Students making plenty of holiday music in December

Student wearing a santa hat plays cello

‘Tis the season for holiday concerts, and there are many opportunities in December to experience the talents of City School District of Albany musicians.

Here’s what’s ahead:

  • Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Albany High School Winter Concert featuring Symphonic Band, Vocal Music and Orchestra, 6:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, Dec. 5 -- Albany High School choral students performing at City of Albany annual tree-lighting ceremony, 5 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 6 – 1st Friday Concert and Art Show, Cathedral of All Saints, 6:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, Dec. 8 – Albany High choral students will perform with the Albany Symphony Orchestra at Troy City Music Hall, 7:30 p.m. 
  • Monday, Dec. 9
    • Eagle Point Elementary Winter Concert, 6:30 p.m.
    • New Scotland Elementary Winter Concert, Hackett Middle School, 6:30 p.m.
    • Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology Winter Concert for grades 4-6, 6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Dec. 10
    • Giffen Memorial Elementary Winter Concert, 5:30 p.m.
    • North Albany Middle School Winter Concert, 6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 11
    • Albany High Winter Concert featuring the Wind Ensemble, Select Choir and Advanced Orchestra, 6:30 p.m.
    • Pine Hills Elementary Winter Concert, 6 p.m.
  • Thursday, Dec. 12
    • Arbor Hill Elementary Winter Concerts, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
    • Delaware Community School Winter Concert at Hackett Middle School, 6 p.m.
    • Myers Middle School Winter Concert, 6:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 13 – Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology Winter Concert for prekindergarten-grade 3
  • Monday, Dec. 16
    • Albany School of Humanities Winter Concert, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
    • Philip Schuyler Achievement Academy Winter Concerts, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Dec. 17 
    • Hackett Middle School Winter Concert and PTA Dessert Raffle, 6:30 p.m.
    • Montessori Magnet School Winter Concert, 6:30 p.m.
    • O’Neal Middle School Winter Concerts, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
    • Albany High School choirs will perform holiday songs in a concert sponsored by the Albany Public Library Foundation, Main Branch on Washington Avenue, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 18 – Snow date for Albany High concerts, 6:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 20 – Arbor Hill Elementary Pre-K Holiday Concert, 2-3 p.m.