Geraldine Freedman

Albany

Features Writer and Classical Music Critic at The Daily Gazette

Reporter at Freelance

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Organ series at Proctors to offer Easter program and more

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

If you haven’t already been to Proctors’ free GE Theatre Organ Series, there are still four concerts this season. with two happening this week. On Tuesday at noon, Ben Reavis will be playing an upbeat and jazzy concert. What will make this special, at least for Reavis, is that although he’s often performed on Goldie — the theater organ in Proctors’ main theater — it will mark his first time on George.
Inaugural festival to feature students from six colleges

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

The Capital District is rich with musical activity and great concert halls as well as huge numbers of young musicians who are training here. That's something that Rob Brown and Charlotte Wilson of WMHT and the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall staff wanted to honor. So on Sunday, March 23, classical music students from six area colleges will be featured at the hall in the first Next Generation Festival. kAm“}@H96C6 :D :E >@C6 6I4:E:?8 E92? H96? E96 ?6IE 86?6C2E:@?
Small dancers take first leap toward big dreams at SPAC

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

A whopping 231 young dancers signed up to audition March 9 with the New York City Ballet at the SPAC School of the Arts — all hoping to earn a chance to dance in “Coppelia” in July. “This is the largest number of children to audition for us anywhere,” said Dena Abergel, New York City Ballet’s children’s repertory director, in between auditioning groups of 24 children during an entire morning.
Young dancers audition for New York City Ballet at SPAC

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

A whopping 231 young dancers signed up to audition March 9 with the New York City Ballet at the SPAC School of the Arts — all hoping to earn a chance to dance in “Coppelia” in July. “This is the largest number of children to audition for us anywhere,” said Dena Abergel, New York City Ballet’s children’s repertory director, in between auditioning groups of 24 children during an entire morning.
Songs for the children: Opera Saratoga on educational tour

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

Opera Saratoga came to the Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa on Saturday to entertain a sold-out crowd with “Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Nina in El Mundo.”The 45-minute musical drama is part of the company's educational outreach tour which is traveling to 21 schools in the Capital District, as well as giving five performances open to the public. This is the first time, however, the company has been to the Brookside.
From Guilderland, to Chicago and back. local to direct ASO

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

Lidiya Yankovskaya has come a long way from when at 17 she conducted her Guilderland High School orchestra to conduct the Albany Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at Proctors. “It's wonderful and especially meaningful to me because of Jeff [Herchenroder, a long-time ASO bass player who died in 2020] who was the first to give me the opportunity to conduct,” Yankovskaya said.
From Guilderland, to Chicago and back. local to direct ASO

1 month ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

Lidiya Yankovskaya has come a long way from when at 17 she conducted her Guilderland High School orchestra to conduct the Albany Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at Proctors. “It's wonderful and especially meaningful to me because of Jeff [Herchenroder, a long-time ASO bass player who died in 2020] who was the first to give me the opportunity to conduct,” Yankovskaya said.
Sunmark introduces new President and CEO Beaudoin – Outlook 2025

2 months ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

LATHAMJerilee Beaudoin is right where she wants to be — and that’s not just because she was recently appointed Sunmark Credit Union’s new leader. “I wanted to be living each day with a purpose,” she said. “I had served on many boards and believed I could serve in a nonprofit component that was more in line with my core values.”That’s why she transferred after 34 years of working in insurance and commercial banking institutions to join Sunmark in 2020 as its chief lending officer.
Ukraine's Grand Kyiv Ballet jetés around region

2 months ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

The Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine might be the hardest-working ballet company out there. They’ll be at The Egg in Albany at 4 p.m. Sunday performing “Swan Lake.” The next night they’ll be in Randolph, Vermont, and the following night in Stowe before returning to Albany on Feb. 21 at the Palace Theatre for a 7 p.m. show. Then it’s on to performances of the same ballet over the next four days in Brooklyn; Wayne, New Jersey; and New York City.
Albany Symphony announces new season

2 months ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

Albany Symphony Orchestra Director David Allan Miller is predicting a knockout 2025-2026 season. “We're trying to make every concert a one-of-a-kind happening with extraordinary special moments,” he said. “There will be new works, young emerging soloists and composers, world-class artists that have never performed with us before and the continued Water Music New York: More Voices celebration and America's 250th year celebration.