The Hochstein School’s Live from Hochstein concert series returns this fall with a new lineup of free noontime performances beginning Wednesday, October 14, 2026, and continuing weekly through December 16, 2026. Concerts take place from 12:10–12:50 p.m. in the Hochstein Performance Hall and are open to the public at no charge.

These concerts are presented in partnership with WXXI and broadcast live on WXXI Classical 91.5 and rebroadcast at 10 p.m. the day of the concert. The Hochstein School is grateful to Sidney & Barbara Sobel for generously providing continuous underwriting support for Live from Hochstein since 1993.

Composer-pianist Daniel Pesca and Soprano Tyler Cassidy-Heacock present a program of 20th and 21st-century songs by American composers and American poets. The program includes compositions by Rochester-based composers Pesca and David Liptak written for Dr. Cassidy-Heacock in 2025, along with Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in the piano arrangement by the composer himself.

All ages welcome
FREE
Preregistration is encouraged

Hochstein welcomes community and school groups to attend Live From Hochstein. So we can better serve the needs of your group, please call our Front Office at (585) 454-4596 with the estimated number of guests and buses we can expect.