fivebyfive presents Wonders of Water

March 5–6, 2026, 7:30PM (pre-concert 30 min before show)

Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum & Science Center

657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

Immerse yourself in the sound and spectacle of Wonders of Water, a breathtaking multimedia experience beneath the stars at the Strasenburgh Planetarium. This stunning program dives into the essential element that connects us all: water. Through evocative music and immersive full-dome visuals, Rochester’s innovative chamber ensemble, fivebyfive, explores water’s beauty, strength, and vulnerability in an era of environmental urgency.

The program features new works by Sherri Chung and Meilina Tsui, as well as Livingston County native composer Glenn McClure, whose piece spotlights the pipa (a traditional Chinese lute), performed by the extraordinary Leah Ou.

Immersive videos projected onto the planetarium dome by video artist Marc Webster will ripple, swirl, and crash in sync with the music. The goal is to transport members of the audience into a  multi-sensory experience which allows us to appreciate, protect, and marvel at the lifeblood of our planet.

Additional music from fivebyfive’s repertoire — including a return of one of their much-loved eclipse-themed compositions — rounds out the experience.

This concert is part of fivebyfive’s 10th anniversary season featuring the chamber ensemble’s musicians, Laura Lentz (flute), Marcy Bacon (clarinet), Ken Luk (electric guitar), Eric Polenik (bass), and Haeyeun Jeun (piano) plus immersive videos created by fivebyfive’s audio and visual artist, Marc Webster.

fivebyfive presents Wonders of Water

March 5–6, 2026, 7:30PM (pre-concert 30 min before show)

Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum & Science Center

657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

Immerse yourself in the sound and spectacle of Wonders of Water, a breathtaking multimedia experience beneath the stars at the Strasenburgh Planetarium. This stunning program dives into the essential element that connects us all: water. Through evocative music and immersive full-dome visuals, Rochester’s innovative chamber ensemble, fivebyfive, explores water’s beauty, strength, and vulnerability in an era of environmental urgency.

The program features new works by Sherri Chung and Meilinia Tsui, as well as Livingston County native composer Glenn McClure, whose piece spotlights the pipa (a traditional Chinese lute), performed by the extraordinary Leah Ou.

Immersive videos projected onto the planetarium dome by video artist Marc Webster will ripple, swirl, and crash in sync with the music. The goal is to transport members of the audience into a  multi-sensory experience which allows us to appreciate, protect, and marvel at the lifeblood of our planet.

Additional music from fivebyfive’s repertoire — including a return of one of their much-loved eclipse-themed compositions — rounds out the experience.

This concert is part of fivebyfive’s 10th anniversary season featuring the chamber ensemble’s musicians, Laura Lentz (flute), Marcy Bacon (clarinet), Ken Luk (electric guitar), Eric Polenik (bass), and Haeyeun Jeun (piano) plus immersive videos created by fivebyfive’s audio and visual artist, Marc Webster.

It’s our 10th year!
fivebyfive presents NEW 4Now Concert Series for 10th anniversary season: OF THIS WORLD

A season like no other!!
This milestone season is a tribute to the invisible forces, fragile ecosystems, and beautiful complexities that shape our lives. with immersive concerts blending live music, dance, visual art, and science, our season Of This World invites audiences to wonder freely, listen deeply, and explore our shared world together.

As part of its milestone 10th anniversary season, fivebyfive is introducing something new — 4Now, creating an intimate connection between audience, musician and composer like no other event in Rochester.

The concerts will be held in the cozy performance space at Payton Violins in Rochester’s Village Gate, with limited tickets available.

November 16, 2025 – 4Now #2: Sound, Sip, and Savor, 4:30PM
New music meets fine wine in an evening of music and flavor, with an optional guided tasting at Carnegie Cellars with the musicians after the performance*. Music of Jennifer Higdon, Jon Russell, and more. 

PROGRAM INCLUDES:

• Ten Children #4 for Bass Clarinet and Electronics by Michael Lowenstern

• This Homeless Way for Alto Flute and Bass Clarinet by Jon Russell

• Night Dance for Clarinet and Guitar by Jon Russell

• Notes of Gratitude for Piano Solo by Jennifer Higdon

• The Hinchinbrook Riffs by Nigel Westlake

• Op. 75: After Koechlin by Laura Lentz (version for alto flute and bass clarinet)

• Additional music for flute, clarinet, and bass by Olivia Kieffer and Eric J. Polenik, and other pieces, to be announced

Tickets are available online at Payton Violins.
$20/general or pay what you can

*The wine tasting is an additional $20. Spots are limited to the first 10 people!

Rochester Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary

alongside Quantum Mechanics 100th anniversary

October 18–19, 2025

Smith Hall, University of Rochester

Step into the unseen world of quantum mechanics with Subatomic Mysteries, an exhilarating fusion of music, dance, visual art, and science. Presented by Rochester chamber ensemble, fivebyfive, this immersive program invites audiences to experience the wonder and complexity of the tiniest building blocks of our universe — not through equations, but through sound, motion, and light.

