RPO NAMES NEW PR & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER: Former AP reporter Mike Cidoni takes over in June Rochester native returns after 23 years in LA Rochester, NY –The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announces today that Mike Cidoni has been named its next PR and Communications Manager. He will transition to... read more
FINAL RPO 22-23 SEASON CONCERTS Season Finale: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony Music of Motown + RPO 100th Birthday Celebration PLUS: Rigoletto in Concert + violinist Stefan Jackiw Rochester, NY – Your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) will close its 99th season with one of the greatest symphonies of all time –... read more
RPO MUSICIANS HONOR FIVE AREA MUSIC EDUCATORS At 33rd Annual Music Educators’ Awards Night Rochester, NY – The musicians of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) honored four area music teachers and one organization onstage in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre last Thursday, March 16, immediately prior to the 7:30... read more
2023 YOUNG ARTIST AUDITIONS WINNERS ANNOUNCED RPO’s Rochester Philharmonic League awards $7,000 to area teen musicians Grand Prize Winner, Williamson’s Catalina Wooldridge, will perform with the RPO Rochester, NY – Forty-six accomplished high school musicians from the Greater Rochester Area competed in the Rochester Philharmonic League (RPL)’s 68th annual... read more
SPRING INTO APRIL WITH YOUR RPO: Back to the 80s, West Side Story Music of Queen, The Envelope Please OrKIDStra: Alice in OrchestraLand Rochester, NY – Your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO)’s April offerings begin with the Rochester premiere of Decades: Back to the 80s by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff... read more
RPYO/RPO Side-by-Side Concert is March 5th at Kodak Hall Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra celebrates 50 years Golden Mentors pays tribute to the orchestras’ special relationship Rochester, NY – The Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (RPYO), founded in 1970, celebrates its belated 50th anniversary this season, after the COVID pandemic prevented... read more
RPO ANNOUNCES CENTENNIAL SEASON CONCERTS Renée Fleming Special + Gala to kick off anniversary celebration 2023-24 full of blockbusters, special guests & world premieres PLUS: RPO & Black Button Distilling unveil Sonic-Aged Bourbon ~SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS ON SALE TODAY~ Rochester, NY – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announced its upcoming Centennial Season programming... read more
MARCH: MOZART + MUCH MORE WITH YOUR RPO Marvel’s Black Panther + Stewart Copeland: Police Deranged Superstar pianists: Jonathan Biss + Stephen Hough FREE 100 Acts of Giving Back Kickoff Concert PLUS: RPYO/RPO Side-by-Side + Intermediate Education Concerts Rochester, NY – Your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) kicks off a... read more
RPO ANNOUNCES CENTENNIAL 2023-24 SEASON INITIATIVES: Orchestral Program for Urban Students (OPUS) & 100 Acts of Giving Back Season Announcement Concert returns Feb. 15 @ Kodak Hall Rochester, NY – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announced several initiatives that will come to fruition in its Centennial Season (September 2023 –... read more
RPO TO RECEIVE $20K FROM THE NEA For its Care and Wellness Initiative in 2023 Includes Sensory-Friendly Concert this spring Rochester, NY – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is pleased to announce that it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants... read more