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Hochstein Spotlight on Faculty presents
“All That Classical Jazz”

Classical Jazz will be featured on the “Spotlight on Faculty” concert Friday, January 22 at 7:30 pm with Hochstein faculty members Debbie Grohman, clarinet and Willie LaFavor, piano. The program will include two early works by Claude Debussy, a Scott Joplin waltz, ragtime by Erik Satie, Four Piano Blues by Aaron Copland, and other works by Arthur Honegger, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, and Benny Goodman.

The concert is free, with artist reception following.

Debbie Grohman teaches clarinet at Hochstein at Canandaigua. She is a winner of numerous concerto competitions and has soloed with orchestras nationwide. She and her husband, Willie LaFavor are co-founders of the Chautauqua Motet Consort, an in-residence chamber ensemble at the Chautauqua Institution. Willie LaFavor met Debbie while getting their Masters of Music degrees at New England Conservatory. He has a DMA from Indiana University and maintains a steady schedule of private teaching, instructing and accompanying at Hochstein, as well as his duties as Director of Music at Messiah Lutheran Church.

Hochstein’s Annual Musical Feast
A Mid-Winter Carnival for Young Families

Sunday, January 24, 2010
Musical Feast 2:00-4:00 pm

Rochester, NY– Beat the winter doldrums and introduce your child to the sights and sounds of music and dance at Hochstein’s Annual Musical Feast! The Feast provides hands on demonstrations with the ever-popular Instrument Petting Zoo; other activities throughout the day include performances by student musicians, musical games such as Drum Circle and a Scavenger Hunt, a bake sale, balloon art, open dance and music classes, and new this year caricature artist, Dave Boyer.

Tickets for the Musical Feast are $2 per child, $5 per adult, and $10 per family and are available at the door. Children 3 and under are admitted free of charge. All proceeds benefit Hochstein’s educational programs.


To apply for future faculty positions contact: Margaret Quackenbush, President and Executive Director at director@hochstein.org.

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Faculty and Student News

Kathy Kemp Studio News: Communnity Service Concert at "The Villages" Senior Living Center in the Fall 2009. Cellists David Hauck, Jacki Hager, Annie Jacob-Perkins, and Rachel Mills participated.
Junior High Area All-State: Annie Jacobs-Perkins, principal cello. Caleb Andrews and David Hauck
Senior High Area All-State: Rachel Mills, Marissa Lee, Zach Lucero, Stephen Her
Conference All-State: Marissa Lee
Congrats to Rachel Mills, winner of the Genesee Symphony Concerto Competition, whom she performed with October 2009. She also won the HYSO Concerto Competition and performs Sunday, February 7, 2010.

Penfield High School student Christian Palmer was awarded the $500 Second Prize in the Rotary District 7120 Vocal Contest. Palmer won the local Penfield club auditions and then competed against representatives from 20 other Rotary clubs from throughout Western New York State at the auditions at Roberts Wesleyan College on January 10. Palmer was chosen the second prize winner by judges Constance Fee and Jennifer White, Roberts faculty members. Rotary District 7120 encompasses 11 counties in Western New York and extends as far south as Steuben and Chemung counties. Christian is a student of Hochstein vocal instructor, Derrick Smith and son of Hochstein Dean Gary Palmer. Congrats, Christian!


Finger Lakes Original Members
Finger Lakes Concert Band Original Members
Row 1 L-R Marjie Adams, Rose Copper Brown, Nancy Pease, Lauralee Maas, Donna McMahon
Row 2 L-R George Barden, Ray Phillips, Louise Smith, Julie DeBaere, Dan Brigham

Director Brian Story is currently director of the 7th & 8th Grade Bands at the Canandaigua Middle School. He received his B. S. in Music Education and his Masters of Music from Mansfield University in Mansfield Pa. Mr. Story is an active composer and performer as an instrumentalist and vocalist and is a member of the bass section in Rochester’s vocal ensemble Madrigalia.

The Finger Lakes Concert Band is a part of the Hochstein at Canandaigua program, an extension of the Hochstein School, which is based at the Canandaigua Academy. Its mission is to offer high quality, affordable music and dance instruction to students of all ages and levels from throughout the Finger Lakes region. For more information about this and other Hochstein programs call 585-396-3778 or visit www.hochstein.org.


The Hochstein School of Music & Dance is located at 50 N. Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, New York 14614. Hochstein at Canandaigua is located at 435 East St. (located in Canandaigua Academy).

Explore the diversity of Hochstein-of age, background, skill-level, program, curriculum, and opportunity as you explore the arts.

The Hochstein School provides music and dance instruction and music therapy services to students of all ages and levels, without regard for ability to pay. Each year more than 4,000 students from toddlers to senior citizens attend individual lessons and group classes taught by an exceptional 140-member faculty.     




For more information, please contact Hochstein at 454-4596 (R) or 396-3778 (C).

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