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A dynamic new initiative for the RPO
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The orchestra’s Voices of Today, a five-season multimedia initiative, revives its tradition of presenting new music.
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A feast of children’s literature
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The 2024 Rochester Children’s Book Festival, featuring more than four dozen authors and illustrators, centers on the theme “Feed your imagination!”
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Musical ‘Alchemy’ with Cordancia Chamber Orchestra
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A spirit of adventure will be on display at this weekend’s opening concert of the local orchestra’s 2024-2025 season.
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From Broadway to Brighton with a fresh approach
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OFC Creations’ production of West Side Story runs until Oct. 27.
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The ‘Secret’ is out: Pegasus Early Music opens its 20th season
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At its Sept. 29 season opener for the 2024-25 series, the ensemble’s sounds approached the stratospheric, as three outstanding female voices blended in divine harmony.
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The RPO makes ‘Contact’ with Time for Three
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At last weekend’s opening concerts of the orchestra’s 101st season, the virtuoso string trio dazzled the crowd in a performance of “Contact,” a Grammy Award-winning composition by Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts.
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Eastman’s ‘Sisters in Jazz’ aims for sharing, spontaneity
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The music school’s upcoming two-day event is designed by and for young female jazz musicians to learn from established female artists.
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A jewel in Eastman’s crown shines again
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After almost a half century of constant use, Howard Hanson Recital Hall has been renovated and modernized.
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Sunny sounds meet sacred texts at the Finger Lakes Choral Festival
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The FLCF returns to Hochstein Performance Hall Sunday afternoon for its annual free summer performance, reveling in colorful Latin rhythms and percussion and catchy melodies.
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Fringe binge: The Rochester Fringe Festival returns
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The Rochester Fringe Festival, in its 13th year, runs Sept.10-21, with a total of 650 performances.