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Arts Features with Mona
Mona Seghatoleslami of WXXI’s Classical 91.5 interviews musicians performing in the Rochester area and beyond, including previews of upcoming Live from Hochstein performances.
In addition to finding your summer reading at the public library, you can find plenty of music there too - including thousands of recordings to check out or download.
Listen to this feature with librarian Judy Schewe to learn about several new ways Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County has to connect its patrons with music made in Rochester.
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The Hochstein School of Music and Dance recently created a program for young teens with Autism to experience music and arts therapy as a social group. Maria Battista-Hancock, the music therapist who leads the Expressive Arts department at Hochstein saw a need for programs for children as they grow older.
Listen here to a radio feature about the MusicArts Club and other programs for students on the Autism Spectrum at Hochstein.
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Dr. Margaret Quackenbush, better known as Peggy, is the president and Executive Director of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester. She's shaped the direction of this community arts school for more than a decade, and her involvement with Hochstein dates back more than 30 years to when started teaching at the school when she was a doctoral clarinet student at the Eastman School of Music.
In our recent interview, Quackenbush said she's was touched to receive the recent awards and accolades that have been coming her way, but she had more to say about her journey in music and the work that continues to do at the Hochstein School.
Selections from this interview were featured on the raido, but you can hear more of her stories and discussion of Hochstein in this podcast, which is about 14 minutes long.
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Soprano Brittany Walker, who recently performed with pianist Michael Landrum on Live from Hochstein, got started singing early - but it wasn't until a teacher challenged her to try something new, that she discovered her love of opera, as she told WXXI's Mona Seghatoleslami.
Listen here to a short feature about Brittany Walker, a soprano from Rochester who is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College.
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The Chroma Piano Trio recently played music by Antonin Dvorak and Josef Suk on Live from Hochstein. All three members of the New York City-based trio stopped by WXXI to speak with Mona Seghatoleslami about this music and their future plans.
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The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is playing Margaret Brouwer's 1996 composition "Remembrances" this weekend. Brouwer spoke with WXXI's Mona Seghatoleslami about this music, as well as her previous collaboration with the RPO and her other musical projects. Listen to the full interview here.
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Eastman School of Music student-run new music ensemble Ossia's concert tonight at Kilbourn Hall features music by David Kirkland Garner, the winner of the Ossia International Composition Competition. The program also includes music by Chris Chandler, who is studying at Eastman.
Listen here for more about the concert, including samples of the music and some conversation with the composers.
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Robert Morris is a composer and a professor at the Eastman School of Music. Last week, five of his works were heard at a concert dedicated to his music at Eastman’s Hatch Recital Hall.
Before the concert, we had a chance to discuss his music for a feature on WXXI's Classical 91.5. Here’s an extended cut from that interview, where Robert Morris discusses his diverse influences and approach to music, the connection between music and nature, and issues in hearing, including how perfect pitch can change over time.
We started by talking about the relationship between craft and inspiration:
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New York City-based musical group Alarm Will Sound has returned to Rochester with an event. It's called 1969, and you can listen here to Alarm Will Sound Artistic Director Alan Pierson and the show's director Nigel Maister discuss the project in a radio feature from WXXI's Classical 91.5.
Alarm Will Sound will perform "1969" at Kodal Hall tonight (February 19th) at 8pm.
Photo credit: Carl Socolow
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The Andrew Alden Ensemble visited Rochester last week to accompany two silent films at the Little Theatre: The Lost World and The Phantom of the Opera. Both of these movies are from 1925, but the music this ensemble plays has a much more contemporary sound. I had a chance to speak with the group's director, composer Andrew Alden, for a feature that aired last week. In case you missed it on the radio, I'm posting the story here online to share.
The Andrew Alden Ensemble Spring tour continues through the rest of this month and through March, taking them through Pittsburgh and several midwestern cities. I hope they come back to play for us again!
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