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

Concertino Strings plays an arrangement of the German folk song “The Cuckoo,” “Stick Horse Parade” by Walter J. Halen, and “Fiddling A-Round” by John Caponegro.

Hochstein Sinfonia Strings performs selections from Don Quixote Suite by the German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann, the beautiful “Lullaby” by William Hoefeldt, and the catchy tune “Apple Seed in My Banana” by Lauren Bernovsky.

Finally, the Hochstein Philharmonia Orchestra plays the dramatic “March to the Scaffold” movement from Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique; Frederick Delius’s Walk to the Paradise Garden; and the fourth movement from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Philharmonia will also perform Orchestral Folk Song Suite, a new work by Hochstein faculty member Matt Osika as part of the Young Composers’ Collaboration Project.

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.

This concert will also be live streamed on YouTube. Use this link to watch the concert on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RcwCWA9r_nc.

To receive live-streaming alerts, subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.

To access the program for this concert, click here.

 

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.

Featuring Tony Caramia, piano; Annette Farrington, flute; and Elise Cole, cello, performing music of Marion Bauer, Amy Beach, and Bohuslav Martinů.

Eastman piano professor Tony Caramia is joined by flutist Annette Farrington and cellist Elise Cole for a concert featuring three trios for flute, cello, and piano from the first half of the 20th century. 

One of the most successful American composers of her era, Amy Beach wrote her Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano during her first visit to the MacDowell Colony in NH. Composer, teacher, and music critic Marion Bauer’s Trio Sonata is alternately impressionistic, heartfelt, and gleeful. Martinů’s Trio was written in a holiday spirit while on a retreat in the Connecticut countryside, although the folk-music rhythms reveal the composer’s underlying homesickness.

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 Perinton Concert Band presents a tribute to the courage, bravery, dedication, and compassion of our country’s military, first responders, doctors/nurses, and caregivers.

Musical selections will include “Summon the Heroes” by John Williams, “Arlington (Where Giants Lie Sleeping),” “To Those Who Serve,” marches, and “A Tribute to Harold Arlen,” featuring music of the Great American Songbook.  

Tickets are $8 adult, $6 senior, children and students 18 and under are free.

For tickets and more information, visit https://perintonconcertband.org/. 

Masks optional, distancing recommended.

With live readings by local writers and performers, this show celebrates motherhood and Mother's Day.

Back for its eighth Rochester season, Listen to Your Mother is a night of enjoyment, inspiration, and connection. This event is a magical way to celebrate mothers with your loved ones. Proceeds benefit the Society for the Protection and Care of Children. Live stream tickets also available.

The cast:
Jeanne Arnold, Amy Boyle Johnston, Karen Dickerson, Kristen French, Holly Garritano, April Holmes, Richard Hughson, Melissa Pheterson, Scott Seifritz, Sherita Traywick, Diane Zielinski, Allison Zukoski. Emcee: Andrea Holland.

Doors open at 7:00 pm. Event is ASL interpreted. Masks may be required.

Tickets are $18.50 (general admission), $10 (live stream), $25 (at door, if available).

Find out more information about the performers, sponsors, and the event itself at www.rocthemic.org.

The Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Casey Springstead, performs their spring concert.

The program includes Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite, Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to The Sicilian Vespers, Elegy for the End of Nature by Steve Danyew, Emmanuel Séjourné’s Marimba Concerto with soloist Daniel Kinney, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Marche Joyeuse conducted by HYSO Conducting Apprentice Amy Feng.

A senior at Pittsford Sutherland High School, Daniel Kinney studies percussion with Kyle Peters at Eastman Community Music School, and his past teachers include Ruth Cahn and Ira Fair. He has been a member of HYSO for six years and previously soloed with them in 2019.

Also a senior at Pittsford Sutherland High School, HYSO Conducting Apprentice Amy Feng is in her seventh season playing with HYSO. As a cellist studying with Kathy Kemp since age 7, Feng has been the principal cellist of HYSO since 2019 and of the NYSSMA Junior High Area All-State Orchestra.

Tickets at the door: $5 general admission.

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.

This concert will also be live streamed on YouTube. Use this link to watch the concert on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y9xZraCoOtU.

The program to this concert can be found here.

To receive live-streaming alerts, subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/hochsteinschool.

 

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 Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra turns to the music of diverse composers for its last concert of the season.

