Support for Buffalo Rising comes from:
Support for Buffalo Rising comes from:
Buffalo Rising's monthly art, music, and culture guide, WNY SoundStage, has evolved into a full calendar!
The new Arts + Culture Calendar connects our thriving industry to readers in real-time, and seeks to provide Buffalonians with a comprehensive overview of all this region has to offer - including gallery shows and exhibits, live music concerts and events, theatre and dance performances, history tours, and more happening throughout WNY.
Our team will add events to this calendar daily. If your art, music, or performance-based event is missing, please email events@buffalorising.com.
The Buffalo State Jazz Ensemble will perform under the direction of Dr. Rick Fleming. The concert is free and open. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Jazz Ensemble's mission is to introduce students to the great American art form of jazz. Performing traditional as well as contemporary ensemble arrangements affords the student an opportunity to
“Chante la Vie, Chante,” a scintillating musical program representing the golden age of French song, will be presented by the Compagnie Caravague of Paris on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Katharine Cornell Theatre, within the Ellicott Complex on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus. Sponsors are the Alliance Française de Buffalo (AFB)
In 2024, Jay Beckenstein and band observe the 50th anniversary of what started as a diversion, something that was just for fun (and twenty-five cents at the door). It began inauspiciously when Beckenstein and a few musician friends in Buffalo NY organized a get together on their shared night off from working in bands that
Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors and recital series. His commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike. Schubert - Sonata in A minor Op. 143 Schumann -
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Timothy Chooi, violin Nikki Chooi, violin ROBERTO SIERRA Dos Piezas PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 BACH Concerto for Two Violins BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Timothy Chooi, violin Nikki Chooi, violin ROBERTO SIERRA Dos Piezas PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 BACH Concerto for Two Violins BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A major
The Buffalo State Philharmonia will present its final performance of the 2021–2022 season. The Philharmonia will perform under the direction of Dr. Thomas Witakowski. The concert is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Nikki Chooi, violin Jaclyn Grossman, soprano Hannah Shea, alto John Tiranno, tenor Lester Lynch, bass Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Alan Doyle— actor, producer, best-selling author, and best-known as lead singer for Newfoundland’s beloved Great Big Sea these past 20+ years— hardly needs an introduction. With five solo albums under his belt, Doyle has been touring the world with his ace six-piece band for the last decade. In late 2014, Doyle released his best-selling memoir
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Nikki Chooi, violin Jaclyn Grossman, soprano Hannah Shea, alto John Tiranno, tenor Lester Lynch, bass Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Joan Tower’s Purple Rain (2020) for string quintet belongs to the composer’s series of “purple” works featuring the viola. Tower, who experiences synesthesia, explains that “purple is the color—in all its various hues—that most reminds me of the viola. In this quintet, ‘rain’ symbolizes many things: a steady repetition of light and heavy rhythms, flows of ‘held’
Stuart Chafetz, conductor Our Memorial Day weekend tradition pays a musical tribute to the men and women of the armed forces who defend our freedom.
