The critically acclaimed and powerful event Listen To Your Mother is back for its sixth Rochester season. Join us for a night of enjoyment, inspiration, and connection. Livestream ticket option is available.

With live readings by local writers and performers, this show celebrates motherhood and Mother's Day. This event will be a magical way to celebrate mothers 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.

A live-stream ticket option is also available. Tickets at the door are $25, if availability permits.

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

Please be prepared to wear a mask.

The RPO with Andreas Delfs, conductor, performs orchestral selections and audience favorites from some beloved operas.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with Andreas Delfs, conductor, performs a program featuring orchestral selections and audience favorites from some beloved operas, including Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah, and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Read the online program notes.

Andreas Delfs joined the RPO as Music Director in 2021 and is widely recognized as both a successful, hands-on orchestra builder and as an imaginative and inspiring music director. His passionate and dramatic interpretations of the late romantic repertoire have drawn critical acclaim, reflecting a constantly evolving artistic maturity marked by the insight, depth, and integrity he brings to the podium.

The Hochstein School’s free noontime Live from Hochstein concert series will be hosted by WXXI Classical’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical. Listen to the concert at WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, or online at https://www.classical915.org/.

* Proof of vaccination is required for audience members (children age 11 and under must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult). All patrons will be required to wear masks. Please refrain from bringing food/drink into the hall so that we can all remain masked.

See the full safety protocols at https://hochstein.org/Calendar/Live-from-Hochstein.

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have generously 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 Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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 free concert.

The program includes Critical Mass by Todd Stalter, Algorhythms by Gary Fagan, As Tears Fall on Dawn’s New Light by Richard Saucedo, Into the Arctic by Brian Balmages, and Zombie Tango by James Meredith.

This concert will also be live streamed on YouTube. To receive live-streaming alerts, subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.

Please note that masks will be required at Hochstein for all persons age 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status. Distancing is encouraged.

 

Hochstein programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

 

Pianist Jacob Ertl performs works by Liszt, Schubert, Missy Mazzoli, and Radiohead.

Pianist Jacob Ertl, in his solo recital “The Pianist Speaks,” explores music that communicates compelling and provocative themes steeped in social justice, equality, and the journey of life through choice and consequence. His program includes Liszt’s Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, a movement from Schubert’s Sonata in A major, Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos by Missy Mazzoli, and No Surprises by Radiohead (as transcribed by Christopher O’Riley). Read the online program notes.

Ertl has performed extensively in the United States and throughout Canada, China, France, Israel, Mexico, Panama, Serbia, and Spain. Performance highlights include solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, and Chicago radio’s “Live from WFMT” concert series. A sought-after performer, teacher, and adjudicator, Ertl currently serves as Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Associate Professor of Piano, and Performance Program Director at the Nazareth College School of Music.

The Hochstein School’s free noontime Live from Hochstein concert series will be hosted by WXXI Classical’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical. Listen to the concert at WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, or online at https://www.classical915.org/.

* Proof of vaccination is required for audience members (children age 11 and under must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult). All patrons will be required to wear masks. Please refrain from bringing food/drink into the hall so that we can all remain masked.

See the full safety protocols at https://hochstein.org/Calendar/Live-from-Hochstein.

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have generously 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 Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Musicians in the Hochstein Philharmonia Orchestra (grades 6-11) and Hochstein Sinfonia Strings (grades 4-9) orchestral ensembles – led by Director John Fetter with HPO Assistant Director Matt Osika – give a joint fall concert, which is free.

The HSS program includes the haunting Danse Macabre by Saint-Saëns, the finale from Mozart’s Symphony No. 15, and Richard Meyer’s Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space, a humorous nod to the “B” monster movies of the 1950s.

The HPO half of the program includes Kabalevsky Suite, featuring works by the noted Russian composer; Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette (the theme music from Alfred Hitchcock Presents); and the finale from Haydn’s Symphony No. 3.

Click here to download the program for this concert: https://hochstein.org/Portals/0/Phil-Sin%20fall%202021%20program.pdf.

This concert will also be live streamed on YouTube. To receive live-streaming alerts, subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.

Please note that masks will be required at Hochstein for all persons age 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status. Distancing is encouraged.

 

The Hochstein Orchestra and Chamber Music Programs are supported in part by the Louise Alfreda Hill Memorial Fund.

Hochstein programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

The RPO Marimba Band performs their own arrangements of Latin, pop, and jazz tunes on a wide array of melodic percussion instruments.

Described as “one of the Rochester area’s unique and notable treasures” (SUNY Brockport’s The Stylus), the RPO Marimba Band was established in 1979 and is comprised of members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s current percussion section. The RPO Marimba Band performs their own arrangements of Latin, pop, and jazz tunes on a wide array of melodic percussion instruments such as marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, steel drum, and drum set. 

The program for this concert includes the band's arrangements of music by Sting, the Gipsy Kings, renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie, and Frank Zappa as well as selections from Riverdance, the French film Amelie, and a recording by Harry Belafonte. Read the online program notes.

Since their formation, the RPO Marimba Band has performed in venues throughout Western New York. The musicians include Andrew Bockman, Anthony Calabrese, Tom Nanni, Kyle Peters, Kristen Shiner McGuire, and Brian Stotz.

The Hochstein School’s free noontime Live from Hochstein concert series will be hosted by WXXI Classical’s Mona Seghatoleslami and broadcast live on WXXI Classical. Listen to the concert at WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, or online at https://www.classical915.org/.

* Proof of vaccination is required for audience members (children age 11 and under must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult). All patrons will be required to wear masks. Please refrain from bringing food/drink into the hall so that we can all remain masked.

See the full safety protocols at https://hochstein.org/Calendar/Live-from-Hochstein.

Sidney and Barbara Sobel have generously 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 Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

If you are a Whose Line? fan, get ready for the same relentless laughter that you grew to love, but without the commercial breaks! If you are new to improv comedy, then you are in for a show unlike anything you have ever seen before.

Prepare to laugh until you cry when four of the worlds most masterful improv artists take you on the high wire act of comedic acrobatics. The rapid-fire wit and non-stop jokes will have your sides splitting and begging for mercy and also begging for more. Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops, both seen on ABCs Whose Line Is It Anyway? are joined by Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray.

This particular style of improvisational comedy is rife with countless gags, one-liners, hilarious games and even songs so good you will hardly believe they were made up on the spot. The teamwork and trust that it takes to perform a show with no script is apparent, but when the best of the best do it, they do it effortlessly. Watch them build entire scenes, characters, and storylines right before your eyes as they take you on a white-knuckle ride through endless chuckles.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5216425.

Masks may be required for the audience, subject to local health regulations on October 29.

 

Bring your ghouls and goblins for a frightfully fun time with your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra! Conductor Kalena Bovell has some surprise musical treats in store, so join us for spine-tingling and hauntingly fun time. Costumes are strongly encouraged!

* Please note that in place of traditional pre-concert activities, take-home activity kits will be provided.

The safety of our patrons, musicians, staff, and volunteers is the RPO's highest priority. Proof of vaccination (for those 12 and up, with photo ID) and masks will be required for this performance. Before purchasing tickets please be aware of all our safety protocols (https://rpo.org/protocols/). Capacity has been limited to allow for socially distanced seating. Please follow the ushers’ seating instructions.

Concert information at https://rpo.org/event/halloween-tricks-and-treats/.