This special concert features music by composers in the Terezin concentration camp in the Czech Republic during World War II.

Featuring Tyler Cassidy-Heacock, soprano; Ryan Reiss, clarinet; Pia Liptak and Patricia van der Sloot, violin; Leah Kettelkamp, viola; Hilda Grace and Jeremy Grace, cello.

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.

This program of Baroque music includes works by Vivaldi, Kapsberger, Castello, Senaillé, and Couperin.

The program includes two works by Vivaldi – his Concerto in D Major, written for lute but performed here on guitar, and his Cello Sonata No. 3, performed here on cello, harpsichord, and theorbo. The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extra-long neck and two sets of tuning pegs. The program also includes Pièces en Concert by French composer and Versailles organist, François Couperin; sonatas by Kapsberger and Castello, both performed on theorbo; and the lively Allegro Spiritoso by Senaillé.

Featuring: Warner Iversen, theorbo and guitar; Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello; Joseph Werner, harpsichord; Aika Ito, violin; Megan Kemp, violin.

(Please note that the repertoire and musician roster has changed since this concert was first announced) 

Admission at the door is $10 per person, with a $20 family maximum. Concerts are free to Hochstein students/families, faculty, and staff.

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.

Under Artistic Director and Conductor Oleh Mahlay, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus returns to the Rochester area to present its Centennial Concert Program.

Founded in 1918, the all-male Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus has a long and proud history of representing Ukrainian bandura and choral music on the international stage. Today, the majority of Chorus members are second- and third-generation Americans and Canadians. 

Fortified by a whole new generation of young musicians, the Chorus has captivated audiences in major concert halls in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Ukraine since immigrating to North America from Europe in 1949.

The Ukrainian bandura combines the musical characteristics of both the lute and the harp. So it produces a sound similar to a harpsichord but with a wider range and tone. The Ukrainian bandura was historically used as an instrument for vocal accompaniment. The Ukrianian Bandurist Chorus continues this tradition by combining the two great loves of the Ukrainian people: the artistry of a bandura orchestra with choral singing.

Tickets are $30 adult, $10 student (under 21). For tickets and more information, visit http://bandura.org/2019/03/rochester-may-4-ubc-centennial-concert/. Tickets also available at Ukrainian Federal Credit Union. For more information, please call (585) 747-5657.

Ward Stare conducts the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with Jessica Sindell, piccolo, and vocal ensemble Madrigalia

CHERUBINI Overture to Medee
VIVALDI Piccolo Concerto in C Major
BOCCHERINI Symphony No. 3, G. 503, Op. 12, No. 1 in D Major
ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide

 

For tickets and more information, visit the RPO Box Office, call (585) 454-2100, or purchase at Wegmans.

Musicians in Hochstein’s Philharmonia (grades 6-11) and Sinfonia (grades 4-9), directed by John Fetter and Matt Osika, and Concertino Strings (grades 1-5), directed by Marcos Kreutzer, give a free joint concert.

Concertino Strings performs the Baroque-inspired Suite for Strings by John Diercks. Sinfonia performs Bold Venture by M.L Daniels, full of rhythmic vitality and melodic verve. Philharmonia performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture and “March of the War Priests” from Athalie.

Both Sinfonia and Philharmonia will each perform a new work by Hochstein faculty member Matt Osika, as part of the Young Composers’ Collaboration Project.

There will be pre-concert chamber music performed by two Chamber Music Connection ensembles - Trio Giocoso and Le Sans Nom - starting at 6:40 pm.

The Eastman Cello Ensemble is a student-based ensemble featuring some of the most promising cello students of the Eastman School of Music.

Led by its Artistic Director, Noémie Raymond-Friset, the ensemble is a perfect crucible for its members to create music and explore diverse repertoire.

Selections include a Gabrieli sonata, “Maria” from Bernstein’s West Side Story, a movement from Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, and Jacob’s Cello Octet.

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.

The 2019 David Hochstein Recital Competition winners – Sam Reeder, clarinet, and Andrew Guo, violin – perform a free concert in Hochstein Performance Hall, which will be recorded for later broadcast on WXXI-FM Classical 91.5.

Since 1991, the Hochstein School of Music & Dance has commemorated the life of David Hochstein with a yearly competition for local upper-level high school students and we are proud to honor his legacy by celebrating and encouraging these talented young musicians.

The David Hochstein Recital Competition is open to advanced students in grades 10-12 in the nine-county region surrounding Rochester. In order to compete, musicians are required to prepare challenging music in varied styles and perform before juries of noted professional artists.

A reception follows the concert.

The 2019 David Hochstein Recital Competition is sponsored by Paul and Marie Nasipak, in memory of Shirley Oliver Nasipak.

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

The critically acclaimed and powerful event "Listen To Your Mother" is back for its fifth Rochester season. With live readings by local writers and performers, this show celebrates motherhood and Mother's Day.

Join us for a night of enjoyment, inspiration, and connection. This event will be a magical way to celebrate Mother's Day 2019 with your loved ones.

Proceeds benefit the Society for the Protection and Care of Children. Find out more information about our performers, sponsors, and the event itself at: www.rocthemic.org.

Doors open at 7:00 pm. Advance general admission tickets are $18.50 (plus service fee) and can be purchased by clicking this link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4100344
Tickets at the door: $25.

Event is ASL interpreted, and the venue is wheelchair accessible.

The spring concert by the 75-member Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Casey Springstead, features selections by Bizet, Ravel, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, and more, with solos by HYSO Concerto Competition winners.

The program includes Bizet’s Carmen, Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Russell Scarbrough’s Solaces, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol.

