Staff
Monday, May 4, 2015 1:12 pm

At the baton is Daniel Roihl, Interim Director of Granite State Choral Society. (Courtesy photo)

Daniel Roihl, Interim Director of Granite State Choral Society, and J. Bruce Gatchell, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Strafford Wind Symphony present A Taste of Rochester at Rochester Opera House on May 15 at 7 p.m.

This concert will be a fun-filled family evening of choral and instrumental music to delight the senses. GSCS will perform again the newly commissioned work "Rochester" that was premiered at the March 28 Gala, River Stones, Rails and Renaissance: a Rochester Retrospective, as well as selection of accompanying pieces.

The Symphony will reprise the Rag, March and Waltz originally commissioned for the 1914 Rochester Fair along with other works. Additionally GSCS will perform with the Strafford Wind Symphony and showcase the extraordinary musical legacy that is currently present in the Lilac City. The performance will be well worth attending as the history of Rochester in song will be presented. With 65 combined years of making music, these two performing gems are sure to fill the evening with many musical highlights one will not want to miss.

This concert will close out GSCS's 40^th Anniversary Season and begin Strafford's 25^th Anniversary Season. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $7 for children and are available online at www.rochesteroperahouse.org and at the box office of the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, 603-335-1992.