Co-Conductor, Youth Percussion Ensemble & Repertory Percussion Ensemble “Falcons”
Richard Albagli is principal percussionist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra and a member of the music faculties of the University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A graduate of RPI (physics) and the Eastman School of Music (percussion performance), he has written more than twenty-five works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble as well as a timpani concerto. As a co-founder of Associated Solo Artists, he has designed and performed interdisciplinary programs in music, the sciences, and the humanities as well as programs in leadership and creativity in more than twenty states, Europe, Mexico, and Canada.
