Jazz and dance join forces to explore the musical legacy of the Grammy Award-winning keyboard virtuoso and composer Chick Corea.

Featuring Cheryl Johnson, tap dancing/vocals; Richard DeLaney, piano; Dave Arenius, bass; and Dave Cohen, drum set; with guest Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez, dance.

The program features music from Corea’s Return to Forever album – including “Crystal Silence” and “Sometime Ago/La Fiesta” – along with “Tones for Joan’s Bones,” “Sea Journey,” and “Windows.” Richard Delaney has reimagined “Armando’s Rhumba” in his arrangement “Armando’s Bomba.”

With the help of these three talented jazz musicians, Cheryl Johnson can realize her dream of playing with the rhythmic melodies and percussive landscapes for which Chick Corea is famous. Hochstein dance instructor Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez joins in on the bomba, a Puerto Rican music and dance form which incorporates an improvised trade between the musicians and the dancers. 

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: Audience members will be asked to follow any COVID-19 safety guidelines that are in place at the time of the concert. Click here to view Hochstein’s COVID Safety Information: https://hochstein.org/About/Hochstein-COVID-Safety-Information.

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.

Featuring members of the Northeast Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society performing works by Ch’uqi, Mendelssohn, and Fauré.

Featuring John Vaida, violin; Amy Iwazumi, viola; Lisa Caravan, cello; and Hwaen Ch’uqi, piano.

Members of the Northeast Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society (NEPACMS) – three of them Eastman alums – perform a concert extolling the many beauties of chamber music in a program featuring works by Ch’uqi, Mendelssohn, and Fauré in combinations of ever-increasing density.

Pianist Ch’uqi’s own Deux Morceaux for cello and piano is bittersweet and poignant. The duo is joined by violin for Mendelssohn’s rhapsodic Piano Trio No. 1 and its non-stop flurry of notes. The piano trio is then joined by viola for Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 with its lush sonorities and bejeweling harmonies.

John Vaida and Amy Iwazumi are co-founders of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society (NEPACMS), each with experience performing in the U.S. and abroad. Lisa Caravan is an Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning at the Eastman School of Music and has performed with numerous orchestras, including the RPO. An Inca Indian and a native of Perú, pianist and composer Hwaen Ch’uqi is a world-renowned soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.

Read the online program notes.

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 Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society will present a recital demonstrating by additive process the countless splendors to be found in chamber music.

The program will progress from piano solo to piano quartet, pianist Hwaen Ch’uqi being joined by cellist Lisa Caravan, violinist John Michael Vaida, and violist Amy Iwazumi. They will traverse works of Ch’uqi, Mendelssohn, and Fauré, including the world premiere of Ch’uqi’s Deux Morceaux, CWV 35, for cello and piano.

Hochstein Recital Hall. Masks optional, distancing encouraged.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 (cash only) at the door. For tickets, visit http://incawarrior.com/indexphp/performances/.

Featuring the winners of the 2022 Hochstein Merit Scholarships: Sean Li, cello, and Sara Ward, saxophone.

Hochstein teachers nominate students for merit scholarships and auditions are held in February and March. The scholarships are organized in four categories for various age levels of music students, with the top scholarship level winners for grades 11-12 performing in concert. 

A senior at Pittsford Mendon High School, Sean Li has played the cello since the age of 10 and currently studies with Kathy Kemp at The Hochstein School. He currently serves as the co-principal cellist of the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra and is part of Hochstein’s Honors Certificate Program. Sean also studies piano with Joseph Werner and previously performed on Live from Hochstein.

A junior at Churchville Chili High School, Sara Ward has been studying saxophone under Nancy Boone-Bahr at The Hochstein School since March 2020. Sara is enrolled in Hochstein’s Honors Certificate Program and recently performed with the Hochstein Youth Wind Symphony.

Read the online program notes.

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.

There will be no in-person Live from Hochstein concert today due to Spring Recess.

Featuring the premiere of a new work by Jeff Tyzik, along with music by Aaron Siebert and Antonín Dvořák.

Featuring Erik Behr, oboe; Juliana Athayde, violin; Thomas Rodgers, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Guy Johnston, cello; and Chiao-Wen Cheng, piano.

Aaron Siebert - The Sobbing of the Phoenix for Saxophone quartet (SCMR College Competition Winner)
Jeff Tyzik - Dance Suite (Premiere)
Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Pre-Concert Talk with the Artistic Directors and musicians at 3:30 pm.

Tickets: $35 (Students thru college age admitted free with current school ID).

For tickets, visit https://www.chambermusicrochester.org/tickets.

The Geneseo Chamber Singers perform music chosen in honor of SUNY Geneseo’s 150th anniversary and to highlight women choral composers from past to present.

Featuring the Geneseo Chamber Singers, Gerard Floriano, director.

The program includes Jocelyn Hagen’s “Say It Out Loud,” a work newly commissioned for the choir; “Consolámini” by B.E. Boykin; selections from Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Gartenlieder (Garden Songs); Eliza Gilkyson's "Requiem;” and other works. 

Read the online program notes.

Founded in 1958, the Geneseo Chamber Singers of the State University of New York College at Geneseo is a mixed collegiate chorus of international reputation with approximately 40 singers. The ensemble has performed throughout the Northeast at national and regional meetings of music educator conferences, as well as at Alice Tully Hall and Town Hall in New York City, National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and on 12 international tours.

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.