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Celebrating Our Heritage. Cultivating Tomorrow's Artists.

SEASON XVII

ADCA’s 2026–27 Season XVII celebrates Dominican heritage, classical music, and artistic collaboration through performances across New York City. As ADCA celebrates 47 years, we continue the mission that began in 1980 with Dominican pianist Tilsia Brens and a group of diaspora artists: creating opportunities for Dominican and Latin American artists while sharing our music and culture with new audiences. Through performances featuring professional artists, emerging musicians, students, and community ensembles, Season XVII honors our roots while creating space for new voices, new collaborations, and the next generation of artists.

October 25th 2026 | 5:00pm

Crackalackin’ Classical Concert

The WHCConservatory Orchestra
The Gregorio Luperon High School Orchestra
United Palace

October 30th 2026 | 7:oopm

Raíces de Quisqueya:

A Journey Through Dominican Music
La Camerata Washington Heights
Marian Anderson Theatre, Aaron Davis Hall

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December 17th, 2026 | 7:00pm

Contemporary Voices of Identity

ADCA Chamber Orchestra
Guest Conductor: Diego Garcia
Marian Anderson Theatre, Aaron Davis Hall

January 9th, 2027 | 3:00pm

Student Winter Recital

WHCConservatory Orchestra & GLHS Orchestra
Gregorio Luperon High School

February 25th, 2027 | 7:00pm

Música Sinfónica Dominicana

Guest Conductor: Amaury Sánchez
ADCA Symphony Orchestra
United Palace

June 7th, 2027 | 2:00pm

Concert with Arturo O’Farrill
and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble

La Camerata Washington Heights &
The Harlem Chamber Players
Miller Theatre at Columbia University

June 13th, 2027 | 3:00pm

WHCConservatory Orchestra & GLHS Orchestra
TBD

Spring Student Orchestra Celebration

Our Mission

Founded and based in New York City, USA, the Association of Dominican Classical Artists, Inc. (ADCA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) performing arts organization dedicated to promoting classical music; its composers and interpreters from the Dominican Republic and Latin America. As a resident company at Aaron Davis Hall, ADCA brings live performances of classical, folkloric and traditional Latin American music to Upper Manhattan communities through a series of free orchestral and chamber music concerts. Since its founding in 1980, ADCA has presented its concerts in some of the most prestigious venues in New York City, including Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Cami Hall.

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Concert Series

ADCA supports The ADCA Orchestra and the chamber ensemble La Camerata Washington Heights. In partnership with City College Center for the Arts, ADCA has presented five concerts a year for the last ten years. The concerts showcase performers from Latin America and promote the music of Latin American classical composers that have little chance to be heard in NYC.

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WHCCFA

The Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts is a space to enrich the lives of children in Washington Heights, Inwood and Harlem; communities that have been historically underserved in the areas of music and art instruction. The conservatory offers an inclusive culturally sensitive environment founded on the belief that instruction in the arts strengthens academic performance and transforms the lives of children regardless of socioeconomic background.

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