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Rochester Early Music Festival Concerts

The Rochester Early Music Festival celebrates Rochester and Western New York's rich and varied culture of Early Music performance and scholarship.

REMF Gala Concert

St. Anne Church
1600 Mt. Hope Ave.
Rochester, NY
Friday, November 15, 7:30 PM

You can read more about the Gala Concert HERE. (Opens in a new tab)

Tickets: By Donation in advance (below) or at the door (cash, check, credit card and Venmo!)
General Admission - $20
Senior Admission - $15
Student Admission - $5

Tormenta d’amore : A Night in Venice

Wilmot Recital Hall
Nazareth University
4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY
Friday, November 8, 7:30pm
This concert is free, open to the public, in person AND live-streamed.

Holly Bewlay, Amy Cochrane, soprano; Margaret Leenhouts & Koki Tanaka, violin; Brian Donat, cello; Bonnie Choi, harpsichord

Audiences are invited to imagine themselves amidst the cathedrals and canals of Venice, enveloped in the music of its native sons, Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. The music explores the themes of love and betrayal. These selections represent a wide range of emotions and perspectives on love, from the joyful to the despairing, the serene to the turbulent. Each piece offers a glimpse into the timeless nature of love, reflecting the many ways it has been experienced and expressed throughout history.

Scivias Medieval Ensemble
Dr. Heather Holmquest, Director

Linehan Chapel
Nazareth University
4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY
Saturday, November 9, 7:30pm

This concert is free, open to the public, in person AND live-streamed.

Bach and Vivaldi

Wilmot Recital Hall
Nazareth University
4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY
Sunday, November 10, 3 PM

This event is free, open to the public, in person AND live-streamed.

Koki Tanaka, violin; Brian Donat, cello; Bonnie Choi, harpsichord

Music of two Baroque titans: Bach and Vivaldi. Featuring Bach's energetic Harpsichord Concerto in D major and Vivaldi's vibrant Trio Sonata in d minor.

Compline Service with Schola Cantorum

Christ Church
141 East Avenue
Rochester, NY

9 PM, each Sunday

Compline is performed by Schola Cantorum and directed by Stephen Kennedy, Director of Music and Organist of Christ Church Rochester In 1997, he founded the Christ Church Schola Cantorum to perform the Office of Compline each Sunday at Christ Church.

This acclaimed ensemble of voices and Renaissance instruments specializes in the performance of Plainsong, motets of the Renaissance and Romantic eras, as well as contemporary music and improvisation.

Early Music for the Lute Family

First Universalist Church
150 South Clinton St
12:15pm, November 14

Pedro Teorba and friends present repertory for a few instruments from the lute family by underrepresented Latin-American baroque composers alongside European renaissance canonical works for lute.

This concert is present in conjunction with the Rochester Early Music Festival.

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