Tony- and Oliver Award-winning Broadway musical about Canadian compassion in the aftermath of Sept. 11, which opens the JCC CenterStage's 50th anniversary and comes on the heels of the tragedy's 25th anniversary, also ties into border conflicts with local impact. It is also the debut of a million-dollar renovation to the JCC Hart Theater.
Rochester Overture
When virtuoso violinist Lara St. John went public in 2019 with her account of sexual assault and rape by her Curtis Institute of Music private violin teacher, the late Jascha Brodsky, which began when she was 14 years old, she received a deluge of letters from other women and some…
Cordancia Chamber Orchestra joins the celebrations for Steve Reich's 90th birthday by performing his "Tehillim," a 1981 work that marked a major shift in the composer’s output. The nationally known Quince Ensemble—an all-female new music vocal group—will be featured performers and will also perform Courtney Bryan’s "Requiem," which Quince Ensemble premiered with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2021.
"New Acoustica," the upcoming album release by Alarm Will Sound that launched with a performance Saturday at Kodak Hall, looked back on the successful contemporary music ensemble's start 25 years ago and showed how it has expanded its early vision into the present. The ensemble began at the Eastman School of Music as an extension of Eastman's student-run new-music ensemble, OSSIA.
The Rochester Fringe Festival's 15th year presented multidisciplinary, broadly appealing work over 12 days. Learn how the festival fared this year, including a photo essay from its final day.