Classical

Chamber Music
Rochester (586-5690, www.chambermusicrochester.org ) Oct 8: “Our 30th Year:
The Grand Opening,” Hochstein Music School, 50 N Plymouth Ave, 8 p.m. | Nov 19:
“Shostakovich: His Life and Times,” MemorialArtGallery,
500 University Ave,
8 p.m.

ChristChurchScholaCantorum (141
East Ave, 454-3878) Oct 1: Compline
(Gregorian chant motets), 9 p.m., free.

Downtown United
Presbyterian Church (121 N
Fitzhugh St, 325-4000 x. 17., $10.) Oct 6: Justin
Wallace, organ, 8 p.m. | Oct 7: Patrick Henning, organ, 7:30 p.m. | Oct 17:
Michelle Martin, organ, 8:30 p.m.

EastmanSchool of Music (Concerts are free, in Kilbourn Hall, 26
Gibbs St, at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
274-1100, www.rochester.edu/Eastman.)
Sep 20: Faculty Artists: Mark Kellogg, trombone, $10 | Sep 25: Music
Nova | Sep 26: Faculty Artists: Eastman Jazz Faculty, $10 | Sep 27: Douglas
Prosser, trumpet, $10 | Sep 28: Eastman Jazz Showcase | Sep 29: Eastman Wind
Ensemble, Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. | Sep 30: Eastman Philharmonia,
Eastman Theatre | Oct 1: Eastman Virtuosi, 3 p.m. | Oct 2: Eastman School
Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Theatre | Oct 3: Faculty Artists: Barry Snyder,
piano, 3 p.m. $10 | Oct 4: Eastman Wind Orchestra, Eastman Theatre | Oct 5: Ossia | Oct 7: Discovery Day: Mozart’s Choral Music, Room
120, 9 a.m.; Morning Chamber Music, 11 a.m. | Oct 8: Ying Quartet, 3 p.m.,
$8-$18 | Oct 9: Horn Choir | Oct 10: Jon Manasse,
clarinet, Jon Nakamatsu, piano, $8-$18 | Oct 11:
Chamber Jazz, $5 | Oct 12: Computer Music Center 25th Anniversary Celebration |
Oct 15: Italian Baroque Organ Showcase, Memorial Art Gallery Fountain Court,
500 University Ave, 5:30 p.m. | Oct 18: Musica Nova |
Oct 19: Eastman Repertory Singers/Women’s Chorus, Reformation Lutheran Church,
111 N Chestnut St | Oct 20: Wind Ensemble, Eastman Theatre | Oct 21: Eastman
Chorale, 2 p.m.; Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman
Theatre | Oct 22: Kopelman Quartet, 3 p.m., $8-$18;
Eastman Jazz Ensemble/New Jazz Ensemble, Eastman Theatre, 3 p.m. | Oct 23:
Eastman Wind Orchestra, Eastman Theatre | Oct 25: Eastman Symphony Orchestra,
Eastman Theatre | Nov 6: Faculty Artists: Chien-Kwan
Lin, saxophone, $10 | Nov 7: Los Angeles Piano Quartet, $8-$18 | Nov 8: World
Music Series: Mike Seeger, $7-$15; Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Theatre | Nov
10: Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman Theatre | Nov 12:
Faculty Artists: Rebecca Penneys, piano, 3 p.m., $10;
Eastman Trombone Choir | Nov 13: Eastman Wind Orchestra | Nov 14: Eastman
Percussion Ensemble, Eastman Theatre; Faculty Artists: Russell Miller, piano,
$10 | Nov 15: Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Theatre | Nov 16:
Computer Music Center 25th Anniversary Celebration | Nov 17: Eastman Chorale |
Nov 18: Morning Chamber Music, 11 a.m. | Nov 19: RIAS Kammerchor
Berlin, 3 p.m., $8-$18; Italian baroque Organ Showcase, Massimiliano
Guido, organ, MAG, 5:30 p.m. | Nov 20: Tuba Mirum |
Nov 21: Faculty Artists: John Marcellus, trombone, $10 | Nov 27: Faculty
Artists: Don Harry, tuba, $10 | Nov 28: John Graham, viola, $10 | Nov 29:
Eastman Jazz Lab | Nov 30: Ossia | Dec 1: Eastman
Wind Ensemble/Eastman Philharmonia , Eastman Theatre
| Dec 3: International Students Scholarship Fund Benefit Concert, 3 p.m. | Dec
4: Eastman Women’s Chorus | Dec 5: Faculty Artists: Steven Doane,
cello, $10 | Dec 6: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble | Dec 7: Eastman Marimba Ensemble
| Dec 8: Eastman Wind Orchestra/Wind Ensemble, Eastman Theatre | Dec 10:
Eastman Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Theatre, 3 p.m.; Musica
Nova, Room 120 | Dec 11: Eastman Chamber Music Society, 7 p.m. | Dec 13: Jazz
Ensemble | Dec 14: Eastman-Rochester Chorus & Philharmonia
Chamber Orchestra, Eastman Theatre | Dec 17: Christmas at the MAG w/Baroque
Organ, MAG, 5:30 p.m. | Dec 18: Chorale/Repertory Singers.

