Featuring Telos Trio: Rita George Simmons, flute; Debbie Grohman, clarinet; and Willie La Favor, piano.

Commissioned by the Telos Trio from composer Cary Ratcliff in 2019, Fresh Wind for Our Sails is a colorful, evocative, and engaging composition inspired by a century of peace and justice work in Rochester. The program also includes Gwyneth Walker’s Equality Now! - with guest narrator Barbara Blaisdell, who often portrays Susan B. Anthony - which traces the beginning of the women’s movement in Seneca Falls; Miguel del Aguila’s Disagree; and Alex Shapiro’s Desert Thoughts.

The trio plans to record these pieces for a new CD that celebrates past achievements and harnesses new energy for the work that lies ahead.

Admission at the door is $10 per person, with a $20 family maximum. Concerts are free to Hochstein students/families, faculty, and staff. The concert lasts about an hour, and is followed by a “meet the artists” reception.

Audience will be asked to follow Hochstein’s COVID safety plan in place at the time of the concert: 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.

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

Members of the Hochstein Youth Singers showcase their individual talents for family and friends.  

Free.
 

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.

 

Reunion Show with Just Nesh, Joel James, Funk, Zach Johnson, Yolanda Smilez

Ticket Prices:
Early Bird - $20
VIP - $40 (premiere seating)
At door - $35

 

Tickets Available at:
Xquisite Boutique (171 Monroe Ave)
Online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/headliners-joel-james-just-nesh-g-funk-yolanda-smilez-zack-johnson-tickets-501698352277

 

Doors and Bar open at 7:00 pm (no food or drink allowed in Performance Hall).

Musicians in Hochstein’s Sinfonia Strings (grades 4-9, directed by John Fetter and Terry Smith), and Concertino Strings (grades 1-5, directed by Marcos Kreutzer) orchestral ensembles give a free joint afternoon concert.

Concertino Strings performs Robert S. Frost’s Alpha Beta Alpha, March with Three Variations by Jorge Andrés Arbelaez, and Sean O’Loughlin’s Dragon’s Tail.

Sinfonia performs Skylife by David Balakrishnan, founder of the Turtle Island Quartet – a piece they call anthem rock groove music for strings; Adoration by Florence Price, notable as the first Black woman to have a composition played by a major orchestra; and the fourth movement of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, an inventive work based on folk melodies.

This concert will be livestreamed, on Hochstein’s YouTube channel, for those not able to attend the concert in person. Click here.

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Read the program 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.

The HochStrings Adult Chamber Orchestra, directed by Pia Liptak, performs a free concert of string music.

The program, entitled Dance/Sing, includes elements of both dance and song. There is a new piece, YanYanKliYan Senamido, composed by African musician Angélique Kidjo for the Kronos Quartet that features traditional melodies and complex, groovy rhythms. She says the piece is a brief introduction of the beautiful music of her country, Benin.

The concert also features a Ukrainian melody by Myroslav Skoryk, Blue Sky Tango by Dennis Eveland, an air by J.S. Bach, and a divertimento by Mozart.

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.

This special performance by Hochstein’s Chamber Music Connection ensembles benefits a local food shelf.

During the concert, student chamber ensembles will perform classical music. Admission is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item.

Food donations will go to Foodlink, a Rochester-based nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and building healthier communities by addressing both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity. Foodlink serves as the hub of the emergency food system across a 10-county service area. http://www.foodlinkny.org/

Specific items needed: canned fruits and vegetables, whole-grain pasta, low-sugar cereal, brown rice, oats, peanut butter, canned tuna and chicken, low-sodium canned beans, and soup. No glass containers. See below for details.

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.

This free concert features young singers in Hochstein’s choral program along with soloists from Hochstein’s voice studios.

Hochstein Singers and Youth Singers are directed by Maryellen Giese and Jonathan Thomas Madden. Hochstein Little Singers is directed by Shana Kohler. Joining them are the Sweden Senior Singers (also directed by Giese).

The program includes music by Morten Lauridsen, Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi, and Paul Simon; Irish folk songs; “Walking in the Air" from the animated film The Snowman; a song from Fiddler on the Roof; and much more!

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.

RGMC performs selections from the chorus's 40-year history.

2023 is a year to honor the loyalty and support of our audiences who have been with us for 40 years. The chorus will be performing selections from our 40-year history that our fans identify as their favorite songs. ABBA, Queen, Elton John, Broadway tunes, and many more will be rewarding to our audiences over the years and will be consolidated into one phenomenal evening.

