https://www.esm.rochester.edu/live/kilbourn/

ECMS Faculty Lorenzo Medel, Alison Chiang, Kyle Peters and Sammy DeAngelis perform David Maslanka’s This is the World written for two pianist and two percussionist.

Sponsored by NYS 140th District Assembly Member Bill Conrad.

Program

Grant O’Brien, conductor
Olivia Zientek, violin, BPO Scholarship Winner

SMITH / arr. Skrowaczewski  The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE / arr. Fenwick  O Canada
COPLAND  Hoe-Down from Rodeo
KABALEVSKY  Overture to Colas Breugnon
BOLOGNE ST. GEORGES  Symphony No 2, mvt I
GERSHWIN / arr. McBride  Overture to Girl Crazy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Petite Suite
I. La caprice de Nannette
BRUCH  Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, mvt 3
JOHN POWELL  Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
ALAN SILVESTRI / arr. Llona Theme from The Avengers
JOHN WILLIAMS  Midway March
DETT  Cave of the Winds March
VARIOUS / arr. Lowden  Armed Forces Salute
SOUSA  Stars and Stripes Forever

Sponsored by Anthony DiMino.

Program

Grant O’Brien, conductor
Hannah Verduzco, soprano

SMITH / arr. Skrowaczewski  The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE / arr. Fenwick  O Canada
COPLAND  Hoe-Down from Rodeo
KABALEVSKY  Overture to Colas Breugnon
BOLOGNE ST. GEORGES  Symphony No 2, mvt I
GERSHWIN / arr. McBride  Overture to Girl Crazy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Petite Suite
I. La caprice de Nannette
GOUNOD  “Ah! Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette
JOHN POWELL  Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
ALAN SILVESTRI / arr. Llona Theme from The Avengers
JOHN WILLIAMS  Midway March
DETT  Cave of the Winds March
VARIOUS / arr. Lowden  Armed Forces Salute
SOUSA  Stars and Stripes Forever

Sponsored by Kelly Schultz Antiques.

Program

Grant O’Brien, conductor
Aurora Sandner, viola, BPO Scholarship Winner

SMITH / arr. Skrowaczewski  The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE / arr. Fenwick  O Canada
COPLAND  Hoe-Down from Rodeo
KABALEVSKY  Overture to Colas Breugnon
BOLOGNE ST. GEORGES  Symphony No 2, mvt I
GERSHWIN / arr. McBride  Overture to Girl Crazy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Petite Suite
I. La caprice de Nannette
FORSYTH  Viola Concerto in G minor
JOHN POWELL  Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
ALAN SILVESTRI / arr. Llona Theme from The Avengers
JOHN WILLIAMS  Midway March
DETT  Cave of the Winds March
VARIOUS / arr. Lowden  Armed Forces Salute
SOUSA  Stars and Stripes Forever

Sponsored by Delaware District Council Member Joel Feroleto.

Program

Grant O’Brien, conductor

SMITH / arr. Skrowaczewski  The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE / arr. Fenwick  O Canada
COPLAND  Hoe-Down from Rodeo
KABALEVSKY  Overture to Colas Breugnon
BOLOGNE ST. GEORGES  Symphony No 2, mvt I
GERSHWIN / arr. McBride  Overture to Girl Crazy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Petite Suite
I. La caprice de Nannette
JOHN POWELL  Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
ALAN SILVESTRI / arr. Llona Theme from The Avengers
JOHN WILLIAMS  Midway March
DETT  Cave of the Winds March
VARIOUS / arr. Lowden  Armed Forces Salute
SOUSA  Stars and Stripes Forever

Presented with support from Niagara Falls State Park, Beaver Island State Park, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and in-park partner, Montante International.

