Hochstein showcases the 13 Merit Scholarship winners in grades 5-12 and two Honors Certificate Program graduates in this special student performance concert.

The scholarship winners were selected during auditions that were held January–March 2018. There will be a reception after the concert to celebrate the performers.

 

Merit Scholarship Winners

Grades 5-6

• Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship: Shreya Bhattacharya of Penfield, violin; grade 5, Cobbles Elementary School; student of Marcos Kreutzer

• Walter J. Holloran Memorial Scholarship: Erica Liu of Rochester, violin; grade 5, Harley School; student of Marcos Kreutzer

• Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship: Aaron Sheu of Rochester, violin; grade 5, St. Louis School; student of Marcos Kreutzer

 

Grades 7-8

• David Romig Memorial Scholarship: Thomas DeFisher of Williamson, piano; grade 8, Williamson Middle School; student of Paula Bobb

• Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship: Luke Pisani of Rochester, piano; grade 7, homeschooled; student of Gary Palmer

• Christina & Diana Wang Memorial Scholarship: Amy Feng of Pittsford, cello; grade 8, Calkins Road Middle School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

 

Grades 9-10

• Christina & Diana Wang Memorial Scholarship: Felix Huang of Webster, cello; grade 9, Webster Schroeder High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

• Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship: Isaac Pollock of Rochester, guitar; grade 9, homeschooled; student of Tim Shannon

• Donald Yungkurth Memorial Scholarship: Agathya Visveswaran of Brighton, guitar; grade 10, Brighton High School; student of John Wiesenthal

 

Grades 11-12

• Sidney & Ruth Salzman Memorial Scholarship: Michael Blum of Penfield, piano; grade 12, homeschooled; student of Gary Palmer

• Christina & Diana Wang Memorial Scholarship: Jacqueline Hager of Brighton, cello; grade 11, Brighton High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

• Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship: Nikhil Damani of Pittsford, violin; grade 12, Pittsford Sutherland High School; student of Pia Liptak

• Sydney & Pearl Rubin Memorial Scholarship: Erin Allen of Pittsford, viola; grade 11, Harley School; student of Olita Povero

 

Honors Certificate Program Graduates

• Amelia Snyder of Irondequoit, saxophone; grade 12, Irondequoit High School; student of Nancy Boone-Bahr

• Nikhil Damani of Pittsford, violin; grade 12, Pittsford Sutherland High School; student of Pia Liptak

 

Honorable Mention

• Aden Bany Ata of Pittsford, violin; grade 7, Calkins Road Middle School; student of Pia Liptak

• Ji-Mi Jang of Pittsford; grade 10, Pittsford Mendon High School; student of Kathleen Murphy Kemp

• Amelia Snyder of Irondequoit, saxophone; grade 12, Irondequoit High School; student of Nancy Boone-Bahr

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—will be featured in this free afternoon concert.

The program includes “Nursery Rhyme Nonsense;” the English folk song “Little Fox” with accompaniment by Dr. Margaret Quackenbush on clarinet; a Ladino song celebrating springtime; “It Takes a Village,” adapted from a West African saying and accompanied with djembe drum; a song set to the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson; “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” made famous by Ella Fitzgerald; Irving Berlin’s “Alexander’s Ragtime Band;“ and Pentatonix’s arrangement of “Take Me Home.”

Michael Butterman conducts the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Butterworth, Smyth, and Schumann, with soloists Juliana Athayde, violin, and W. Peter Kurau, horn.

The program includes Butterworth's The Banks of Green Willow, Ethel Smyth's Concerto for Horn, Violin and Orchestra, and Schumann's Symphony No. 4.

For more information, visit www.rpo.org.

Under the direction of Gregory Kane, the Finger Lakes Concert Band brings together instrumentalists from around the Finger Lakes region – ages 15 to 90 – to perform a wide variety of exciting wind band music.

The group closes out their 2017-18 concert season with a program entitled “Spiritoso!” The program will feature A Jubilant Overture, reflecting the joy of Spring and the exuberance of youth, by Alfred Reed; Ticheli’s joyful Sun Dance; the forever interesting Variations on America by Charles Ives; and more.

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

More information to come ...

Join us for a free lunchtime concert in High Falls, featuring The Dady Brothers

Location: Granite Mills Park near the Pont de Rennes Bridge, 104 Platt Street, Rochester. Click here for a map.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating and lunch, or pick up a lunch at one of the many area restaurants. New this year: the rain location is at MCC’s downtown campus and in the event of rain, the change in venue will be announced via social media.

Western New York’s favorite troubadours, The Dady Brothers are a musical duo who have been performing and winning the hearts of crowds professionally for more than 40 years. John and Joe Dady’s music transcends genres and generations by melding American folk roots and Irish traditional influences into an amalgam of sound that is uniquely their own. Highly skilled players and singers, they have performed well over 5,000 shows at concert halls, schools, music festivals, and nightclubs from Alaska to Ireland, the Caribbean to Nova Scotia. Their instruments include guitar, four- and five-string banjo, pennywhistle, ukulele, fiddle, mandolin, bodhran, harmonica, concertina, and the uilleann pipes. www.dadybros.com

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Hochstein at High Falls concerts are presented by High Falls Business Association, The Hochstein School, WXXI, and Monroe Community College (MCC).