Doors Open: 6:30 Saturday

Ticket Price(s): 
$25 General Admission
$12 kids tickets (ages 14 and under)

Tickets available at: https://thergmc.org/concert-%26-events

RGMC performs selections from the chorus's 40-year history.

2023 is a year to honor the loyalty and support of our audiences who have been with us for 40 years. The chorus will be performing selections from our 40-year history that our fans identify as their favorite songs. ABBA, Queen, Elton John, Broadway tunes, and many more will be rewarding to our audiences over the years and will be consolidated into one phenomenal evening.

Doors Open: 2:00 Sunday

Ticket Price(s): 
$25 General Admission
$12 kids tickets (ages 14 and under)

Tickets available at: https://thergmc.org/concert-%26-events

A free concert by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, featuring ragtime music by Scott Joplin, Cab Calloway, Jelly Roll Morton, Gershwin, and others.

This concert is part of a series of 100 free concerts to celebrate the RPO's centennial season. The free performances are part of a two-pronged initiative by the orchestra to reach out to an audience beyond concert hall regulars.

The concert is free but tickets ARE required. Click here for tickets: https://my.rpo.org/1213/1214. See the RPO website for COVID protocols.

Tickets are also available at the RPO Box Office, or at the door if the concert is not sold out.

Featuring: Marcy Bacon, clarinet; Koki Tanaka, violin; Nicholas Kilkenny, baritone; Colleen Wolf, horn; Bonnie Choi, piano; Kevin Nitsch, piano; and E-Na Song, piano.

Members of the Nazareth College music faculty celebrate the artistry of women composers during the second Women in Music Festival. 

The program includes Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano by Zenobia Powell Perry, a prolific Black American composer and pianist who studied with Darius Milhaud and at the Eastman School with R. Nathaniel Dett. Also on the program are Pièces Romantiques by French composer Cécile Chaminade; Deux morceaux for violin and piano by French composer Lili Boulanger, the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize; The Perfected Life by contemporary American composer Lori Laitman, which is set to poetry of Emily Dickinson; and Golden Hour by contemporary composer Cait Nishimura for French horn and piano.

Click here to read the program notes.

This concert is part of the Women in Music Festival at Nazareth College. The festival includes concerts and a panel discussion, all of which serve as a catalyst for purposeful dialogue, future collaborations, and engaging performances for our Rochester community. 

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.wxxiclassical.org. Listen to an encore broadcast on WXXI Classical 91.5 FM at 10:00 pm the day of the concert.

* Masks and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Please note that only bottled water is allowed in the newly renovated hall.

The Hochstein School is deeply grateful to Sidney and Barbara Sobel, who have generously provided continuous underwriting of Live from Hochstein 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.

ROS performs a choral favorite.

Ticket Price(s):                       
$25 general admission
$15 senior/student tickets available

Doors open at 7:00 pm

Tickets are available at: https://rossings.org/allevents/mozarts-requiem.

Featuring E-Na Song, piano.

Inspired by people close to her who are all dancers – including her mother, who is a traditional Korean dancer; her Eastman School professor, Rebecca Penneys, a former ballet dancer; and her significant other, also a former ballet dancer – E-Na Song explores a variety of dance-influenced music in various writing styles and time periods.

This program features Beethoven’s uplifting Polonaise; Liszt’s dramatic and lyrical Tarantella, which has long been on Song’s wish list of pieces to learn; Dances of Marosszek by Kodály, an emotionally wide-ranging piece based on folk tunes from Hungary; and “Sleepwalker’s Shuffle” from Albright’s The Dream Rags, inspired by ragtime music.

Click here to read the program notes.

Born in Korea, Dr. E-Na Song is a concert pianist, collaborative pianist, and educator. As an active performer, she has performed throughout the US, Poland, Spain, Austria, and Korea. Recently she has appeared in venues such as Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, and The Hochstein School. When she is not performing or teaching, Song works as the Assistant Director of the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival.

The Hochstein School’s free noontime Live from Hochstein concert series will be hosted by WXXI Classical’s Brenda Tremblay and broadcast live on WXXI Classical. Listen to the concert at WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, or online at https://www.wxxiclassical.org. Listen to an encore broadcast on WXXI Classical 91.5 FM at 10:00 pm the day of the concert.

* Masks and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Please note that only bottled water is allowed in the newly renovated hall.

The Hochstein School is deeply grateful to Sidney and Barbara Sobel, who have generously provided continuous underwriting of Live from Hochstein 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.