey, Wild Night and Into The Mystic.

Cabaret show by Alan Cumming, titled Alan Cumming Uncut, at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The show has musical direction by Henry Koperski.

The Helderberg Hot Club performs at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, NY, listed on The Jazz Calendar.

A concert by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine with violinist Maya Wichert, featuring Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Brahms's Symphony No. 4.

A concert by tribute band The Band Band marking 50 years since The Last Waltz, with a second set performing songs of the original concert's guest artists.

The Helderberg Hot Club, an acoustic swing band based in Albany, performs Gypsy Jazz and Jazz Manouche tunes, including swing, bossa, waltzes and rhumba, in the Music @ Noon free concert series.

Chamber concert in the Albany Symphony's Chamber Companion Series, exploring composers, ideas and civic context behind the Albany Symphony's Romeo & Viet. Program and artists are yet to be announced.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, with saxophonist Timothy McAllister, featuring a world premiere saxophone concerto by Viet Cuong and Tchaikovsky works.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, with saxophonist Timothy McAllister, featuring a world premiere saxophone concerto by Viet Cuong and Tchaikovsky works.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra concert with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 alongside Handel, Jenkins and Haydn works.

Celtic band Gaelic Storm performs in concert. The group, which began as a Santa Monica pub band, mixes Celtic traditions with energetic instrumentals.

Live performance by singer and actress Christine Andreas, a two-time Tony Award nominee, whose concerts draw on the American Songbook.

Choral concert by Albany Pro Musica of works by American women, conducted by guest conductor Liz Eschen Cacciola with Maestro Flores-Caraballo, joined by the Copernicus Quartet.

Toss the Feathers, an Irish traditional music group, performs in the Irish Music @ Noon concert, joined by uilleann piper Kara Doyle.

Pre-concert Albany Symphony Crescendo Club event, titled The Emperor & Sibelius, held before the concert at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The specific pre-concert content is listed as to be announced.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by Rei Hotoda with pianist Michelle Cann, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor", Juan Pablo Contreras's Alma Monarca, and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by Rei Hotoda with pianist Michelle Cann, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor", Juan Pablo Contreras's Alma Monarca, and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.

Guitarist Sharon Isbin performs with Concerto Málaga at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, in a program of works by Turina, Vivaldi, Granados, Albéniz, Rodrigo and Falla, with an interval.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain performs a concert of reinterpreted music from many genres using only ukuleles and voices, at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

A theatrical magic show by Asi Wind, titled AWE, built around impossible feats meant to revive a sense of wonder and astonishment.

Open rehearsal of the Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller, refining a program of works by Reena Esmail and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, featuring works by Reena Esmail and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, featuring works by Reena Esmail and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1.

A free Music @ Noon concert by the Hilltown Ramblers, a bluegrass band formed in 1993 in the Helderberg Mountains of upstate New York.

Kathleen Madigan performs stand-up comedy on her Flying Cats Tour at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, a veteran road comic with seven stand-up specials.

Violinist Midori performs a classical program of Beethoven's 'Spring' Violin Sonata, Mozart's Sonata in C major KV 303, and works by Escaich and Strauss.

Albany Pro Musica concert of chorus and orchestra works by Paterson, Thompson, Thomas and Copland, with soloists Laquita Mitchell and Robert Wesley Mason.

Trio Mandili, a Georgian vocal trio, performs live on its first US tour, presenting Georgian polyphonic singing. The group began as three friends singing together in the Georgian countryside.

A free Music @ Noon concert by the violin trio Triplum, featuring their debut piece, a new mass of sacred polyphony composed by Connor Armbruster.

Acoustic singer-songwriter Warren Sieme performs original songs and interpretations of folk and Great American Songbook standards in a Music @ Noon concert.

A concert from the Albany Symphony's Chamber Companion Series that explores the composers, ideas and civic context behind the American Music Festival.

An open rehearsal of the Albany Symphony conducted by David Alan Miller, in which the musicians refine the concert program for the American Music Festival at EMPAC. The program is to be announced.

Dogs of Desire, the Albany Symphony's new music group conducted by David Alan Miller, presents newly written works by American composers at EMPAC. The program is to be announced.

A Crescendo Club pre-concert event held before the Albany Symphony's American Tapestry concert, pairing the music with a surprise guest, a local partnership or a special experience.

Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, with Sandbox Percussion and the Takács Quartet, performing works by Viet Cuong, Gabriela Lena Frank and Tanner Porter at EMPAC in Troy.