
Mona Seghatoleslami
Afternoon hostMona Seghatoleslami is the host and producer on WXXI Classical 91.5 FM weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. She also hosts the lunchtime concert series Live From Hochstein Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m., interviews musicians, produces special programs, and works on any project she can find that helps connect people and music in our community through WXXI.
Mona is originally from New Jersey; she ventured out to the Midwest for college, where she studied viola at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She got her start in radio at WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana while in grad school studying musicology and library science at Indiana University. She also spent a few years as a radio announcer and producer in West (by God) Virginia, where she also wrote for the Charleston Gazette and taught American music at West Virginia State University.
When she’s not on the radio, you can find Mona attending concerts and movies, playing viola in community orchestras, occasionally strumming the ukulele, riding her bike everywhere, and reading as much as she can – especially The New Yorker and sci-fi novels. She also books the bands for one of the coolest live music venues in Rochester – The Little Theatre Café.
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This weekend, Rochester ballet dancer Jessica Tretter will take to the stage as the Firebird in her final performances. But she says her life long love of dance will keep her in the field, as a teacher,
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A new center for equity and inclusion is being dedicated this Saturday at the Eastman School of Music. The center is named for composer George Walker.
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Live from Hochstein: American Soundscapes: Music for Cello, Trumpet, and Piano on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday May 18th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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Gossamer Edge on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday May 11th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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A Trio of Trios on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday May 4th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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Northeast Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society will perform on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday April 6th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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Antara Winds: Bridging Centuries on Live from Hochstein on Wednesday March 30th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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The Gateways Music Festival, a gathering of classical musicians of African descent for concerts, lectures, and other events, is returning April 18 through 24, with a few changes.
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Live from Hochstein returns with a lunchtime concert by faculty from the Nazareth College of Music with highlights from the Women in Music Festival on March 23rd at 12:10pm
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Composer Augusta Read Thomas returned to Rochester for the world premiere of her work "Dance Mobile" performed by Eastman's Musica Nova.