Hilton Music Center has called Albany, New York, home since 1939. Our studios sit upstairs at Colonie Center on the corner of Wolf Road and Central Avenue — just a short drive from Lark Street's arts and dining strip, the historic Center Square neighborhood, and the cultural anchors of Empire State Plaza.

New York's capital is also one of the country's most underrated music cities. Washington Park hosts the Park Playhouse and outdoor concerts every summer. The MVP Arena (formerly Times Union Center) brings touring acts downtown. The Egg at Empire State Plaza books world-class chamber, jazz, and contemporary performers. Lark Street's bars and clubs host singer-songwriters, jam bands, and local rock acts year-round, and the annual Albany Tulip Festival brings free concerts to Washington Park every May.

Beyond Albany proper, the Capital Region — including Colonie, Latham, Loudonville, Delmar, Guilderland, Bethlehem, Niskayuna, Clifton Park, Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs — is dense with school music programs, community orchestras, church music ministries, and working musicians. Hilton students perform at NYSSMA evaluations across upstate New York, in school orchestras and bands from Bethlehem Central to Shenendehowa, and on stages from Caffè Lena in Saratoga to The Egg in Albany. We're proud to be part of that musical fabric — and we'd love to be part of yours.