The 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival will take place at the Round Lake Auditorium on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 (10am-10pm) with festival highlights featuring new work from the Human Rites Trio with renown musicians Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin, viola), Andrew Drury (drum set), Ken Filiano (string bass); the premier of Sonic Explorations in Troy, an incubator project with the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall with the Rock City Falls Trio and Manuel J. Perez III; and the debut of the Improv Spaces Ensemble; along with an impressive roster of additional talented improvisers
hailing from the Capital Region and beyond!
$15 Early Bird Tickets available until May 23rd; $25 thereafter!
Students are $5 with ID and children 12 and under are free.
More info and tickets at:
https://improvspaces.wordpress.com/2025-improv-spaces-music-festival/
Doors open 9:30am
Join us for a community brunch served from 9:30am-1pm
And food vendors Vashti’s Kitchen Delights, Stinky's Coffee, and Tap Truck Saratoga will be with us throughout the day
FESTIVAL LINEUP!
Joseph Bruchac, native flute
Jonathan Fuller, pipe organ
Nicholas Kopp aka djdrummernk, percussion and electronics
Special Creek
Sam Katz, mandolinist and vocalist
Deena Chappell, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter
Andy Roth, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
Tim Barker, guitarist and vocalist
Bob Zink, bass player and vocalist
Adam Forman, percussionist
Shiloh Wilson, steel pan
Jake Hart, guitar
Lee Gnau, bass
Stephen Struss, drums
Ethan Cohn, bass
MAYSUN, percussion
Improv Spaces Ensemble
Jess Bowen, violin
Sabrina Trueheart, nylon guitar
Justin Holden, guitar
Alex Chang, electric harp
Jason Handron, string bass
Christian Thomas, bass and synthesizer
Adam Elabd, winds, bass, and vocals
Adam Tinkle, woodwinds/electronics
Cousin Angus, brass, vocals, and electronics
Karen Dazzler, sax
Adam Forman, drums
Nicholas Kopp aka djdrummernk, percussion and electronics
Matt Weston, percussion
Human Rites Trio
Jason Kao Hwang, composer, violin, viola
Ken Filiano, string bass
Andrew Drury, drum set
Rock City Falls Trio
Alex Chang, electric harp
Jason Handron, bass
Adam Forman, drums
in collaboration with
artist and multi-instrumentalist Manuel J. Perez III
Electronic Cinema
Joe Fee
Ed Fritz
Mike Sojkowski
on a fusion of synthesizers from across the decades
Swan Ferraro, interdisciplinary artist working in installation, performance, and photo/video
Thanks to our sponsors for the 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival
Saratoga Arts
Saratoga Arts made this program possible through the Community Arts Regrant Program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Charles R. Wood Foundation
Stewart's Shops
Media Sponsors Times Union and WEXT
Photo by Kylie Spinelli Photography.
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