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Do weed and the orchestra mix? I got stoned at the RPO and found out.
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra could create a new buzz with weed-friendly concerts.
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Imani Winds clears the path for BIPOC composers with Eastman School concert
The chamber music group Imani Winds continues to champion composers of color with its program “Black and Brown” at Kilbourn Hall Thursday.
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra members to serenade vaccine recipients
Musicians from the RPO will perform Thursday at Monroe County’s COVID-19 vaccination site at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
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Gateways Music Festival goes virtual on Monday
Rochester’s own Gateways Music Festival, running from Nov. 9 through 13, is not merely a celebration of Black classical musicians.
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A classical conundrum
From virtual performances to reduced ensemble sizes, local classical music groups present revised 2020-21 seasons.
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Gaelen McCormick and ‘The Pandemic of Creation’
Former RPO double bassist Gaelen McCormick’s struggles with hearing loss inform her new book with Sraddha Prativadi, “The Pandemic of Creation: Recognizing freedom in Loss and Opportunity in the Void.”
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Cordancia Chamber Orchestra presents ‘Music from Terezín’
Cordancia Chamber Orchestra will perform “Music from Terezín,” a program of works by Jewish composers who were victims of the Holocaust, on May 11 and 12.
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David Zinman on conducting
It’s been more than three decades since conductor David Zinman concluded his tenure as music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. When Zinman conducts the Eastman Philharmonia on Friday, April 12, at Kodak Hall, he’ll be joined by violin sensation Joshua Bell for Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
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Ward Stare leads RPO in Mahler, Shostakovich symphonies
Ward Stare returns to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra next week with two ambitious programs: On February 28 and March 2, he’ll essay Mahler’s enormous Symphony No. 7, and on March 7 and 9, he’ll highlight another 20th-century masterpiece, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.
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Album review: ‘Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik’
Eastman Wind Ensemble ‘Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik’ Summit Records esm.rochester.edu/ewe In recent years, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has seemingly performed compositions by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik more consistently than that of any other composer. It’s for this reason that the Eastman Wind Ensemble’s album “Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik,” released in October, initially […]
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‘Mozart in France’ concert highlights chamber music rarities
The Society for
Chamber Music in Rochester is known for putting together captivating programs.
For next weekend’s concert, which takes place on Sunday, December 16 at the Performance Hall at Hochstein, SCMR does it again, with a program called “Mozart
in France.”
