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The state Education Department has named Zachary Arenz, a Rochester City School District music teacher as the 2024 New York State Teacher of the Year.
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Iris DeMent returns to Central New York on Sunday night to play a sold-out show at the Center for the Arts in Homer.
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Rochester has hosted the Drum Corps Associates World Championships more than 20 times, but this one is expected to be the last.
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Gouvernet, who died early Friday at the age of 83, supported many local arts organizations, with a particular focus on opera.
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Acclaimed Americana singer-songwriters Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and The Guilty Ones will perform at the Center for the Arts in Homer.
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Ryan Yarmel, who has been the host of Radioland with Yarms Thursday nights on WRUR-FM and WITH-FM (Ithaca) since 2019, takes on a new role as music director of The Route, steering you on the road to exciting music discovery. We sat down with Ryan to ask him more about his background and what he sees for the future of the station.
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WXXI announced today that Different Radio will expand its format to offer more music and mark it with the launch of a new name. FM 88.5 (Rochester) and FM 90.1 (Ithaca) will now be known as The Route, with Ryan Yarmel as its music director.
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Jory Lane just graduated from Eastman School of Music. Now he's playing for an audience of millions on Performance Today.
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Tenzin Chopak has been one of the more prolific members of the Ithaca music scene over the past decade. Both as a solo artist and as the frontman for Rockwood Ferry (in its many incarnations), Chopak has proven to be a compelling lyricist, talented guitarist, and powerful vocalist on the five albums he has released since 2013 as well as countless live performances.
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Since its founding in 2016, GrassRoots Culture Camp has offered instruction in an array of roots music genres – everything from Cajun and country to old-time and Zydeco – and a variety of instruments. Students come from all over the country for the four days preceding the annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, to take workshops taught in an intimate setting by some of the country’s top players.