The concerts are sponsored by a number of local organizations, including SEI Group, Stantec, The Mills at High Falls, Norry Management Corporation, LMT Technology Solutions, Fina’s Catering and Café, LaBella Associates, The Cabot Group, The Zoghlin Group, Entercom Communications, and Avalon.

Students take the stage in this free afternoon performance celebrating Hochstein’s unique and diverse dance department, which includes ballet, tap, modern, and Latin dance.

The program includes choreography to selections from “Sleeping Beauty,” “Don Quixote,” “Someday My Prince Will Come,” “Under the Sea,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Fascinating Rhythm,” and much more.

At Hochstein, the emphasis is on the educational experience and the joy of dance, led by teachers specifically trained to work with children.

Join us for a free lunchtime concert in High Falls, featuring Madeleine McQueen

Location: Special concert on campus at Monroe Community College, 321 State Street, Rochester. Click here for a map.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating and lunch, or pick up a lunch at one of the many area restaurants. 

Madeleine McQueen cuts through her own tunes with a powerful voice, weaving poetic lyrics with unique melodies that envelope each song she pens. Her musical influences range from Nirvana and Florence Welch to Amy Winehouse and Joni Mitchell. City Newspaper says, “Madeleine McQueen projects spiritually and soulfully with a beguiling innocence and resolve over a bed of pop-rock splendor and sparkle.” For this concert, she will be joined by Will Smillie, guitar; Dylan Niver, drums; and Mike Wall, bass. http://madeleinemcqueen.com

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Hochstein at High Falls concerts are presented by High Falls Business Association, The Hochstein School, WXXI, and Monroe Community College (MCC).

The concerts are sponsored by a number of local organizations, including SEI Group, Stantec, The Mills at High Falls, Norry Management Corporation, LMT Technology Solutions, Fina’s Catering and Café, LaBella Associates, The Cabot Group, The Zoghlin Group, Entercom Communications, and Avalon.

The HochStrings Adult Chamber Orchestra, directed by Pia Liptak, performs a concert of string music.

The program includes the theme song from the Italian movie Cinema Paradiso, Russian serenades, a Czech lullaby by the concentration camp composer Ilse Weber, To a Wild Rose by American composer Edward McDowell, and selections from Handel’s Water Music.

Feel the infectious beats and neon lights of New York City as the Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus takes you on a trip to Broadway for their 35th Anniversary!

Featuring crowd favorites from musicals such as Hairspray, Rent, and Newsies. The RGMC will also be joined by Rochester’s own Kasha Davis.

For tickets and more information, visit the RGMC website.

Join us for a free lunchtime concert in High Falls, featuring Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers

Location: Granite Mills Park near the Pont de Rennes Bridge, 104 Platt Street, Rochester. Click here for a map.

Note: This concert is part of the 2018 Make Music Day Rochester celebration.
Enjoy WXXI's Make Music Day activities hosted by Brenda Tremblay at Granite Mills Park before and after the concert (11:00 am - 3:00 pm). This includes informal performances and activity tables where kids and adults can make their own shaker (or other simple instrument). For more info, visit the WXXI web site.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating and lunch, or pick up a lunch at one of the many area restaurants. New this year: the rain location is at MCC’s downtown campus and in the event of rain, the change in venue will be announced via social media.

Collectively and individually, the Bradley Brothers have performed for 30 years across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers is the brainchild of singer and guitarist Todd Bradley, who has painstakingly studied the works of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa, and Baden Powell, among others. Julio Pabon (percussion) and Brian Williams (bass) are in demand throughout the Rochester area as sidemen and session players. Pianist and trumpeter Scott Bradley is a songwriter whose work with the Bill Tiberio Band can be heard on local and internet jazz stations. Filling in for Mark Bradley on sax will be Mike Edwards. www.facebook.com/bradleybrothersmusic

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Hochstein at High Falls concerts are presented by High Falls Business Association, The Hochstein School, WXXI, and Monroe Community College (MCC).

The concerts are sponsored by a number of local organizations, including SEI Group, Stantec, The Mills at High Falls, Norry Management Corporation, LMT Technology Solutions, Fina’s Catering and Café, LaBella Associates, The Cabot Group, The Zoghlin Group, Entercom Communications, and Avalon.

Join us for a free lunchtime concert in High Falls, featuring The White Hots.

Location: Granite Mills Park near the Pont de Rennes Bridge, 104 Platt Street, Rochester. Click here for a map.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating and lunch, or pick up a lunch at one of the many area restaurants. New this year: the rain location is at MCC’s downtown campus and in the event of rain, the change in venue will be announced via social media.

Named for one of Rochester’s gastronomic specialties, The White Hots are a blues, swing, and jazz group who perform everything from mellow instrumental music to swing dances with a full band. Musicians and music critics rave about them, dancers swing to them, and people who just like interesting music love their live shows and CDs. The band includes Tina Albright, vocals; Dan Lopata, bass; Aleksandar Disljenkovic, guitar; Steve Greene, guitar; Bill Blind, percussion. www.thewhitehots.com

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Hochstein at High Falls concerts are presented by High Falls Business Association, The Hochstein School, WXXI, and Monroe Community College (MCC).

The concerts are sponsored by a number of local organizations, including SEI Group, Stantec, The Mills at High Falls, Norry Management Corporation, LMT Technology Solutions, Fina’s Catering and Café, LaBella Associates, The Cabot Group, The Zoghlin Group, Entercom Communications, and Avalon.