Musicians in Hochstein’s Sinfonia (grades 4-9, John Fetter, director), and Concertino Strings (grades 1-5, Marcos Kreutzer, director) orchestral ensembles give a free joint afternoon concert.

In the first half, Concertino Strings performs two works for string orchestra: Philip Gordon’s Fiddle Frolics and John Caponegro’s Fiddling A-Round. 

Then the Sinfonia takes the stage for Sinfonietta by Pál Járdányi and Eric Ewazen’s Four Royal Dances, where each of the four movements represents a figure in the royal court. 

This concert is free and open to the public.

Society for Chamber Music in Rochester’s (SCMR) continues its 41st season with A Couple of Couples, which features classical music and a wine tasting.

An exciting afternoon of music by our local talents Robin Scott, Philip Ying, Ahrim Kim, and Keiko Ying. The program includes pieces by Maurice Ravel, Paul Wiancko, Jean Francaix, and Anton Arensky. 

Maurice Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello 
Paul Wiancko - American Haiku (2014) 
Jean Francaix - Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello
Anton Arensky - Quartet for Violin, Viola, and two Cellos 

Robin Scott, violin
Phillip Ying, viola
Ahrim Kim, cello
Keiko Ying, cello

SCMR is pleased to continue complimentary wine tastings at intermission. The pre-concert talk is at 3:30 pm and the performance begins at 4:00 pm.

More information is on the SCMR page: http://www.chambermusicrochester.org/concerts/

Music of McMichael, Merrill, Rutkowski, and Previn, featuring Nancy Boone-Bahr, baritone saxophone; with Ramon Ricker, soprano saxophone; Chisato Eda Marling, soprano saxophone; Chris Doser, tenor saxophone; Barbara Brown, alto saxophone; and Yi-Wen Chang, piano.

Come get to know the unsung hero of the saxophone family as played by Hochstein faculty member Nancy Boone-Bahr in a program of modern works for the baritone saxophone, joined by pianist Yi-Wen Chang, the Vertex Saxophone Quartet (Chisato Eda Marling, soprano saxophone; Chris Doser, tenor saxophone; Barbara Brown, alto saxophone), and special guest Ramon Ricker.

Prepare yourself to be ‘romanced’ by some of Rochester’s finest musicians with works by Catherine McMichaels, Dexter Morrill, Chris Rutkowski, and André Previn. The program includes two Rochester premieres with a special appearance by composer Dexter Morrill.

Nancy Boone-Bahr has made the baritone saxophone her solo instrument since she was 12 years of age, eventually becoming the first person to graduate from the Eastman School of Music with a Performers’ Certificate on the baritone saxophone. Admission at the door is $10 per person, with a $20 family maximum. A “meet the artists” reception follows the concert.

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.
 

This event is supported by Wegmans Food Markets.

Featuring Sooah Jung, violin; Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello; and Sungmin Lee, guitar. The program includes selections by Prokofiev, Kreisler, Poulenc, and Piazzolla.

These three Eastman Performer’s Certificate students from the Strings, Harp, and Guitar Department were selected by the faculty from the winners of last year’s awards. The Performer’s Certificate is an honors designation for exceptional performance.

Violinist Sooah Jung performs the first movement of Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2 and Kreisler’s “Liebeslied,” with Corey Silberstein, piano. Cellist Noémie Raymond-Friset is featured in selections from Poulenc’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, with Gloria Engle, piano. And guitarist Sungmin Lee will be performing Piazzolla’s “Invierno Porteño.”

Hochstein’s free lunchtime “brown bag” Live from Hochstein concert series is hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM. The 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.

The Hochstein Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jonathan “JJ” Pereira, explores repertoire for drums and mallet-based percussion instruments, as well as a trio for cajons, the box drums used in traditional Brazilian and a lot of modern acoustic pop settings. The Hochstein Guitar Ensemble joins them for an arrangement of the Brazilian classic “Tico-TIco,” made famous by Carmen Miranda and the Andrews Sisters.

Join us for this performance by talented young percussionists from the greater Rochester area. Free and open to the public.

This free concert of classical repertoire and show tunes features young singers in Hochstein’s choral program—Hochstein Singers and Youth Singers, directed by Maryellen Giese, and the Hochstein Little Singers, directed by Grace Adams.

The program includes Nursery Rhyme Nonsense, the Australian folk song Cabbage-Tree Hat with accompaniment by Dr. Margaret Quackenbush on clarinet, a song set to the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, a Ladino song celebrating springtime, and Pentatonix’s arrangement of Take Me Home.

The Rochester Jubilee Choir, a collaboration between Hochstein and the Rochester Oratorio Society, will sing two rousing spirituals and Rev. Vernal Harris will lead his gospel arrangement of the “Learner's Creed.”

Individual voice students will also perform, including selections from the Broadway musicals Dogfight, In the Heights, Pippin, and Les Miserables.

The concert is free and open to the public.

The HochStrings Adult Chamber Orchestra, directed by Pia Liptak, performs its winter concert, featuring music by Bach, Bernstein, Piazzolla, and Boccherini.

The winter concert of the HochStrings Adult Chamber Orchestra, directed by Pia Liptak, includes some surprise twists. The winter movement of Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” incorporates quotes from Vivaldi’s “Summer” – since it is, after all, summer in Argentina this time of year. Teddy Bor’s “Bach at the Double” turns Bach’s double violin concerto into a swing trio and is unexpectedly jazzy.

Latin American rhythms show up in “America” from Bernstein’s “West Side Story.” The program also includes Boccherini’s famous Minuet from his quintet – perhaps better known from the Suzuki version for one instrument and piano.

The concert is free and open to the public.

The Hochstein String Department offers a masterclass with Eastman professor Federico Agostini for Hochstein violin students, intermediate to advanced level.

Spectators are welcome to come and watch as selected students perform works. All students can benefit from the master’s comments on each piece.

After early training with his grandfather, Federico Agostini studied violin at his hometown’s conservatory of music in Trieste, Italy, then in Venice, and later at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he earned the Artist Diploma in Violin. Agostini has performed throughout the world as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and as concertmaster of the legendary Italian ensemble I Musici. He is a founder of the D’Amici String Quartet.

For more information, see his bio page on the Eastman School of Music website.

In collaboration with Blackfriars Theatre, this is an "engaging piece of choral theatre" dealing with themes of family, first love, identity, bravery, and loss.

Based on David Leviathan’s Lambda Literary Award winning book, Joshua Shank’s Two Boys Kissing tells the stories of two gay teenagers who attempt to break the world record for the longest kiss, another couple falling in love, and a teen whose sexual orientation is discovered by his conservative parents.

Called an “engaging piece of choral theatre,” Two Boys Kissing will feature actors in collaboration with Blackfriars Theatre as the characters and narrators. The work “is for anyone who's fallen in love, for anyone who's been hurt by love, for anyone who has lost a loved one, and for anyone who still believes in love and still believes in hope.”

For tickets and more information, visit the RGMC website.

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.

The program is a veritable potpourri of band music by guys who wrote good music, including J.S. Bach, Percy Grainger, William Byrd, and others.

General admission tickets $5, free for students 18 or under.

Featuring the RPO Marimba Band

The RPO Marimba Band was established in 1979 and is comprised of members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s current percussion section. They specialize in music written and arranged for the melodic percussion instruments and perform on two marimbas, vibraphone, steel drum, drum set, and various percussion instruments.

Hochstein’s free lunchtime “brown bag” Live from Hochstein concert series is hosted by WXXI Classical 91.5’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5/ 90.3 FM. The 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.