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The Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is supporting the first-ever First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 19 to 23) both as a sponsor and supporter of 30 shows. Faculty, students, and staff will perform at numerous festival events and locations, and the University’s Eastman School of Music will host both students and faculty members and guest artists and ensembles. Below is a wrap-up of performances featuring artists affiliated with the University and events taking place at a University venue. For more on the festival, visit\u00a0http:\/\/rochesterfringe.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SAVOR: PORTRAITS OF EATING (visual art)<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nWednesday, Sept. 19 & Saturday, Sept. 22 Free
\nSavor is a series of portraits by Sara Basher, a recent MFA graduate of RIT. The series was inspired by her friends and coworkers at Questa Lasagna.<\/p>\n

PRESENT TENSE DANCE: VERITAS\u00a0<\/strong>
\nEast Wing, Rm. 415, Eastman School of Music
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. $7
\nPresent Tense Dance Company examines the bluntness of truth in this compelling new work,Veritas<\/em>, by choreographer Anne Harris Wilcox. Additional highlights in the concert will be Wilcox’s comical work,\u00a0Magnum Opus<\/em>; the upbeat and swinging\u00a0Reunion<\/em>; and\u00a0Wild Swans at Coole<\/em>, a collaboration with Eddie Murphy of Drumcliffe Irish Arts.<\/p>\n

SHIMMY SHAKE DOWN<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 9 to 10 p.m. $10
\nTribal Goddess Collective presents a Middle Eastern-inspired dance featuring a dozen Rochester dancers showcasing swords, veils, and more.
\n\"Yellowjackets\"<\/p>\n

A CAPPELLA HOUR\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRAPA’s East End Theatre
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 5 to 6 p.m. $12\/$8 students
\nA Cappella Hour features the University’s YellowJackets and RAPA’s Roc City Singers. The YellowJackets recently competed on season three of NBC’s\u00a0The Sing-Off<\/em>, and the Roc City Singers are Rochester’s own “Glee!”<\/p>\n

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ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: MARIMBA BAND<\/strong>
\nHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
\nFriday, Sept. 21 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. $15
\nThe RPO Marimba Band continues a half-century tradition that was established in the 1950’s by the Eastman School of Music’s Marimba Masters. Specializing in music written and arranged for melodic percussion instruments, the RPO Marimba Band primarily features ragtime xylophone pieces and novelty music from the early decades of the 20th century as well as many Latin and jazz tunes, and performs on xylophone, two marimbas, vibraphone, steel drum, drum set, and various percussion instruments.<\/p>\n

HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR<\/strong>
\nKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. $10 \u2013 $40 ($10 tickets with a valid student ID only.)
\nThe world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir is America’s premier gospel choir and has performed around the globe for 25 years. Rochester’s own sacred steel superstars, The Campbell Brothers, will open the show. ASL Interpretation provided.<\/p>\n

DRAG 101\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nFriday Sept. 21, 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. & Saturday, Sept. 22, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. $8 DeeDee Dubois hosts Drag101, a unique blend of Rochester’s best drag entertainers. A different show each night, featuring new and seasoned performers.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/p>\n

OLIVER BROWN AND HIS EXTRAORDINARY UKULELES<\/strong>
\nBernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave.
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 7 to 8 p.m. $5
\nOliver Brown performs Shakespearean tales about milk runs, girls with cotton-candy hair, and master-servant deli situations. Featured in the documentary,\u00a0Rock that Uke<\/em>, Brown also has a song on\u00a0Sesame Street<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/p>\n

ON TAP: ORIGINAL MUSIC WITH DANCE\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 7 to 8:15 p.m. $10
\nLive contemporary jazz and classical music, composed by Eastman School of Music and Nazareth College students and alumni, meets local professional dancers. Featured composers Jennifer Bellor, Matt Evans, Josh Forg\u00e9t, Colin Gordon, and Aaron Staebell collaborate with featured dancers and choreographers, including Hannah Beach Chisholm, Alex Dugdale, Rebecca McArthur, Missy Pfohl Smith, and Courtney World.<\/p>\n

