The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced its summer 2013 season this afternoon. The schedule includes a 1920’s themed 90th anniversary concert, regional concerts in Inlet and Geneseo, and will be headlined by a Pops performance featuring Broadway star Matthew Morrison, best known for his leading role on the TV musical drama “Glee.”
The full press release appears below.
Rochester,
NY – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announces its summer
season today, which kicks off on Wednesday, July 3at 8 p.m. atConstellation
Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC) withthe
previously-announcedCelebrate America with the RPO*, and closes with
a Summer Pops Special Concertfeaturing actor, dancer,
singer/songwriter, musician and Glee star Matthew Morrison at Kodak
Hall on Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m. **
Between
the chock-full season’s opener and closer are nine other events, including a Summer
Classics Special Concert: Ward Stare Conducts Mozart &
Beethovenfeaturing the Rochester native returning to conduct the RPO
at Kodak Hall on Friday, July 19at 8 p.m.***
A
highlight of the 17-day season is certainly the RPO’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, July 13 at 6 p.m. at the Rochester
Riverside Convention Center. The 1920s-themed evening will feature an RPO
performance conducted by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik,
cocktails, dinner, dancing, and a live auction. Tickets are $200/person
($400/couple) and $1,500 for a table of eight. For individual/couple
tickets, please call Michael Ciaccia at 585-454-7311
x268. To reserve a table of eight and learn about sponsorship opportunities,
please call Brigid Ryan at 585-454-7311 x 243.
Free
concerts include Thursday, July 4’s Independence Day Concert at 9
p.m. on the Main Street Bridge in downtown Rochester (followed by fireworks
at 10 p.m.), and Wegmans‘
Concerts by the Shore featuring the RPO on Wednesday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at Ontario Beach Park. Free with admission to the Red Wings game on Friday,
July 5 isthe RPO’sPatriotic Celebration at Frontier Field at approximately 8:30 p.m., immediately following the game (with fireworks
to follow concert).
The
RPO heads out of town for An Evening with the Symphonyon
Saturday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Arrowhead Park in Inlet, NY. Tickets
are $30 (concert only), $110 (concert and reception), with $10 lawn tickets
available the night of the concert only, pending availability. For advance
tickets, call 315-369-6983 or 315-357-5501. On Friday, July 12 at 8:30
p.m., the RPO presents Summer Spectacular with Fireworks (fireworks
to follow concert) at SUNY Geneseo Athletic Field in
Geneseo. Tickets are $10/$5 for students in
advance, in person at the Eastman Theatre Box Office or at area Wegmans; by phone at (585) 454-2100; or online at rpo.org; $12 and
$6 the day of show at venue.
The
annual Temple B’rith Kodesh Concert fundraiser
on Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. (2131 Elmwood Ave.) will also feature
the Rochester Philharmonic League Young Artist Auditions’ Special Award Winner,
Pittsford baritone Aaron Bigeleisen.For tickets, call 585-244-7060. Eastman School
of Music’s Eastman Summer Conducting Institute on Thursday,
July 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Kodak Hall features the RPO with various
conductors. Tickets are $15/$5 students (general admission), and are
available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office or at area Wegmans;
by phone at (585) 454-2100; or online at rpo.org
RPO
Summer Calendar:
Celebrate
America with the RPO*: Wednesday, July 3; 8 PM; CMAC; Michael Butterman, cond.
Independence
Day Concert: Thursday, July 4; 9 PM; Main St. Bridge; Michael Butterman, cond.
Patriotic
Celebration: Friday, July 5; approx. 8:30 PM; Frontier Field;
Michael Butterman, cond.
An
Evening with the Symphony: Saturday, July 6; 7:30 PM; Inlet, NY;
Michael Butterman, cond.
Wegmans‘ Concerts by the Shore: Wed.,
July 10; 7:30 PM; Ontario Beach Pk.; Matthew Kraemer, cond.
Temple
B’rith Kodesh Concert: Thurs., July 11;
7:30 PM; B’rith Kodesh; Matthew Kraemer, cond.
Summer
Spectacular with Fireworks: Fri., July 12; 8:30 PM; SUNY Geneseo; Matthew Kraemer, cond.
90th
Anniversary Celebration: Saturday, July 13; 6 PM; Convention
Center; Jeff Tyzik, cond.
Eastman
Summer Conducting Institute: Thursday, July 18; 8 PM; Kodak Hall
at Eastman Theatre
Summer
Classics Special Concert***: Friday, July 19; 8 PM; Kodak Hall at
Eastman Theatre
Summer
Pops Special Concert**: Saturday, July 20; 8 PM; Kodak Hall at
Eastman Theatre
* Celebrate America with the RPO includes crowd-pleasing favorites such
as “Stars and Stripes Forever” and the 1812 Overture, as well as iconic music
by some of America’s best-loved composers, including John Williams, Aaron
Copland, George Gershwin and John Philip Sousa. Also featured is the Rochester
Oratorio Society (Eric Townell, director) with Michael
Butterman(The Louise and Henry Epstein Family
Chair) conducting. The evening culminates with a spectacular fireworks
display over the picturesque CMAC lawn. Tickets are $50 (table seats),
$35-$20 (shell), and $15/free for children under 12 (lawn), and are available
in person at the Blue Cross Arena Box Office, by phone at 800-745-3000 or
585-758-5330, or online at ticketmaster.com or CMACevents.com.
Tickets
to both of the following concerts go on sale to the public on Monday, May 13 at
10 a.m. Current subscribers (either for 2012-13 or renewed for 2013-14) can
take advantage of pre-sale beginning Monday, May 6 at 10 a.m.by
phone or in person only. Prices for both concerts range from $24 to
$87 for box seats, and tickets are available in person at the Eastman Theatre
Box Office (433 East Main Street) or at area Wegmans;
by phone at (585) 454-2100; or online at rpo.org.
** Summer Pops Special Concert: Glee’s Matthew Morrison. The Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe-nominated star may have come to national
prominence through his role as the perpetually-optimistic high school teacher,
Will Schuester, on Fox TV’s Glee, but the
Southern California native was turning heads years earlier on the Great White
Way. After studying at Tisch School of The Arts in
New York, Morrison made his Broadway debut in Footloose, followed by The
Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, it was his role as Link Larkin in the
original cast of Broadway’s Hairspray that served as his breakthrough
and led to Morrison being cast in the critically-acclaimed The Light in the
Piazza, for which he garnered a Tony nomination. This June 4, Morrison
releases a new album, Where it All Began, featuring a collection of
classic standards produced by the legendary Phil Ramone
– the first release from Adam Levine’s new 222 Records. Morrison will sing with
the Boston Pops in May and at Kennedy Center in November, but this will be his
only area appearance. The program will feature standards, including Broadway
and Hollywood favorites.
*** Summer Classics Special Concert: Ward StareConducts
Mozart & Beethoven. The Pittsford native and current
regular guest conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra made his
triumphant RPO conducting debut with February 2013’s Rhapsody in Blue program. The summer program will feature classical favorites including Mozart’s
lyrical Clarinet Concerto featuring RPO Principal Clarinet Kenneth Grant,
Beethoven’s dramatic Seventh Symphony, and Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture.
This article appears in May 1-7, 2013.
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