Celebrate the New York State Ballet's 6th season with a performance featuring excerpts from critically acclaimed past productions and celebrated ballet favorites.

The performance is followed by a champagne reception to meet everyone at New York State Ballet. Tickets are $20. More information at http://www.newyorkstateballet.org/. 

Ward Stare conducts the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Lars Kirvan. Program includes music by Smetana, Dvořák, and Janacek.

Ward Stare, conductor
Lars Kirvan, cello

 

SMETANA Bartered Bride Overture
DVOŘÁK Silent Woods
JANACEK Lachian Dances
           3. Blacksmith’s Dance
           5. Country Bumpkin Dance (Celadensky)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D Minor

Tickets are $24-$38. More information at www.rpo.org.

Featuring the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Chelsea Tipton, conductor. The program includes Rossini’s dramatic Overture to "The Barber of Seville" (also heard in the famous Bugs Bunny cartoon) and Beethoven’s ebullient Symphony No. 7.

The 2018-2019 Live from Hochstein season gets underway with a performance by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Guest conductor Chelsea Tipton is Music Director of the Symphony of Southeast Texas and Principal Pops Conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM, Live from Hochstein is the longest-running live broadcast concert series in Western New York. 

This free weekly "brown-bag" concert series gives downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music by outstanding musicians, including soloists, duets, and small ensembles.

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have provided continuous underwriting of the Live from Hochstein Broadcast & Concert Series since 1993.

Live from Hochstein is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Dr. Seuss’s timeless children’s tale about important life lessons on tolerance, diversity, and compromise comes to vivid life with Lorenzo Palomo’s original score and narrator.

Tickets are $10 child, $20 adult. More information at http://rpo.org/event/dr-seusss-the-sneetches/

Marking the 100th anniversary of David Hochstein’s death, Hochstein will honor his legacy with a graveside remembrance at Mount Hope Cemetery that will feature remarks commemorating his life and inspiration and a violin performance of one of David Hochstein’s compositions, and will conclude with Taps being played on trumpet.

Please join us on Monday, October 15 at 10:00 am at Mount Hope Cemetery to commemorate the 100th anniversary of David Hochstein’s passing in 1918.  This graveside remembrance will feature remarks commemorating his life and inspiration, a violin performance of one of David Hochstein’s compositions, and will conclude with Taps being played on trumpet.

We ask that those who join us at Mount Hope Cemetery bring a stone to leave as a gesture of appreciation for the strong and lasting impression David Hochstein and the School have made on our community. This event is being coordinated in partnership with the Friends of the Mount Hope Cemetery and local veterans.

If you are not able to join us, we encourage you to take a slip of paper and write down how the creation of The Hochstein School in David’s memory has impacted your life.  These papers can be found at Hochstein by the front office or you can email your remembrance to development@hochstein.org.

David Hochstein & The Hochstein School:

David Hochstein's musical talent took him from his immigrant neighborhood on Joseph Avenue to Carnegie Hall where he was featured as a violin soloist at the age of 22. Hochstein's skyrocketing career was cut short by the horrors of war. Unable to yield to the safety of being a performer, David enlisted in WWI and volunteered for combat. In October 1918, he was tragically killed at the age of 26 in the Battle of Argonne Forest – just weeks before the end of the war.

Many in the City of Rochester mourned his passing and were inspired to do something to honor him. They rallied around the desire to build a community music school which would provide educational opportunities for everyone no matter their age, ability, or socioeconomic status. Today, The Hochstein School welcomes more than 3,500 people of all ages for music, dance, and therapeutic arts opportunities yearly.  

Mount Hope Cemetery: 1133 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester, NY 14620

Featuring Ken Luk, guitar; Wan-Ling Chuang, double bass. The program features music related to a love theme by Brazilian composers Villa-Lobos and Pixinguinha, as well tango music by Piazzolla. The duo will also play a charming violin-guitar duet by Paganini.

Hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM, Live from Hochstein is the longest-running live broadcast concert series in Western New York. 

The weekly concert series gives downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music by outstanding musicians, including soloists, duets, and small ensembles.

 

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have provided continuous underwriting of the Live from Hochstein Broadcast & Concert Series since 1993.

Live from Hochstein is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Marking the 100th anniversary of David Hochstein’s death, Hochstein faculty members perform selections from Hochstein’s own compositions, works he recorded, and pieces he performed on a November 1915 recital in New York City.

Featuring: Violinists: Heather Misula, Pia Liptak, Megan Kemp, Eri Noda, Marcos Kreutzer, Katie Worley; Pianists: Gary Palmer, Willie LaFavor 

Repertoire includes music by Schumann, Mozart, Brahms, Hochstein, Cui, Sevcik, Kreisler, and Bruch.

Admission at the door is $10 per person, with a $20 family maximum. A “meet the artists” reception follows the concert.

 

Sponsored in part by 

Sardone Robinson and Associates CPAs

 

The Spotlight on Faculty concert series is generously supported by Hochstein donors. It is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Thank you to Wegmans Food Markets for their support of our community events. 

