This concert by the winners of the Hochstein Merit Scholarship features Noah Busch of Brighton, a sophomore at Brighton High School and a violin student of Pia Liptak; Lillian Brickman of Brighton, a junior at School of the Arts and a guitar student of Tim Shannon; and Julian Chumacero of Victor, a senior at Victor Senior High School and a violin student of Pia Liptak.
You're invited to hear this music on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday, April 17th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall (50 N. Plymouth Avenue, downtown Rochester) or by listening to the live broadcast on WXXI Classical.
Noah Busch performs “Man dreaming butterfly dreaming man” for violin and piano by contemporary composer Bonnie Miksch. Guitarist Lillian Brickman will play selections from Preludes by Heitor Villa-Lobos and J.S. Bach, along with Berceuse and Trio by Napoleon Coste. Julian Chumacero performs the first movement of Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major and Ernest Bloch’s Suite No. 1 for Solo Violin.
Hochstein teachers nominate students for merit scholarships and auditions take place in February and March. The scholarships are organized in four categories for various age levels of music students, with the top scholarship level winners for grades 11-12 performing in concert.
Live from Hochstein with host Mona Seghatoleslami is a series of midday concerts by some of the finest artists in our area broadcast live from The Hochstein Performance Hall. Each of these free concerts runs from 12:10-12:50 p.m., giving downtown business people, teachers, families, students, and friends an opportunity to enjoy classical music by outstanding musicians, including soloists, duos, and vocal and chamber ensembles. You can also hear an encore broadcast of Live from Hochstein later the same day at 10 p.m. on WXXI Classical.