Did you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston, Montreal, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale, and even as far as Texas, to perform with the Albany Symphony. Typically, our musicians are here from Thursday through Sunday of a concert week. Through the generosity of local host families, the Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. Without the support of our host families, we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who perform with our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that last a lifetime.

During the 2020-2021 season, due to the global pandemic, musicians are not staying with our generous host families.  Instead, the Albany Symphony is providing hotel rooms for our musicians.

The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who generously provided housing for musicians during the 2019–2020 season, and we look forward to reuniting our musicians with our hosts when it is once again safe to do so.

Camille & Andrew Allen
Jenny Amstutz
Dan Bernstein & Efrat Levy
Concetta Bosco
Mimi Bruce & David Ray
Charles Buchanan
Barbara Cavallo
Ben Chi
Diane Davison
Susan & Brian Debronsky
Michelle DePace & Steven Hancox
Nancy & John DiIanni
Star Donovan
Bonnie Edelstein
Lynn Gelzheizer
David Gittelman & Tom Murphy
Catherine & Carl Hackert
Debra & Paul Hoffmann
Susan Jacobsen
Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn
Nettye Lamkay & Robert Pastel
Barb Lapidus
Eric Latini
Bill Lawrence & Alan Ray
Eunju Lee & Brian Fisher
Susan Martula & David Perry
Anne Messer & Dan Gordon
Jon & Sigrin Newell
Helen J. O’Connor
Marlene & Howard Pressman
Reese Satin
Joan Savage
Dodie & Pete Seagle
Julie & Bill Shapiro
Elizabeth & Aaron Silver
Lorraine Smith
Onnolee & Larry Smith
Lois & John Staugaitis
Harriet Thomas
Andrea & Michael Vallance
Marjorie & Russ Ward
Margery & Michael Whiteman
Carol Whittaker
Dan Wilcox
Barbara Wiley
Merle Winn