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…
Posts published in “Classical Music”
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.
Audiences turned mannequins and comedic stories of public excretion were among the experiences at Rochester Fringe this week. Read more about what's on tap at Rochester Fringe in its final days.
From comedian heckling to a musical revue about baseball to Broadway songs that got the axe before making it to the stage, the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival had plenty to offer. Rochester Overture writers caught several shows on Friday and Saturday, some of which you can still see later today.