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Anna Reguero is the founding editor of Rochester Overture. An award-winning music and dance critic, arts reporter, editor, music historian, and educator, Anna has over twenty years of experience in newspaper, magazine, and online journalism. A National Endowment for the Arts Classical Music Journalism fellow, Anna previously served as the music and dance critic and arts reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the daily paper serving Rochester, NY. She earned a PhD in music history and theory (critical music studies) from Stony Brook University, and also holds an MA in arts journalism from Syracuse University and a BA in music performance from the Eastman School of Music. You can learn more about Anna at www.annareguero.com.
We wait all year for this moment in Rochester: the start of the Rochester International Jazz Festival in June. The festival began 25 years ago and has been going strong ever since, despite the two years off due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Between 2002 and 2026, the festival has grown…
Like a Jedi master, Hiromi is an uncompromising and musically unrestrained force at the piano. She brings her latest creative project, Sonicwonder, to the Rochester International Jazz Festival on Tuesday, June 23.
High winds tore through Rochester today, Thursday, June 18, leaving many branches fallen, trees downed, and power outages. I was down on Gibbs Street, aka Jazz Street, early afternoon to grab my festival pass, as the winds were picking up. I could see the festival workers struggling a bit to…
Alexa Tarantino, an Eastman School of Music alum, performed at last year's Rochester International Jazz Festival as the first full-time female member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. She returns to the festival on Saturday in Kilbourn Hall for two sets, but this time leading her quartet and playing works from her latest album, The Roar and the Whisper.