(WRGB) \u2014 The Albany Symphony will bring its Water Music New York: More Voices Festival to Waterford on Friday, July 10. The free outdoor event is tied to the Erie Canal Bicentennial and focuses on celebrating the future of the historic waterway.<\/p>\n
Executive Director Emily Fritz-Endres said the festival is designed to welcome people from across the region and New York State while highlighting the Erie Canal through music and community activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that music is a fundamentally human art form,\u201d Fritz-Endres said. \u201cIt’s about being able to share our greatest existence of what it means to come together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The symphony has been working at Lock E2 in Waterford and has hosted a composer in residence who spent time getting to know the community. The composer created a new work, which will premiere during Friday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
In addition to the musical performances, the festival will feature kayaking, biking, art, food, history talks and family-friendly activities. Programming begins at 2:30 p.m. and continues through the orchestra performance at 8 p.m., followed by a drone show.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole idea is that we want to activate this entire Erie Canal area and showcase that it is part of a linear public park that anybody can enjoy,\u201d Fritz-Endres said. \u201cAnd really celebrating the future of what the Erie Canal can represent for people across New York State.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fritz-Endres, who is not originally from New York, said she has been impressed by the connection many communities have to the Erie Canal, particularly in Waterford.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a point of identity. It’s really incredible,\u201d she said. \u201cIt’s amazing to see that people use the Erie Canal, just like a public park or like an extension of their backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the festival, the orchestra will perform on a barge in the water, allowing audience members to watch from the embankment, locks, bridges and surrounding downtown area.<\/p>\n
The Water Music New York More Voices Festival will take place Friday, July 10 at Lock E2 in Waterford. Activities begin at 2:30 p.m., with the orchestra performance scheduled for 8 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WRGB) \u2014 The Albany Symphony will bring its Water Music New York: More Voices Festival to Waterford on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-237480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}