Directed by Evan Meccarello, the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra performs Coleridge-Taylor's Danse Negre from African Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Suite from The Snow Maiden, which includes the energetic and well-known "Dance of the Tumblers." Soloist Glenna Curren will be featured on the Schumann Cello Concerto.

Created in 2010 as a reunion of musicians with connections to Hochstein, the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra has reunited each year to present free, high-quality concerts. Members of the HAO have gone on to win international contests, have received mention by music critic Alex Ross in The New Yorker magazine, and earned opportunities to play in professional orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Fort Worth Symphony.

The concert is free, with donations accepted to benefit Hochstein.

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

This concert will also be live streamed on YouTube. Use this link to watch the concert on YouTube: https://youtu.be/75XZRD8aL_Q

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Praised for her nuanced, moving performances and stylistic agility, cellist Glenna Curren is an active chamber musician and recitalist based in the Rochester and Finger Lakes region, and a specialist in performance practice on period instruments. A passionate and sought-after teacher, Curren maintains a private studio in Rochester and serves on the faculties of SUNY Geneseo, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy. As a student at Hochstein from 2001-2007, she studied with Kathleen Murphy Kemp and is a graduate of the Hochstein Honors Program and a recipient of a Hochstein merit scholarship. Curren credits the performing opportunities and mentors she encountered at Hochstein with shaping her as a performer and is thrilled to be returning for this performance.

Conductor Evan Meccarello is founder and director of the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra. Since 2010, he has led the group in world-premiere performances of Rochester composers and showcased talented musicians in a concert tour of the region. He was a member of the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra in high school, serving as Co-Concertmaster and Apprentice Conductor. Meccarello is currently Music Director of the Binghamton Community Orchestra and Conductor of the Thames Valley Youth Symphony in New London, CT. He is also Vice President of the Keuka Lake Music Festival and a radio host for Soundspace on WAYO-LP in Rochester.

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.

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This dance-themed program will bring some pep into your step! This concert features music for clarinet and piano, both solo and together.

The program includes the toe-tapping and energetic Three Spanish Dances by Philip Lane, Libby Larsen’s novel and interesting Dancing Solo for clarinet, and The Dream Rags, a quirky selection for piano by William Albright.

Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano is full of jazzy, rocking rhythms, with sections that foreshadow his work in West Side Story.

Since 1991, Spotlight on Faculty has highlighted the prestigious Hochstein faculty in a variety of ensembles and musical genres from chamber music and dance to jazz, contemporary, and classical. A key feature of the Spotlight on Faculty concerts is that Hochstein faculty members work together to create their own program and submit proposals to perform on the series.

Each concert begins at 7:00 pm and lasts about an hour. Admission is $10 per person, with a $20 family maximum. Concerts are free to Hochstein students/families, faculty, and staff.

Please note that masks will be required at Hochstein for all persons age 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status. Distancing is encouraged. Click here to read Hochstein's COVID safety protocols.

The Spotlight on Faculty concert series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.