The concert also features HYSO Concerto Competition Winner Raymond Feng performing the first movement from Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and HYSO Concerto Competition Winner Grace Taylor performing the first movement of Jacob’s Concerto for Horn and Strings. HYSO Conductor Apprentices Nicholas Kinney and Nicole Page conduct the orchestra in two selections.

Tickets are $5 general admission at the door.

 

Full program:

BIZET: Danse Bohème from Carmen Suite No. 2
Conducted by the HYSO Conductor Apprentice, Nicholas Kinney

RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Conducted by HYSO Conductor Apprentice, Nicole Page

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (movement 1)
Raymond Feng, piano
HYSO Concerto Competition Winner

JACOB: Concerto for Horn and Strings (movement 1)
Grace Taylor, horn
HYSO Concerto Competition Winner

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture

RUSSELL SCARBROUGH: Solaces
strings only

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol

The quintet fivebyfive performs "Rounder Songs" by Patrick Burke and Emily Pinkerton - with Emily Pinkerton on vocals and banjo - and a new work by Glenn McClure.

Formed in 2015, the quintet fivebyfive focuses on engaging audiences in the collaborative spirit and creativity of modern chamber music. Featuring Laura Lentz, flute; Marcy Bacon, clarinet; Sungmin Shin, electric guitar; Eric Polenik, bass; and Haeyeun Jeun, piano.

For this concert, they will perform Rounder Songs by Patrick Burke and Emily Pinkerton, with Emily Pinkerton on vocals and banjo. Rounder Songs is a song cycle for voice, banjo, and chamber ensemble that brings together the sounds of 21st-century post-minimalist classical music and North American old-time. The work is based on public domain songs and legends from Kentucky and West Virginia that tell the stories of several “rounders”: rural drifters who include a gambler, a murderer, and a mill laborer who strikes a deal with the devil. Included are the traditional songs "Red Rocking Chair," "Pretty Polly," and "Darling Corey."

The program also includes the premiere of a new work by Glenn McClure - What Lies Below was written for the quintet inspired by recent research on Hawaiian volcanoes.

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.

The final GVOC concert of the season reflects on the innocence and honesty of children. 

John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” is a classic work that beautifully combines youthful voices with an adult choir and orchestra. Orchestra and adult choir provide poetry while young voices interweave with fun tunes and ancient folk songs.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. For tickets and more information, visit the GVOC website at www.gvoc.org.

Be ready to dance in the aisles! Michael Butterman returns to conduct Platypus Theatre’s interactive family show that highlights the rhythms of Latin American music.

Crafts in the Chapel at 1:00 pm. For tickets and information, visit rpo.org, call 585-454-2100, or purchase tickets at Wegmans.

The program includes:
GUTIÉRREZ Alma Llanera Pajarillo
DE ABREU Tico Tico no Fubá
SOUSA Liberty Bell March
BÉLANGER, MARC Potpourri Lavalois
PIAZZOLLA Oblivion
TRUDEL, ALAIN Drum Magic
TRADITIONAL (ARR. WAGLER) La Mariposa
REVUELTAS “Duelo” from Hommaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
TRADITIONAL (ARR. WAGLER)  La Bruja
SHELDON, ROBERT Danzas Cubanas
MORRICONE “Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission
DE FALLA (ARR. CHAPELIER) “Spanish Dance No.1” from La Vida Breve
BERNSTEIN (ARR. PERESS)  “Mambo” from West Side Story

There are no regularly scheduled lessons or classes on Monday, May 27, 2019.

Hochstein showcases the Merit Scholarship winners in grades 5-12 in this special student performance concert. Also recognized are candidates for completion of the Honors Certificate Program.

The scholarship winners were selected during auditions that were held February–March 2019. The students will perform solos during the Honors Convocation.

See below for the full list of scholarship winners and honors certificate students.

 

Merit Scholarship Winners

Grades 5-6

Lillian Brickman, guitar – student of Tim Shannon (Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship)

Felicia Garnot, cello – student of Kathy Kemp (Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship)

Erica Liu, violin – student of Marcos Kreutzer (Sydney and Pearl Rubin Memorial Scholarship)

Gillian Vit, violin – student of Katie Worley (Walter J. Holloran Memorial Scholarship)

 

Grades 7-8

Caitlin Ott, cello – student of Kathy Kemp (Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship)

Luke Pisani, piano – student of Gary Palmer (Sidney and Ruth Salzman Memorial Scholarship)

Neil Stringer, cello – student of Cora Swenson-Lee (Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship)

 

Grades 9-10

Thomas DeFisher, piano – student of Paula Rodney Bobb (Knights of Pythias Memorial Scholarship)

Amy Feng, cello – student of Kathy Kemp (Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship)

Felix Huang, cello – student of Kathy Kemp (Diana & Christina Wang Memorial Scholarship)

Katherine Huang, flute – student of Diane Smith (David Romig Memorial Scholarship)

 

Grades 11-12

Chloe Engin, flute – student of Diane Smith (Dawn & Jacques Lipson Music Scholarship)

Jett Kopalek, violin – student of Eri Noda (Dorothy Pund Allen Memorial Scholarship)

Hanna Schultz, flute – student of Rita George-Simmons (Donald Yungkurth Memorial Scholarship)

Agathya Visveswaran, guitar – student of John Wiesenthal (Lillian Taylor Hubbard Memorial Scholarship)

 

Honorable Mention

Ji-Mi Jang, cello – student of Kathy Kemp

Erik Schroeder, violin – student of Marcos Kreutzer

 

Honors Certificate Program Graduates

Chloe Engin, flute – student of Diane Smith

Jackie Hager, cello – student of Kathy Kemp