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Finnish-American composer 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 /bird person 🦜 /Professor of 🎶
Faculty: @oxycollegemusic @glendalecollege
🎨Fun artistic side project: @celkascloset

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It’s the final day to join! Don’t miss out on your chance to get this new repertoire first!!
kristinleitterman.com/musical-calendar

#oboe #englishhorn #consortium #newmusic

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tickets are on sale for our 11/14 show with @katesopermusic, which is one month from today! we’re so excited to perform her piece “epithets” with her, alongside the winning pieces from our call for spores by @celkypelky @jorgeamadocomposer and @atay099 🍄 do you have your tickets yet?

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Happy first day of October! If you haven’t yet joined the Musical Calendar Consortium you still have a bit of time to become part of this “timeless” project!

The Musical Calendar features 12 amazing female composers who will write a short movement corresponding to a month of the year. The movements can be used as etudes in the studio or as concert etudes in the concert hall and will be for oboe, English horn, oboe duos, or oboe and English horn duos.

YOU can be a part of this project by joining as a consortium member! It’s $50 for students and $100 for professionals, all you need to do is join by October 15, 2026.

For more information check out: kristinleitterman.com/musical-calendar

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Join us Saturday, October 3, 1–2:30pm at Opalka Gallery for an intimate chamber music experience featuring composer Celka Ojakangas, five Albany Symphony musicians, and Music Director David Alan Miller.

Hear Ojakangas’ Toons, Rossini’s Una Larme, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet, and Henri Vieuxtemps’s Souvenir d’Amérique… with conversation and insight from the artists.

This event is free! RSVP encouraged as space may be limited: albanysymphony.com/upcomingconcerts

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Hear from composer Celka Ojakangas (@celkypelky) on her new work, Shuffle 🎶

Experience the world premiere of Shuffle with your Albany Symphony at Opening Night on October 3 at 7:30 PM at the Palace Theatre. You won’t want to miss it!

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launching our 26/27 season fundraiser - we need your help! 🍄 we have so many exciting projects and performances this year, but we will need your support to bring them to life. we are asking our mycelial network to help us raise funds to make this season possible. all donations are tax-deductible, and 100% goes towards the costs of our season. you can donate at the link in our bio!

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This summer… it was all about the people!!! Thank you for blessing my life ! 💓💓💓

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announcing our 26/27 season, in which we continue our mission of creating imaginative, multidisciplinary performances of contemporary music in chicago’s artistic ecosystem and beyond 🍄 there are so many projects and performances we are excited about in season 3 - we can’t wait to share them with you.

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Follow the string, find your sound. 🧵

Explore our upcoming season at the link in bio or visit albanysymphony.com/upcomingconcerts 🎹

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Choose your button wisely; your symphonic destiny awaits.

Link in bio, or visit albanysymphony.com/upcomingconcerts. 🥁

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📯 Single tickets are live!

Your next night at the symphony is just a click away. From beloved classics to thrilling new discoveries, our 2026–27 season has something for every music lover.

Mark your calendar, pick the concerts you’re most excited about, and grab the best available seats before they’re gone.

Thinking you’ll attend more than one concert? A season subscription is still the best value, with discounted ticket prices, guaranteed seating, and the chance to experience the full season… all while supporting live orchestral music in the Capital Region.

We can’t wait to welcome you back. Which performance are you most excited for? 🎫

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AWAKENING by Kaiden Surti (b. 2010)…

Is out on my YouTube channel! (Link in bio) 🎧🎶

This is the culminating piece I wrote for the @laphil Composer Fellowship led by Andrew Norman for the 2025-2026 season.

Super grateful for my mentors @thomaskotcheff Daniel Allas @celkypelky @loopylindywindy who guided me through the process of writing this quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. 🙏🏽

Special thank you to the amazing quartet for a beautiful performance contracted by the goat 🐐 @niallfest

Composer - Kaiden Surti
Conductor - Donald Crockett
Flute - Amy Tatum
Clarinet - Jonathan Sacdalan @jonathan.sacdalan
Violin - Kyle Gilner @kylegilnerviolin
Cello - Nial Tarō Ferguson @niallfest
Ensemble Contractor- Nial Tarō Ferguson @niallfest

Full performance recorded at the Beckmen YOLA Center in Inglewood, California out on YouTube!

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