Rochester Philharmonic visits Brockport with program of overtures, symphonies, and more
Hilton High School Senior Luke Pisani is soloist for Bruch’s “Violin Concerto”
With a program stretching from Beethoven to Princess Leia, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will appear in concert as part of the Fine Arts Series at SUNY Brockport. The orchestra, under the baton of Paul Shewan, will appear at the Tower Fine Arts Center, 180 Holley Street, Brockport, on Friday, October 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17/general, $12/senior citizens, Brockport alumni, faculty, and staff, and $9/students, and are available online at http://fineartstix.brockport.edu, by phone at 395-2787, or in person.
The overtures are covered by Glinka’s “Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila” and Verdi’s “Overture to La Forza del Destino,” both of which are concert favorites. The symphonies are highlighted by movements from Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7 in A Major” and Dvorák’s “New World Symphony.” Princess Leia is featured in a movement from John Williams’ “Star Wars: Suite for Orchestra.”
Most impressive, perhaps, will be the performance of a movement from Max Bruch’s “Violin Concerto in G Minor.” The piece itself has been popular in symphonic concert repertoire since its 1866 premiere. However, at the Brockport performance, the soloist will be Hilton High School senior Luke Pisani. Pisani studies violin with Shannon Nance, assistant concertmaster of the RPO. He has played with the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra for six seasons and served as concertmaster, conducting apprentice, and twice won the HYSO concerto competition. Selected accomplishments include garnering second prize at the Chicago Violin Competition, New York All-State Orchestra (Concertmaster), NYSMTA Past-Presidents’ High School Instrumental Winner, Rochester Philharmonic League’s Ruth and Sidney Salzman Award for Strings, and winning the David Hochstein Recital Competition. His string quartet, Saturday Quartet, was a finalist in the national Coltman Chamber Music Competition and won the 2021 Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music Competition. He plans to study violin performance in college and pursue a career as a classical and jazz musician. Pisani is a National Honor Society student and plays varsity basketball at Hilton High School.
SUNY Brockport’s current COVID-19 prevention guidelines can be found on the ticketing website and the Fine Arts Series Facebook page.
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