Albany Pro Musica and Mostly Modern Festival Announce Three-Year Collaboration

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Albany Pro Musica (APM) and the Mostly Modern Festival (MMF) announced on Tuesday a new, three-year artistic collaboration that will unite the choral ensemble with the summer music festival hosted in the Spa City.

Beginning in June 2026, APM will serve as chorus-in-residence for MMF’s annual June festival in Saratoga Springs, appearing in one major festival concert each year in 2026, 2027, and 2028 at the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College. 

The partnership also deepens the creative exchange between the organizations. MMF Artistic Director Robert Paterson will serve as APM’s composer-in-residence during the collaboration, with APM programming and/or commissioning new works by Paterson across multiple seasons.

José Daniel Flores-Caraballo, APM’s Opalka Family Artistic Director, will be a featured guest conductor with the Mostly Modern Festival during the collaboration.

“This collaboration feels like a natural next step for both organizations,” said Flores-Caraballo. “Mostly Modern has built a festival that’s adventurous and welcoming, and Albany Pro Musica brings a chorus that can do anything, from luminous classics to new sounds that surprise you. We’re excited to make concerts that feel alive, accessible, and genuinely fun for audiences.”

Robert Paterson added, “Having Albany Pro Musica in residence for three consecutive festivals creates continuity, and it gives us room to take creative risks while staying audience-friendly. And with new works being programmed and commissioned, we’re not just presenting contemporary music, we’re making it here, for this community, with musicians and singers who bring their own perspective and brilliance to the process.”