Live choral concerts have been hard to come by during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for good reason. But on Friday, Jan. 22, fans of choir music will have reason to bend their ears again when the Rochester Oratorio Society presents a Live Encore broadcast via Facebook Live. The concert will feature two vocal works — […]
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Rochester musicians are tinkering with trip-hop
Phillip Coleman and Brendon Caroselli are using live instruments and digital production tools to create their own twist on the trip-hop genre.
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Musica Spei celebrates its 25th anniversary with the holiday album ‘Today Is Born’
To commemorate 25 years in existence, the chamber choir Musica Spei has released a poignant collection of Renaissance-era Christmas songs.
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Ryan Sutherland’s new single ‘Church Bells’ is refreshingly honest about Christmas during COVID
A lot of holiday music is impossibly joyful, but with “Church Bells,” Ryan Sutherland delivers a Christmas song that’s honest about pandemic life.
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The Isotopes combines surf music and Santa in its 2020 Christmas show Saturday
Rochester surf rock band The Isotopes blends sunshine and Santa with its live-streamed 2020 Christmas show this weekend.
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Jazz trio Charlie Lindner and The Pickle Mafia bring holiday spice to virtual concert Friday
Charlie Lindner and The Pickle Mafia will add some progressive jazz flavor to your holiday season with a live-streamed concert on Friday.
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Monroe County launches COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force
Monroe County officials have formed a COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force to oversee the coordination and distribution of the novel coronavirus vaccine within the community.
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CITY’s 2020 Playlist: great music at a bad time
For a year that saw live music grind to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 had no shortage of quality recorded music by Rochester-area artists.
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Tenor Mark Daniels brings holiday warmth to virtual opera concert
Tenor Mark Daniels performs arias by Mozart and Puccini and beloved Christmas carols as part of his virtual holiday recital on Tuesday.
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Three Heads’ annual ‘Homegrown’ event — which goes virtual in January — just got cozier
In the face of COVID-19’s winter surge, Three Heads Brewing and Lovin’ Cup keep their annual “Homegrown” party going with an immersive virtual event.
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UR International Theatre Program’s ‘The Government Inspector’ is a Trumpian satire from the 19th century
In its first virtual production, UR International Theatre Program presents Gogol’s prescient political satire “The Government Inspector.”
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[UPDATED] Alyssa Rodriguez gives traditional folk music the holiday treatment in Sunday livestream
Folk musician Alyssa Rodriguez celebrates the season with festive tunes on fiddle and Swedish nyckelharpa in a virtual concert this weekend.
