Composer-pianist Daniel Pesca and soprano Tyler Cassidy-Heacock present a program of 20th and 21st-century songs by American composers and American poets. The program includes compositions by Rochester-based composers Pesca and David Liptak written for Dr. Cassidy-Heacock in 2025, along with Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in the piano arrangement by the composer himself.
You're invited to experience Live from Hochstein with pianist Daniel Pesca and Soprano Tyler Cassidy-Heacock on Wednesday, November 4th 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 (with an encore broadcast at 10pm).
Preregistration is encouraged for attending in person.
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.
