Tonya McBride Robles, who has served as chief operating officer of the Baltimore and Nashville symphonies, will succeed Curtis Long as the RPO’s top executive.
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Out of Pocket and into the ‘Deep Blue Sound’
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The company brings a contemporary play about the difficulty of making spiritual connections to the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center stage.
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Visual Studies Workshop residency artists selected
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The 2026 program will support two emerging local photographers with resources, workroom access, and professional development opportunities.
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Innocent merriment: Off-Monroe Players bring back ‘The Mikado’
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The group’s eighth production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s greatest hit promises timeless fun.
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Pegasus Rising: the latest in early music
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The 2026 series featuring younger performers of early music begins May 8, with a performance at ARTISANworks by the Maryland-based ensemble Magdalena.
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Cordancia takes on the cosmos with ‘Genesis’
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In its season finale, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra will perform H. John Hartmann’s magnum opus, a 10-movement orchestral work that depicts the story of Earth.
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A new cello concerto for the RPO
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Weekend premiere performances feature the first cello concerto by Jennifer Higdon, a contemporary American composer who has both a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy awards to her name.
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A lens focused on Black beauty
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Adam Eaton’s fine art photography book project, “Black Is Beautiful,” draws from five years of Eaton’s work, connecting with and featuring the community.
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National Women’s Hall of Fame sets 2026 class
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The inductees will be honored during the 2026 induction ceremony at the George Eastman Museum on Sept. 24.
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Live from Parcel 5, a ‘Rochester Broadcast’
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Composer Lisa Bielawa’s spatial symphony will bring hundreds of musicians together.
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An Irish discovery from Rochester Community Players
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Its upcoming production, “Wife to James Whelan,” is an almost unknown 1937 drama by Teresa Deevy, whose work focuses on the often difficult realities of Irish life, particularly for women.