Come hear the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Amy Beach, Shostakovich, Stamitz, and Kabalevsky. Concerto winners Will Jones, Elizabeth Norris, and Joshua Jin will perform.

Dr. James Mick, conductor

Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture, Op. 30
Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1, mvt. 1; Josh Jin, soloist
Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 49, mvt. 1; Elizabeth Norris, soloist
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1; Will Jones, soloist
Beach: Symphony No. 2 "Gaelic" mvts. 3, 4

Tickets are $10, $5 for children age 17 and under.

Tickets are available online, by phone, and at the door. For more information, visit the RPYO website.

The trio of Allyn Van Dusen, mezzo-soprano; Rita George-Simmons, flute; and Paula Bobb, piano, performs works from their program “Garden of Delights.”

This concert features music set to the lyrical poetry of famed Indian Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore. The poetry – along with music by John Alden Carpenter, Cary Ratcliff, and Mikhail Ipollitov-Ivanov – beckons springtime and evokes garden riches. The program also includes music by Fauré and Schubert, among others, along with poetry readings.

Rita George Simmons and Paula Bobb are both members of Hochstein’s faculty, in flute and piano, respectively. Mezzo-soprano Allyn Van Dusen is a versatile performer who has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, RPO, and Rochester Oratorio Society, among others.

The voice-flute-piano trio Gossamer Edge was formed in 2012 to explore the vibrant repertory for this trio combination, as well as solo literature and duos combining the instruments in different ways that make for intriguing and varied programs.

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 2022 David Hochstein Recital Competition winners – Michael Ortiz, clarinet; Elizabeth Norris, cello; and Maxwell Sun, piano – perform a free concert.

The program includes music by Bach, Dvořák, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn, among others, and will be recorded for later broadcast on WXXI-FM Classical 91.5.

Since 1991, The Hochstein School 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. View the full list of winners, runners-up, and judges at https://hochstein.org/Music/David-Hochstein-Recital-Competition.

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.

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.

One of Spotlight on Faculty’s most popular concerts returns! Celebrate the piano with works for one to four pianos and one to 16 hands, and a whole lot of fun with members of Hochstein’s piano faculty.

Featuring Yoshiko Arahata, Paula Rodney Bobb, Yi-Wen Chang, Julia Goodwin, Doleen Hood, Willie LaFavor, Gary Palmer, E-Na Song, and Joseph Werner.

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 Cora Swenson Lee, cello; Apollo Lee, trumpet; Yoshiko Arahata, piano, performing music as vast and varied as the American landscape.

“American Soundscapes” is an exploration of the widely varied musical languages employed by American composers through repertoire written for cello, piano, and trumpet.

The program includes pieces in a late Romantic style by Amy Beach; those which explore timbre and tonality such as the Sonata for Trumpet and Cello by Yves Chardon; music for the unusual trio of trumpet, cello, and piano by both Eric Ewasen and Carson Cooman; Joseph Turrin's energetic "Intrada" for trumpet and piano; and a selection from Ned Rorem's Piano Sonata No. 1.

Cora Swensen Lee and Apollo Lee are both former Hochstein faculty members and Eastman alums with extensive chamber and orchestral experience, now based in central Illinois. A member of Hochstein’s piano faculty, Yoshiko Arahata enjoys a multifaceted career as an internationally active pianist, educator, improvisor, and composer. 

The musical soundscapes the program traverses are as vast and varied as the American landscape, and we hope the audience will enjoy this journey.

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.

This concert explores the connection between classical music and Celtic music with works by the Italian guitar virtuoso Mauro Giuliani; the Irish harpist, singer, and composer Turlough O’Carolan; and influential Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini.

Featuring Shannon Nance, violin; Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello; and Tim Shannon, guitar.

Giuiliani’s Serenade and Paganini’s Terzetto – both written for a trio of violin, cello, and guitar – bookend the program and represent the purely classical repertoire.

“My Lodging is on the Cold Ground” (more widely known as “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms”) is a solo guitar piece that represents a true marriage of Celtic and classical styles. The main theme is a traditional Irish melody with variations by Giuliani.

Though O’Carolan mostly wrote jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance music, he wrote his concerto in the style of Corelli, an Italian Baroque composer whose music was popular in Ireland at the time. O’Carolan’s “Farewell to Music” was written in a more traditional Irish style.

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.