Author: Jessica Sims
Students from our Acting Academy have been working hard since October to put together this performance and this week it’s finally time for them to showcase “Shrek the Musical Jr.” Acting Academy is an after-school program with the Schenectady City School District for students in grades 6-8. The goal is... Read more » ... Read More
Collaborative School of the Arts, a part of Proctors Collaborative, has just announced that frequent collaborator Freddy Ramirez has been appointed as the director of dance programming. Prior to joining Proctors Collaborative, Freddy performed on Broadway and toured the United States and Europe. He was also a member of In Forward Motion Dance Company. ... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY (March 29) – Soul-rock singer-songwriter Buggy Jive leads all nominees in the fifth annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards with four nominations of his own. Six artists have three nominations: Brick By Brick, Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys, Jocelyn & Chris, Michael Eck, Reese Fulmer & The... Read more » ... Read More
Thanks to Stan Hudy, Daily Gazette photographer, for some fabulous candid photographs taken at our first concert back on the big stage in two years. What a wonderful way to return to a live performance on the mainstage. Thanks to all who joined us. ... Read More
3 p.m. Sunday, October 23 The SSSO kicked off the 2022-23 season by returning to Universal Preservation Hall for another collaboration with Skidmore College, Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw,” described as one of the most dramatically appealing English operas. ... Read More
The Board of the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra Association is pleased to announce that the 2023 Louise DeFeo Parillo Piano Competition will be held in Schenectady April 2023. This competition was created in 1995 for young pianists in the Capital District to honor the memory of Louise DeFeo Parillo. Mrs. Parillo... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, September 7, 2022, was the first day of the “City As Our Campus” partnership at Proctors in Schenectady. The program is a multi-phased approach in which six high school leadership communities will be developed in partnership with and hosted within the community with these first two being rolled out... Read more » ... Read More
The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra (SSSO) is proud to join Proctors Collaborative. SSSO will maintain its board of directors and Glen Cortese remains its artistic director. Proctors will provide administrative services like marketing and accounting. Read the full article from The Daily Gazette here! ... Read More