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WE WERE THERE\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGeva Theatre Center Nextstage
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 4 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $15
\nWe Were There<\/em>, an original work by Rochester’s Geriactors, dramatizes true stories from personal and ancestral experiences of company members from the Napoleonic wars through WWII.
\n\"Spirits<\/p>\n

SPIRITS WITHIN<\/strong>
\nChrist Church
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 9:30 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 21, 8 and 9 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. $10 Eastman School of Music’s Stephen Kennedy will improvise on the restored 1790 Christ Church organ while dancers from FuturPointe improvise in movement. RIT professor Marla Schweppe and her 3D Digital Design students also will improvise graphics projected on the organ and dancers.
\n\"Vanessa<\/p>\n

VANESSA MANGIONE QUARTET<\/strong>
\nEast Wing, Rm. 415, Eastman School of Music
\nFriday, Sept. 21, 8 to 9 p.m. $5
\nThe Vanessa Mangione Quartet is a young-blood jazz\/R&B group with its own take on standards and contemporary hits. With original arrangements of repertoire from Cole Porter to The Beatles to Amy Winehouse, VMQ offers performances that blur the lines between jazz and pop, old and new. All performers are graduates from the Eastman School of Music.
\n\"Dear<\/p>\n

DEAR DEXTER<\/strong>
\nJava’s
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22, 5 p.m. Free
\nDear Dexter plays acoustic rock ‘n’ roll, meshing acoustic guitar styles with classic rock for a unique sound.<\/p>\n

SIGNAL<\/strong>\u00a0(Film)
\nThe Little, Theatre 1
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 2 and 3 p.m. Free
\nIn Signal, visual compositions of sun images interwoven with animated sequences respond to the perceived chaos on the sun. A collaborative work by Prof. Stephanie Maxwell (RIT School of Film and Animation), Peter Byrne (Associate Prof., RIT School of Design), David Saroff (RIT PhD student, Astrophysics), and composer Elizabeth Kelly (PhD candidate, Eastman School of Music).<\/p>\n

PEACH PRESERVES<\/strong>
\nEast Wing, Rm. 415, Eastman School of Music
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 8 to 9 p.m. $5
\nPeach Preserves is the inspired musical child of Adrian DiMatteo, several rhythm players from Eastman School of Music, and a night of jamming.
\n\"After<\/p>\n

UR AFTER HOURS A CAPPELLA<\/strong>
\nBernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave.
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 6 to7 p.m. $8
\nAfter Hours, the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s co-ed a cappella group, began in 1998 as a vocal jazz group, and was originally called Charivari, after the old French term for “rough music.” Two years later, the group dynamic changed from vocal jazz to rock and pop, making way for the UR’s newest a cappella ensemble, After Hours.<\/p>\n

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GRR!<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place) Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 to 9 p.m. $10
\nOriginal compositions and select cover tunes from the GRR! range from fun and quirky to dark and haunting, always with carefully-crafted arrangements and provocative twists and turns along the way.<\/p>\n

PATTON OSWALT<\/strong>
\nKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. $15 \u2013 $55
\nOne of today’s hottest comedians, Patton Oswalt has five TV specials and five critically-acclaimed albums, two of which were nominated for Best Comedy Album Grammys. Opening for Oswalt will be Rochester’s own Jamie Lissow. ASL Interpretation provided.
\n\"Mansfield<\/p>\n

MANSFIELD AVENUE BAND<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. $8
\nMansfield Ave delivers a high-caliber, modern acoustic-rock sound and covers music from the 90’s to now.<\/p>\n

SONGS BY DAVID TEMPERLEY<\/strong>
\nSproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music (next to Max of Eastman Place)
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 6 to7 p.m. $10
\nDavid Temperley is a professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music, but in his spare time, he’s written more than 100 songs. The style is a unique blend of rock, classical, and cabaret, with engaging melodies, witty and touching lyrics, and intricate piano accompaniments. Two talented Eastman graduates, Noelle McMurtry and Carli Miller, will sing, accompanied by Temperley at the piano.
\n\"Hide<\/p>\n