Eastman Opera Theatre
Nov 2-5: La FintaGiardiniera, Kilbourn
Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$20. 454-2100, www.rochester.edu/Eastman.

Equinox
Symphony Orchestra (264-1705, www.equinoxsymphony.org.) Oct 1: Boris
Zapesochny, violin, and AllaKuznetsov, piano. First
Presbyterian Church, 21 Church St.,
Pittsford. 3 p.m. $5-$10. | Nov 11: “One People, Many Traditions: A
Celebration of Our African and Asian Heritages,” St. Louis Catholic Church, Pittsford. 7:30
p.m. $5-$15.

Genesee Symphony
Orchestra (Concerts take place at Stuart Steiner Theatre, Genesee Community
College, Batavia, 4 p.m., $5-$12. 343-9313, x. 32, www.geneseesymphony.com) Oct
29: “Passport to Italy” | Dec 10: “Holiday Spirit.”

Going
for Baroque Sundays Sep 24-Oct 29: Eastman students perform demonstrations
on Italian Baroque organ, Fountain
Court, MemorialArtGallery,
500 University Ave,
1 and 3 p.m.

Gregory Kunde Chorale Nov 5: “Glory!
Hallelujah!” (Randall Thompson’s PeaceableKingdom)
St LouisChurch, 64 Main St, Pittsford, 2 p.m. $10-$15.
377-7568, www.gregorykunde.com/chorale

Hochstein School of
Music (Concerts are at the Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave,
free, unless otherwise noted. 454-4596) Oct 1: Music Educators Wind Band, 7
p.m. $5 | Wednesdays, Oct 18-Dec 13: “Live From Hochstein,” lunchtime concerts
12:10-12:50 p.m. | Oct 21: Junior Wind Symphony, 7:30 p.m. | Oct 28: Finger
Lakes Concert Band, Canandaigua Middle School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., $5 | Oct
29: Music Educators Wind Band, 7 p.m. $5 | Nov 12: Youth Symphony Orchestra, 7
p.m. | Nov 14: Virtuosi Scholarship Chamber Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 18:
Night of Encores Benefit for Lupus, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 19: Philharmonia
& Sinphonia, 7 p.m. | Dec 2-3: Performathon, Eastview Mall | Dec
9: Youth Singers, 3 p.m.; Finger Lakes Concert Band, Canandaigua Middle School
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., $5 | Dec 11: Hochstein Chorale, 7:30 p.m.

Lifetime Assistance Foundation Nov 5: Itzhak Perlman, violinist,
Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibb St.
3 p.m. $35-$90. 232-1900.

Mercury Opera (454-2100,
www.rpo.org, www.operafactory.org) Oct 6, 8: Abduction from the Seraglio, Roberts Wesleyan Hale Auditorium, 2301
Westside Dr, 8 p.m./2 p.m. $15-$45. | Nov 5: “Beloved Opera Choruses,” St.
Mary’s Church, 15 St. Mary’s Pl, 8 p.m. $5-$15.

Monroe Community
College (Concerts are in Meyer Theater, La-Z-Boy Center, 1000 E Henrietta
Rd, at 7:30 p.m. and are free, unless otherwise noted. 292-2534) Oct 24: Jerome
Ducharme, classical guitarist, Building 12-Room 26, 4
p.m., free | Oct 30: Band and Chorale Concert | Nov 4: Toledo Symphony, $35
(call 734-384-4254 for reservations) | Dec 12: Agora Chorale | Dec 18: Symphony
Band.

