October 26- November 2, 2025

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WHEN: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 PM

WHAT: The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Monster Melodies.” Featuring Yonatan Dvir, conductor. 

With Halloween just around the corner, get ready for a spook-tacular time with your RPO! Join us for a fang-tastic musical adventure that will have your little ghouls and goblins dancing in their seats. Costumes are strongly encouraged—even your RPO musicians dress up!

 

WHERE: Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY

HOW: Order Tickets online https://rpo.org/event/monster-melodies/ 

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WHEN: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 PM

WHAT: The Cheektowaga Community Symphony Orchestra presents “Eastern Triptik.”
Join the Cheektowaga Community Symphony Orchestra as we present "Eastern Triptik."
Music Director and Conductor, Dr. Tom Witakowski, guides the orchestra on a "trip" through Eastern Europe by performing music of composers born in this region. We will also feature Brandon Luce (Trumpet) performing the Alexander Aruturian "Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major."

 

WHERE: St. Andrew Church, 30 Francis Ave., Sloan, NY

HOW: All concerts are free and open to the public. We take a collection to help fund our concerts.

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WHEN: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 7:00 PM

WHAT: The Opera Guild of Rochester presents “Bravo Night,” featuring young artists from Finger Lakes Opera. Finger Lake Opera Young Artists return to astound us with their vocal talents in this free to the public event. Bravo Nights feature a selection of oepratic arias and musical theater selections in a casual atmosphere. 

WHERE: Little Cafe, 7 Pitkin St., Rochester, NY

HOW: Free

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WHEN: Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 7:00 PM

WHAT: Opera Workshop: Opera Scenes at Nazareth School of Music

WHERE: Wilmot Recital Hall, Nazareth University, 4245 East Ave., Rochester, NY

HOW: Free and open to the public

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WHEN: Thursday, October 30, 2025,  7:30 PM 

WHAT: Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: Click!

Eastman alum Steve Bramson ’83E (MM), an Emmy Award-winning composer of hundreds of primetime television episodes and numerous feature films, teamed up with librettist Gayle Hudson to tell the story of Hungarian photographer André Kertész. CLICK! is a new opera based on the life and legacy of Kertész and his wife, Elizabeth, and it will make its world premiere at the Eastman School of Music this fall. 

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WHERE: Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY

HOW: General Admission $20; Order Tickets online, or through the box office 585-274-3000, M-F 9:30-2:30 PM

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WHEN: Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7:30 PM

WHAT: The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Beethoven Festival: Week 2 (Program A Benjamin Beilman).” Featuring Andreas Delfs, conductor; Benjamin Beilman, violin.

 

The All-Beethoven Festival continues with two extraordinary programs conducted by Maestro Delfs. On October 30, violinist Benjamin Beilman brings lyricism and virtuosity to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, alongside the dramatic Fidelio Overture and the serene beauty of the “Pastoral” Symphony.

WHERE: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY

HOW: Order Tickets online https://rpo.org/event/beethoven-festival2-a/ 

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WHEN: Friday, October 31, 2025, 10:30 AM; Saturday, November 1, 2025,  7:30 PM

WHAT: The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra presents E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert | Film with Live Orchestra. Featuring Scott Terrell, conductor.

 

Director Stephen Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is filled with unparalleled magic and imagination in the moving story that follows a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed by the BPO while the film is projected overhead.

 

WHERE: Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201

HOW: Order Tickets Online here or at the box office (716) 885-5000

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WHEN: Friday, October 31, 2025, 7:30 PM

WHAT: Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: In a Grove

Inspired by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story and Akira Kurosawa’s acclaimed film Rashōmon, In a Grove unfolds as a haunting, nonlinear investigation into the disappearance of a young woman and the murder of her husband in a burned Oregon forest. Set in 1921, the story is told by a string of unreliable narrators—witnesses offering conflicting accounts of what happened to the girl.

Due to sensitive subject matter involving violence and sexual assault, this opera is not recommended for children.

Music by Christopher Cerrone; Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann

Directed by Joelle Lachance; Conducted by Timothy Long

Sung in English with chamber orchestra

 

WHERE: Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY

HOW: General Admission $20; Order Tickets Online or through the box office 585-274-3000

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WHEN: Saturday, November 1, 2025, 7:30 PM

WHAT: The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Beethoven Festival: Week 2 (Program B Jon Nakamatsu).”

The All-Beethoven Festival continues with two extraordinary programs conducted by Maestro Delfs.  Then, on November 1, pianist Jon Nakamatsu sparkles in the composer’s bold Piano Concerto No. 1, paired with the gripping Coriolan Overture and the rhythmic energy of the Seventh Symphony.

 

WHERE: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY

HOW: Order Tickets online https://rpo.org/event/beethoven-festival2-b/ 

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