The Music of Led Zeppelin — RPO at Kodak Center | July 17, 2026
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra teams up with Windborne Music for a symphonic tribute to Led Zeppelin at Kodak Center in Rochester on Friday, July 17, 2026. Rescheduled from April — tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.
Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra at Proctors | April 19, 2026
The SSSO closes their 2025–26 season at Proctors on April 19 — Florence Price, Vaughan Williams, and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, with a full chorus and two soloists. Plus: the 2026–27 season gets announced at curtain.
Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra at Universal Preservation Hall | April 18, 2026
The SSSO closes their season at Universal Preservation Hall with a program built around Florence Price, Vaughan Williams, and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Free pre-show talk at 6 PM. Kids under 18 get in free with a ticketed adult.
Yo Yo Ma at Tanglewood | August 6, 2026
Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood on August 6 is one of the summer’s most significant classical bookings — an artist of rare depth in one of North America’s most beloved concert settings. An evening not to be rationalized away.
Bang on a Can at MASS MoCA | July 30, 2026
Bang on a Can brings LOUD Weekend back to MASS MoCA on July 30 — the most intellectually charged multi-day new music festival within reach of Upstate New York. This is contemporary classical at its most uncompromising.
Jerusalem Quartet at Kleinhans Music Hall | April 28, 2026
The Jerusalem Quartet — one of the world’s finest string ensembles — comes to Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo on April 28. Presented by the Buffalo Chamber Music Society.
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti composed some of the most haunting, atmospheric music in film history, and his path to Hollywood ran through the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Best known for his collaborations with director David Lynch — including the iconic Twin Peaks theme, one of the most recognizable pieces of television music ever […]
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William Miller was born on July 4, 1911, in Rochester, New York, in a modest home on Sheridan Street near the Bausch & Lomb factory. The son of a Russian immigrant wrought iron worker and a former seamstress, Miller would rise from Rochester’s working-class neighborhoods to become one of the most powerful figures in […]
Elaine Lee Martone
Elaine Martone is the most decorated classical record producer in Upstate New York history, and one of the most accomplished women in the field globally. Born in Rochester, New York, Martone studied oboe and earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College with the ambition of joining a symphony orchestra. Instead, she found her […]
Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson did more to shape the sound and structure of American classical music than perhaps any figure of the twentieth century — and he did it from Rochester. As director of the Eastman School of Music for 40 years, Hanson transformed a promising regional conservatory into one of the world’s premier music institutions while […]