NazarethCollege(Concerts at Linehan
Chapel, 4245 East Ave,
and free, unless otherwise noted. 389-2700) Sep 23: Alumni Weekend Faculty
Concert, 8:30 p.m. | Oct 1: Faculty Recital, “Totally Brahms,” 3 p.m. | Oct 15: Faculty Recital “Sound
Explorations,” 3 p.m. | Oct 20: Faculty Recital “German and American Art” 7:30
p.m. | Oct 22: Faculty Guest Recital, Maelstrom Percussion, 3 p.m. | Oct 28:
College Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 4: College Concert Band, 7:30 p.m.
| Nov 12: Faculty & Guest Recital “Works for Horn and Trumpet” 3 p.m. | Nov
13: College Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 16: College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, 8
p.m. | Dec 1, 4: College Chamber Singers/Concert Choir/Symphony Orchestra, 7:30
p.m., 4 p.m. | Dec 6: Community Outreach Recital, Friendly Home, 3156 East Ave,
7:30 p.m.

Pegasus Early Music (Rochester
Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave, 703-3990, www.PegasusEarlyMusic.org;
Fri-Sat concerts at 8 p.m., Sun at 2p.m., $15-$20) Oct 6-8: “Have Oboe Will
Travel” | Dec 1-3: “Pegasus in Love.”

Penfield
Symphony Orchestra (Concerts at BrowncroftCommunityChurch, 2530 Browncroft Blvd,
Penfield. 7:30 p.m., $10-$12. 872-0774, www.penfieldsymphony.org.) Oct
23: “Enthusiastically English” | Dec 11: “Holiday
Celebration.”

Roberts Wesleyan
College (All concerts are in the Cultural Life Center, 2301 Westside Dr,
and free, unless otherwise noted.
594-6008, www.roberts.edu/clc) Sep 30: Wind Ensemble,
1:15 p.m. | Oct 20-21: Jazz Ensemble, Jazz-N-Dessert, 7 p.m. | Oct 21: Tammy Lun, 7:30 p.m. $5-$7 | Oct 29: College Chorale, 3 p.m. |
Nov 6: Jazz Ensemble, Great American Songbook, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 11:
College-Community Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. $7 | Nov 16: Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. |
Nov 18: Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m. | Dec 9-10: Christmas Gala Concert, 7:30 p.m./3
p.m.

Rochester Boys Choir Oct 1:
W/Harmonic Brass from Hamburg, Germany, Asbury First United MethodistChurch,
1050 East Ave,
4 p.m., $5-$17. 271-1050.

Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus Dec
8-9: “RochesterCityMusic Hall”
holiday show, Hochstein, 50 N
Plymouth Ave, 8 p.m. 423-0650, www.thergmc.org.

Rochester Chamber Orchestra (Hochstein, 50 N Plymouth Ave,
473-6711) Oct 29: Mozart and early Beethoven, with KristianBezuidenhout (piano) and Bin Huang (violin), 2:30
p.m. $10-$15 | Dec 10: Handel’s Messiah,
Hochstein, 3 p.m. $10-$15.

Rochester Institute
of Technology (All concerts at Ingle Auditorium, Student Alumni Union,
unless otherwise noted. 475-4121, www.davidigital.com/concert) Sep 29: Rob
Blumenau Jazz Trio w/tap dancer Bill Evans, 8 p.m., $6-$20. | Oct 7:
Kaleidoscope Concert, 3:30 p.m.; Gospel Ensemble Brick City Concert, InterfaithCenter, 7 p.m. |Oct 26: Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra “American Masters of Early Jazz,” 8 p.m., $6-$20. | Oct
29-30: RIT Orchestra & Brighton Symphony Halloween Concert, Sun at Council
Rock School, 2 p.m.; Mon at Monroe Community Hospital, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 4:
Surround Sound “Really Big Show,” Webb Auditorium, 8 p.m. | Nov 5: RIT Choral
Ensembles, 3 p.m. | Nov 12: Concert Band & Jazz Ensemble, 3 p.m. | Dec 9:
Ying Quartet w/Elinor Freer (piano), 8 p.m., $6-$20.
| Dec 16: Holiday Concert, 7:30 p.m. | Dec 17:
RIT Singers service of lessons and carols, Chapel, 3 p.m.

Rochester Oratorio
Society (473-2234, www.rossings.org ) Oct 28: “Majestic Sonorities,” Asbury
First UMC, 1050 East Ave, 8 p.m., $10-$20 | Dec 3: “A Season of Joy,” Hope
Lutheran Church, 1301 Vintage Ln, Greece, 3 p.m.
$10-$20.

Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra (All concerts at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St, 8
p.m., unless otherwise noted. $10-$75. 454-2100, www.rpo.org) Oct 7: Opening
Night Celebration, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons,
Sarah Chang (violin) | Oct 12, 14: Philharmonics 1 | Oct 13, 15: Symphony 101
“Reflections of the Past,” Fri at Hochstein, 50 N Plymouth Ave, 7:30 p.m.; Sun
at Roberts Wesleyan College, 2 p.m. | Oct 27-28: WPOP “Motown’s Greatest Hits”
| Oct 29: Casual Sunday Matinee “Halloween Spooktacular,”
2 p.m. | Nov 2, 4: Philharmonics 2 | Nov 3, 5: Symphony 101 “Minuet and
Nocturne,” Fri at Hochstein, 50 N Plymouth Ave, 7:30 p.m.; Sun at Roberts
Wesleyan College, 2 p.m. | Nov 9 and 11: Philharmonics 3 | Nov 12: orKIDStra 1 “Supersonic Science” Hochstein, 50 N Plymouth
Ave, 2 p.m. | Nov 17-18: WPOP “Nothin’ but the Blues”
| Nov 24-26: The Nutcracker (w/Rochester City Ballet), 2 & 7 p.m. | Dec 7, 9: Handel’s Messiah (w/Rochester Oratorio Society) |
Dec 15-17, 22-23: WPOP “Gala Holiday Pops,” Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. | Dec
23: orKIDStra Holiday, 2 p.m.

Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (454-7311,
x. 224) Nov 5: “20th Century Musical Voices,” Hochstein, 50 N Plymouth Ave, 7:30 p.m., $5-$8. |
Dec 10: Chamber Orchestra, Church of Love Faith Center, 700 Exchange St, 4 p.m., free.

School of the Arts Sep
30: SOTA fundraiser featuring the music of Harold Arlen, with Thomas Paul, Tony
Caramia, pianist, Karen Holvik,
soprano, Mark Kellogg, trombonist. SOTA, 45 Prince St. 8 p.m. $15-$30. 242-0290.

SUNY Brockport (Concerts are in Tower Fine Arts Theatre, SUNY Brockport campus, unless otherwise
noted. 395-2787) Oct 4: Music at Noon, Drake Memorial Library, free | Oct 24:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., $8-$12 | Nov 1: Music at Noon,
Drake Memorial Library, free | Nov 3: Mercury Opera, 7:30 p.m., $8-$12 | Dec 3:
Brockport Holiday Concert with Brockport College-Community Chorus, St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church, Brockport, 7:30 p.m. $5.

SUNY Geneseo (Concerts
are in Wadsworth Auditorium, SUNY Geneseo campus, at 8 p.m., free unless
otherwise noted. 245-5824) Oct 1: Pamela Kurau,
soprano, Peter Kodzas, guitar, Bertha Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 3
p.m. | Oct 13: Chamber Singers, Central Presbyterian Church, Geneseo | Oct 15:
Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m. | Oct 20: Kaleidoscope | Oct 21: Student
Honors Recital, 3 p.m. | Oct 27: Wind and Jazz Ensembles | Nov 4: Philadelphia
Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m., $5-$15 | Nov 5: Wind Quartet, Central
Presbyterian Church, 3 p.m. | Nov 11: New Energy Jazz Ensemble | Nov 19:
Festival Chorus & Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m. | Dec 1: Chamber Singers,
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church | Dec 3: Friends of Music Piano Series: Stephen
Manes, 3 p.m., $5-$8 | Dec 8: Wind and Jazz Ensembles | Dec 10: Tremont String
Quartet, 3 p.m. | Dec 11: Percussion Ensemble.

University of
Rochester (Concerts are in the Strong Auditorium on the UR River Campus and
free unless otherwise noted. 275-2828) Oct 6: Chamber Orchestra/Wind Symphony,
4 p.m. | Oct 7: Meliora Concert “Pops and Booms,” Palestra, 7:30 p.m. | Oct 8: Gospel Choir, Interfaith
Chapel, 3 p.m. | Oct 28: WNY Intercollegiate Choir Festival, 1 p.m. | Nov 3:
Gospel Choir, 8 p.m. | Nov 11: Viennese Ball, Wilson Commons, 9 p.m. $10-$13 |
Nov 17: Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m. | Nov 29: Chamber Ensembles, 8 p.m. | Dec 1:
Men’s and Women’s Choruses/Chamber Singers, Interfaith Chapel, 8 p.m. | Dec 2:
Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. | Dec 3: Gospel Choir, Interfaith Chapel, 3 p.m. |
Dec 5: Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m. | Dec 9: Wind Symphony, 8 p.m.

This article appears in Sep 20-26, 2006.