Program

Grant O’Brien, conductor
Josephine Millen, bassoon, BPO Scholarship Winner

SMITH / arr. Skrowaczewski  The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE / arr. Fenwick  O Canada
COPLAND  Hoe-Down from Rodeo
KABALEVSKY  Overture to Colas Breugnon
BOLOGNE ST. GEORGES  Symphony No 2, mvt I
GERSHWIN / arr. McBride  Overture to Girl Crazy
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Petite Suite
I. La caprice de Nannette
MOZART  Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, Mvt. 3
JOHN POWELL  Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
ALAN SILVESTRI / arr. Llona Theme from The Avengers
JOHN WILLIAMS  Midway March
DETT  Cave of the Winds March
VARIOUS / arr. Lowden  Armed Forces Salute
SOUSA  Stars and Stripes Forever

Imprints

Imprints aims to break down the very essence of percussion music and put it back together in about 60 minutes. When we say that something sounds percussive, usually we mean that it is a short sound. It is true that percussionists work very hard to create the illusion of sustain since the majority of our instruments make short sounds. This fundamental characteristic of percussion is in some ways related to slow shutter speed photography often featuring elongated cars with blurred lights on a busy highway: One image captures several short moments in time. We have entitled our project “IMPRINTS” because slow shutter speed blurring moving objects made us think about how every movement or development in history leaves a footprint and becomes a legacy in the long run. We are aiming to explore the history of percussion from conventional styles to pieces that use technology and extended techniques.

Brad Lubman, conductor

OLIVER KNUSSEN Ophelia Dances: Book 1
OLIVER KNUSSEN Songs Without Voices, op. 26
OLIVER KNUSSEN Two Organa, op. 27
BRAD LUBMAN May 18 - June 7, 2025

Livestream: https://www.esm.rochester.edu/live/kilbourn/

3D Percussion is coming to Westbrook!

Join us for an exciting night of rhythm, energy, and incredible percussion.

Feb. 24, 2026

7:30 PM

Westbrook Music Building, Room 130,

Lincoln, Nebraska

Glen Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Open to the public

Sammy DeAngelis, Director

Roberts Wesleyan Percussion Ensemble performs their debut concert for 2025 with works from Thierry de Mey, Stewart Copeland, Steve Reich, Ivan Trevino, and more! This evening will feature works for every audience member.

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Michael Burritt, director

The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition and has performed at the international convention as a result in the 2013 and 2017. The group was also the featured ensemble at the 2009 Paris Conservatory international Percussion Festival, made its Kennedy Center Debut in 2012, and has performed at numerous local festivals. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by Alejandro Vinao and John Psathas and this year will be giving the world premiere of works by Grammy Award winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs as well as the Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner in March 2022. The ensemble is the primary chamber experience for percussionists studying at the Eastman school and represents the upperclassman and graduate students in the studio.

3D Percussion performs the World Premiere of Shutter by Emma Cardon-Wake!

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This concert will feature a performance of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner's Fast Forward, written for Michael Burritt and commissioned by Eastman for the Centennial Celebration of the school. In Addition Burritt will perform works by Hollinden, Tompkins and his newest composition for violin and marimba with Eastman Faculty member and RPO Concert Master Juliana Athayde. Members of the award winning Eastman Percussion Ensemble will also be featured on the program.

Tickets for Eastman’s Faculty Artist Series are $10 for the general public and free to URID holders. General Admission tickets will be available for purchase at each concert. Visit EastmanTheatre.org for more information.

Brad Lubman, conductor
Miranda Cuckson, violin guest artist
Jeffrey Mumford, guest composer

ELLIOTT CARTER ASKO Concerto
JEFFREY MUMFORD through a stillness brightening
JEFFREY MUMFORD a garden of flourishing paths  
JEFFREY MUMFORD fleeting cycles of layered air
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum

The Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble has been under the direction of Brad Lubman since 1997. Since that time, the ensemble consistently performs a diverse variety of music by many composers of our time, including Augusta Read Thomas, Olga Neuwirth, John Adams, George Lewis, Chaya Czernowin, Sarah Nemtsov, Daniel Kidane, Pierre Boulez, Steve Reich, Helmut Lachenmann, Kaija Saariaho, Wolfgang Rihm, Hilda Paredes, Julia Wolfe, Georg Friedrich Haas, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Oliver Knussen, Alvin Singleton, Michael Gordon, and David Lang, to name only a small list of composers.