HIDE THE MOON: BASED ON SALOME<\/strong>
\nRAPA’s East End Theatre
\nWednesday, Sept. 19, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22, 10:30 to11:30 p.m. Free\u00a0Hide the Moon: based on Salome<\/em>\u00a0leaves no emotion undiscovered. In this reinvention of Oscar Wilde’s scandalous 1891 play, Eastman School of Music students combine drama, music, and movement in what promises to be a wild and fresh theatrical event.<\/p>\n

\"Biodance\"<\/p>\n

BREAKDOWN: DANCE\/SOUND\u00a0<\/strong>
\nChrist Church
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 4 to 5 p.m. $10\/6 students The fusion of orchestral music and contemporary dance has never been more interactive, surprising, and engaging. Dancers and musicians alike will test assumptions about the roles of audience and performer, stage and house. This family-friendly, multi-art experiment invites all to become part of the visual and aural landscape. Featuring “some of the area’s top modern dancers,” BIODANCE will playfully premiere new dance works that will fuse seamlessly with the power of Sound ExChange’s 30-member orchestra.
\n\"Peter<\/p>\n

SOLO PERCUSSION & MULTIMEDIA: Peter Ferry\u00a0<\/strong>
\nHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
\nThursday, Sept. 20, 6 to 7 p.m. & Saturday, Sept.22, 1 to 2 p.m. $5 Peter Ferry is an enthusiastic performer of new works written for percussion, using multimedia technology to create an unforgettable experience for all audiences. This Fringe performance will include the Nostalgia Project, a collaboration exploring personal memories created with composer Matt Evans, and students and faculty from RIT.
\n\"knight<\/p>\n

RENAISSANCE REMIX: 16th-century Art, Music, and Dance for All Ages\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMemorial Art Gallery
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, Noon to 4 p.m. Free with gallery admission
\nThis multi-faceted event celebrates the Memorial Art Gallery’s new Gill Discovery Center exhibit,\u00a0Renaissance Remix: Art & Imagination in 16th-century Europe<\/em>. Designed especially for families, the afternoon features performances and mini dance lessons by Rochester City Ballet, interactive organ demonstrations and concerts by Eastman School of Music faculty and students on the antique Italian Baroque Organ, and guided tours of the Gill Discovery Center and other Renaissance artworks.<\/p>\n

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THREADING<\/strong>
\nWriters & Books
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 10 to11 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 23, 3 to 4 p.m. Free
\nThreading<\/em>\u00a0is a modern retelling of the Greek myth of the three Fates, the legendary figures charged with spinning, measuring, and cutting the thread of life. It follows three co-workers cooped up in a corporate office, accompanied by their otherworldly supervisor, Moros.
\n\"Whose<\/p>\n

PERFORMING PUBLIC SPACE WITH ROCHESTER CONTEMPORARY DANCE COLLECTIVE<\/strong>\u00a0RoCo
\nSaturday, Sept. 22, 3 to 6 p.m. Free
\nHow are dancers, artists, and activists redefining public space today? As part of the exhibition,\u00a0State of the City 2012: Whose Space? Our Space!<\/em>, RoCo and The Memorial Art Gallery present:\u00a0Performing Public Space with Rochester Contemporary Dance Collective<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL ARGOS TRIO<\/strong>
\nHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
\nSunday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. $15
\nFormed in 2007 with violinist Liana Koteva Kirvan, cellist Lars Kirvan, and pianist Chiao-Wen, the Argo Trio has received consistent praise for its superb interpretations of baroque to contemporary music. Combining the strict yet artistic training of the Eastern European School with the refined freedom of the American conservatory, the Trio was recently praised by Stephen Neal Dennis (allartsreview4u.com), after performing Shostakovich’s Trio No. 2, as giving “a defining performance of what must have been one of the greatest piano trios of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

BILL EVANS AND COMPANY: MODERN JAZZ. MODERN TANGO, AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE<\/strong>
\nEast Wing, Room 415, Eastman School of Music
\nSunday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. $10\/$5 (students)
\nThis exciting, dynamic, emotionally-moving and entertaining choreography by award-winning dance-maker, Bill Evans, will be performed by nine world-class dance artists. The 50-minute program includes athletic modern jazz, visually stunning modern tango, and both humorous and lyrical contemporary dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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