Join, Run/Walk, or Donate! Support our Hochstein5K team at ROCtoberfest at Genesee Valley Park on Saturday, October 20, 2018!

Run/Walk: http://yellowjacketracing.com/races/roctoberfest 

Donate or Join or Fundraising Team: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/hochstein-5k    

Almost 100 years ago, our community rallied around the desire to build a community music school that would provide educational opportunities for everyone no matter their age, ability, or socioeconomic status. Today, The Hochstein School welcomes over 3,500 people of all ages for music, dance, and art therapy opportunities each year. 

If you are unfamiliar with Hochstein, the core of our mission is to offer tuition assistance for those in need -- providing equal access to our community.  During the 2017-2018 school year, Hochstein awarded $312,266 in need-based assistance to almost half of our students.  This is an increase of more than $40,000 compared to previous years.  Help us to continue to grow this vital program for 2018-2019!

We would like to invite you to join Hochstein in fulfilling its mission. By supporting Hochstein, you create opportunities for… 

• a preschooler from an inner-city neighborhood, so he can come to Hochstein and learn not only about music and dance, but also how to work with others in a supportive environment; 
• an adult with autism to have access to our music lab and learn new ways to communicate; 
• a senior citizen with Alzheimer’s to hold on to fond memories and experience joy through song; 
• music and dance students with great potential from families with limited resources to have the chance to develop and excel in the arts and throughout their education. 

By supporting our Hochstein5K effort, you are building a vibrant and inclusive arts community within Rochester.

The Hochstein Junior Wind Symphony, directed by John Rolland, presents its fall concert of wind band music. Hochstein’s Junior Wind Symphony features wind, percussion, and brass players in grades 7 and 8. The ensemble meets for six weeks in September and October to prepare music for this fall concert.

The program includes Counterbalance by Todd Stalter, Pevensey Castle by Robert Sheldon, To a Distant Place by Carl Strommen, The Great Locomotive Chase by Robert W. Smith, and Zombie Tango by James Meredith.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Under the direction of Gregory Kane, the Finger Lakes Concert Band brings together instrumentalists from around the Finger Lakes region to perform a wide variety of exciting music for wind instruments. The ensemble includes adult instrumentalists and advanced high school students.

The program includes Gundman’s American Folk Rhapsody, From the Hills of Bristol by Bullock, Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances, Irish Tune from County Derry (aka Londonderry Air) by Grainger, Leroy Anderson’s A Legacy in Sound, and All You Need is Love by The Beatles.

Canandaigua Middle School Auditorium. General admission tickets are $5, free for students 18 or under.

The program includes selections by Anton Arensky and Astor Piazzolla. Featuring Eri Noda, violin; Jennifer Carpenter, cello; and Yi-Wen Chang, piano.

Anton Arensky was a Russian composer of the 19th century, who composed, among many other works, this lyrical and charming Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor. His main influences were his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and Schumann. He was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory and had Scriabin and Rachmaninoff among his students.

The concert also includes the winter movement of Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, which incorporates quotes from Vivaldi’s “Summer” – since when it’s winter here, it’s summer in Argentina. Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His music revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.

Hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM, Live from Hochstein is the longest-running live broadcast concert series in Western New York. 

The weekly concert series gives downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music by outstanding musicians, including soloists, duets, and small ensembles.

 

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have provided continuous underwriting of the Live from Hochstein Broadcast & Concert Series since 1993.

Live from Hochstein is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Musicians in Hochstein’s Philharmonia (grades 6-11) and Sinfonia (grades 4-9) orchestral ensembles give a joint fall concert. The concert is free and open to the public.

More details to come...

Featuring Trio Speranza: Anna Griffis, violin; Cora Swenson Lee, cello; and Jason Moy, harpsichord performing Baroque music from Italy, Austria, and France.

Embark on a musical adventure through Baroque Europe with Trio Speranza! Experience the bold virtuosity of 17th Century Italy, the boundless variety of the Stylus Phantasticus in Austria, and the beauty and refinement of the High Baroque in France. The program includes music by Legrenzi, Francoeur, Buxtehude, and Stradella.

Trio Speranza – Anna Griffis, violin; Cora Swenson Lee, cello; and Jason Moy, harpsichord – is dedicated to presenting engaging and thought-provoking performances of both familiar and lesser-known repertoire from the Baroque era. Griffis, Lee, and Moy live in three different cities (Boston, Rochester, and Chicago, respectively) – so when they do perform together, it’s a celebration of travel, people, and places. The trio made their debut in a Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert at the historic Trinity Church on Copley Square in the summer of 2013. They have since appeared on Pegasus Early Music's Pegasus Rising series for young artists, the Landowska Harpsichord Society Series, and at the BEMF Fringe Festival. www.triosperanza.com

Hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Brenda Tremblay (filling in for Mons Seghatoleslami) and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM, Live from Hochstein is the longest-running live broadcast concert series in Western New York. 

The weekly concert series gives downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music by outstanding musicians, including soloists, duets, and small ensembles.

 

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have provided continuous underwriting of the Live from Hochstein Broadcast & Concert Series since 1993.

Live from Hochstein is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.