In addition to developing ensemble skills and knowledge of the music of our time, we aim to foster the deepest possible sense of open-mindedness to as many composers of our time as possible. Former students from Musica Nova have gone on to become members of some of the most important professional ensembles, like the JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the MIVOS Quartet, and Ensemble Signal.

The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition, performing internationally in 2013 and 2017. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by Alejandro Vinao and John Psathas, and this year will be giving the world premiere of works by Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is set to perform across Western New York in their annual Summer Series starting July 3, continuing their long-standing tradition of presenting accessible concerts for the community each summer. With a mix of free and ticketed events, the series highlights rising local talent, acclaimed guest artists, and regional milestones with music spanning classical masterworks, film scores, and the Great American Songbook. These performances offer audiences the special opportunity to experience live orchestral music in their own neighborhoods and at venues throughout Buffalo-Niagara.

Ellicottville Summer Music Festival | The Magical Music of Harry Potter

Fernanda Lastra leads The Magical Music of Harry Potter in the finale of the Ellicottville Summer Music Festival, followed by a fireworks display!

KeyBank Independence Eve at the Bisons

The BPO returns to Sahlen Field for the annual KeyBank Independence Eve Celebration! Ron Spigelman leads the orchestra under the lights and fireworks after the Buffalo Bisons vs. Rochester Red Wings game.

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes (OSFL) will conclude its 30th season with a concert themed around iconic film music on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the Corning Museum of Glass.

Titled Music in the Movies, the program will feature pianist Svetlana Smolina performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work prominently featured in classic films like Brief Encounter and Shine. The concert will also include John Williams’ Star Wars theme, celebrating “May the Fourth,” and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, known for its use in the sci-fi film Rollerball.

Under the baton of Music Director Toshiyuki Shimada, the OSFL invites audiences to dress in costume, formal wear, or come as they are. The event is sponsored by Streeter Associates, with tickets ranging from $29 to $59 for adults, $15 for college students, and free for youth under 18 with a ticketed adult.

Tickets are available at OSFL.org or by phone at 607-936-2873.

3D Percussion performs “Refract” alongside the Radford University Percussion Ensemble. With works by Lee, Keck, Takemitsu, Curlee, and Wallin, this concert has something for everyone!

3D Percussion performs ‘Refract’ at Fairmont State University’s Wallman Hall.

https://fairmontstate.libcal.com/event/14148787?hs=a

The Ignite Music Invitational is a Music for All Affiliate Regional Festival open to middle and high school concert band, choir, orchestra, jazz and percussion programs.

3DP will perform ‘Refract’ for their evening concert on April 5th.

3D Percussion plays ‘Refract’ at ARTISANworks

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3d-percussion-presents-refract-tickets-1143003336749?aff=oddtdtcreator

3D Percussion performs ‘Refract” at Buffalo State University.

Hear all components of the OSFL on stage in one concert celebrating their 30th season: the professional musicians of the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Chorus of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Hertzog Concerto & Aria Competition Winner, and the Young People’s Orchestra, including the YPO and OSFL side by side under the baton of Maestro Shimada.

What’s on the Program:

Florence Price – Andante moderato for Strings
Antonio Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in E Minor
Claude Debussy – Dances for Harp and String Orchestra
Tyler S. Grant – In Your Wildest Dreams
Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances Op. 46, No. 1 and 2
Gary Brown – The Happy Throng (world premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms, with treble voice soloist, Ian Clark

3D Percussion will be a guest at Austin Keck’s session “Texture Over Melody: Creating Sonic Landscapes”

3D Percussion performs arrangements in the park. Free to the general public!

3D Percussion performs “Refract” at Hatch Recital Hall.

3D Percussion presents Refract, a multimedia performance showcasing the unique colors that percussion repertoire has to offer. Using light as a symbolic device of timbre, 3DP takes you through our repertoire of sounds with works by Keck, Wallin, Takemitsu, Curlee and Lee. Refract features atmospheric, natural music to theatrical timbres, to interlocking rhythms, to percussion from around the world. With Refract, 3DP pays homage to the recent classics and forges a new path to create standards in our own time. 
This project is supported in part by The Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music with funding support by the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research.