Live from Hochstein Spring Series Starts in March

 LIVE FROM HOCHSTEIN CONCERT SERIES FOR SPRING

RETURNS WITH INTIMATE MUSICAL PORTRAITS

 

The best way to capture the variety of classical music Rochester offers in an intimate setting is to take a lunch break with Hochstein for their Live from Hochstein spring series of live broadcasts. Starting at 12:10pm every Wednesday from March 21 (except for Easter Break of April 11) listeners can enjoy 50 minutes of scaled down ensembles and soloists performing accessible music for no charge.

 

There are two percussion-oriented programs, starting off with the RPO Marimba Band on March 21. The second program of May 2 with Hochstein faculty member Ivan Trevino’s original compositions is a kick-off to Percussion Rochester, Eastman School’s new biennial festival. Another Eastman collaboration is on March 28, celebrating the Women in Music Festival featuring Hochstein resident ensembles TWENTY21 and Fem Vindar [a woodwind quintet]. April and May is comprised of soloists in piano, viola, cello, and voice, along with Hochstein’s student Merit Scholars completing the series.

 

All performances are held in the Hochstein Performance Hall located at 50 N. Plymouth Avenue in downtown Rochester. Street parking is available as well as nearby lots and the Sister Cities Garage. For more information, check the online calendar at www.hochstein.org or call 585-454-4596.

 

March 21          The RPO Marimba Band          

Charles "Chip" Ross, Brian Stotz, John McNeill, Jillian Pritchard, Kristen Shiner McGuire, and Howard Potter

Melodious Mallets: Music of Khachaturian, Green, Simon, and more

 

 

March 28          Women in Music Festival comes to Hochstein!

TWENTY21 – A resident Hochstein faculty ensemble

Allyn Van Dusen, mezzo-soprano & Pia Liptak, violin

Fem Vindar [a woodwind quintet]

Music by Jennifer Higdon, Rebecca Clarke, and more.

 

 

April 4              Michael Larco, viola           

                        Lars Kirvan, cello

                        Soojin Ahn, piano

                        Music of Rubinstein, Beethoven, and Schumann

 

 

April 11            No concert – spring recess

 

 

April 18            Rosemary Elliot, cello

                        Rose Grace, piano

                        Music of Saint-Säens

 

 

April 25            Awake the Voice! Awake the String!

                        Allyn Van Dusen, mezzo-soprano

                        Pia Liptak, violin

                        Peter Kodzas, guitar

Music of Vaughan Williams, Whitacre, Liptak, DeFalla, and more

 

 

May 2               Percussion Rochester: Music by Ivan Trevino

Marimbists Ivan Trevino, Jillian Pritchard, (Eastman students tba)

Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello

C4 ROC, Hochstein Honors cello quartet: Timothy Fee, Annie Jacobs-Perkins, Andrew Wang,and Jason Gan

 

 

May 9              Improvising with Chopin: Solo piano works with jazz and Brazilian influences

Deanna Witkowski, piano

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May 16            Hochstein Merit Scholarship Winners

                                    Dylan Kennedy, piano

                                    Vincent Kurtz, violin

                                    Rachel Mills, cello

                                    Joshua Stokes, flute

 

                        Selected works performed by outstanding Hochstein students