Author: Crystal Hall
ALBANY – Capital Repertory Theatre announced several recent changes to its board of directors. Margaret Becker has been appointed as the new president of theREP’s board. Becker will be replacing Harold Iselin after completing his term and filling the role for many years. Becker previously held the role of vice... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY — Mike Campese started playing guitar at the age of 13 and his mastery of the instrument has brought him all over the world. Growing up in a musical household, his dad a violinist and brother an acoustic guitar player, Campese was always influenced by music. “But at the... Read more » ... Read More
Felicia Collins is inducted in the 5th Eddies Music Hall of Fame class ALBANY — Felicia Collins learned to play guitar by ear in Catholic elementary school because it didn’t offer music classes. She graduated to an “adult” instrument when she was 11, talking a shop owner into letting her... Read more » ... Read More
RENSSELAER — Decades after founding Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in Michigan and disbanding the act nine years later in California, John Tichy and George Frayne found themselves nearly together once again, separated by just 30 miles in the Capital Region. The story begins in Michigan. Tichy, born... Read more » ... Read More
NISKAYUNA—Martin Benjamin’s photography career can be summed up as “when skill and opportunity come together.” In 1968, Benjamin needed an “easy” college credit and took a photography class. In the half century since he has gone to capture the likes of U2, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis Presley,... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY — Wanda Fischer has spent over 40 years broadcasting folk, bluegrass and blues music to radio listeners. After a stint volunteering with WCUW in Worcester, Massachusetts, she became host of WAMC-FM/Northeast Public Radio’s weekly “The Hudson River Sampler” show in 1982. Her show has continued on the airwaves every... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY — Niskayuna High School junior, Eujeong Choi, 16, will be the featured soloist in Shostakovich’s “Concerto for Violoncello in Eb Major” with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra on the MainStage at Proctors 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11. “I am incredibly excited to work with SSO. Having only ever played in... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY – Sister Mary Anne Nelson’s vision post-secondary music education put The College of Saint Rose on the map as possessing one of the top U.S. music industry degree programs. An alumnus of St. Rose (’72, ’76), Nelson, steered the school’s music industry program towards a greater focus on popular... Read more » ... Read More
GLENS FALLS – Smokey Greene always dresses for the occasion – wearing a gray suit, a white cowboy hat and a carved silver belt buckle featuring the letter “S” – there’s no doubt. Greene, active in the country and bluegrass music scene for nearly eight decades, is one of eight... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY — The Guild at Proctors was founded in 1990 with a mission to be ambassadors for the theatre, plan fundraising events and provide hospitality for donors and patrons. Founder and first president of the Guild, Betty Barlyn said, “when we were starting, it was the beginning of Proctors’ comeback.... Read more » ... Read More