Subatomic Mysteries is a first-of-its-kind exploration of quantum theory as interpreted by artists and is part of fivebyfive’s 10th anniversary season. When the musicians learned that 2025 is also the 100th anniversary year for Quantum Mechanics, they began a quest to collaborate and feature the abstract beauty of physics with the expressive power of music and dance. They are thrilled to be working with the University of Rochester’s Program of Dance and Movement and physicist Antonino Di Piazza of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

The program features all-new music by Amy Nam, Sean William Calhoun, Steve Danyew, and Felipe Pérez Santiago, each piece paired with original choreography and cutting-edge visual projections. Watch as dancers embody the strange elegance of entangled particles, wave-particle duality, and branching probabilities. 

PROGRAM:

• Trust Fall by Andrea Mazzariello

• Quiet/Loud by Amy Nam, choreographed by Missy Pfohl Smith, with additional projection design by W. Michelle Harris

• Branches by Steve Danyew, choreographed by Ripp Greatbatch

• Constant by Julia Seeholzer

• Playing Dice with the Universe by Sean William Calhoun, choreographed by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, featuring digital projection art by Harris

• Bifurcations by Felipe Pérez Santiago, choreographed by Mariah Steele

  TICKETS
  

Rochester Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary

alongside Quantum Mechanics 100th anniversary

October 18–19, 2025

Smith Hall, University of Rochester

Step into the unseen world of quantum mechanics with Subatomic Mysteries, an exhilarating fusion of music, dance, visual art, and science. Presented by Rochester chamber ensemble, fivebyfive, this immersive program invites audiences to experience the wonder and complexity of the tiniest building blocks of our universe — not through equations, but through sound, motion, and light.

Subatomic Mysteries is a first-of-its-kind exploration of quantum theory as interpreted by artists and is part of fivebyfive’s 10th anniversary season. When the musicians learned that 2025 is also the 100th anniversary year for Quantum Mechanics, they began a quest to collaborate and feature the abstract beauty of physics with the expressive power of music and dance. They are thrilled to be working with the University of Rochester’s Program of Dance and Movement and physicist Antonino Di Piazza of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

The program features all-new music by Amy Nam, Sean William Calhoun, Steve Danyew, and Felipe Pérez Santiago, each piece paired with original choreography and cutting-edge visual projections. Watch as dancers embody the strange elegance of entangled particles, wave-particle duality, and branching probabilities. 

PROGRAM:

• Trust Fall by Andrea Mazzariello

• Quiet/Loud by Amy Nam, choreographed by Missy Pfohl Smith, with additional projection design by W. Michelle Harris

• Branches by Steve Danyew, choreographed by Ripp Greatbatch

• Constant by Julia Seeholzer

• Playing Dice with the Universe by Sean William Calhoun, choreographed by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, featuring digital projection art by Harris

• Bifurcations by Felipe Pérez Santiago, choreographed by Mariah Steele

  
  

TICKETS

It’s our 10th year!
fivebyfive presents NEW 4Now Concert Series for 10th anniversary season: OF THIS WORLD

A season like no other!!
This milestone season is a tribute to the invisible forces, fragile ecosystems, and beautiful complexities that shape our lives. with immersive concerts blending live music, dance, visual art, and science, our season Of This World invites audiences to wonder freely, listen deeply, and explore our shared world together.

As part of its milestone 10th anniversary season, fivebyfive is introducing something new — 4Now, creating an intimate connection between audience, musician and composer like no other event in Rochester.

The concerts will be held in the cozy performance space at Payton Violins in Rochester’s Village Gate, with limited tickets available.

4Now Concert Lineup

• September 12, 2025 – 4Now #1: Celebrate 5X5=10!, 7PM 
  Kick off the season with an intimate concert showcasing music composed for fivebyfive. Come celebrate the ensemble’s 10th anniversary with pieces from the past 10 years that everyone loves. 
  PROGRAM:

  • Totality by Glenn McClure

  • Trust Fall by Andrea Mazzariello

  • “…a tiny dream” by Anthony R. Green

  • Constant by Julia Seeholzer

  • Buffalo Jam by Pauline Oliveros

  • Eclipse by Marc Mellits

• November 16, 2025 – 4Now #2: Sound, Sip, and Savor, 4:30PM
  New music meets fine wine in an evening of music and flavor, with an optional guided tasting at Carnegie Cellars with the musicians after the performance. Music of Jennifer Higdon, Marc Mellits, Jon Russell, and more. 
  

• April 24, 2026 – 4Now #3: What’s New?, 7PM
  An up-close concert with the potential unveiling of a new recording or video project, offering audiences a joint listen and look.
  

• May 15, 2026 – 4Now #4: Women of fivebyfive, 7PM
  Flutist Laura Lentz, clarinetist Marcy Bacon, and pianist Haeyeun Jeun — the ensemble’s powerhouse women — join forces for a program featuring music by Jennifer Higdon, Chris Rogerson, and more.

Tickets are available online at Payton Violins.
$20/general or pay what you can

fivebyfive’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

fivebyfive was supported by New Music USA’s Organization Fund in 2024-25. 

PERFORMANCE (ROCHESTER)
Sunday 3/30/25
Rochester Academy of Medicine
1441 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14610
3:30 PM pre-concert chat, 4PM CONCERT

$20 General

Family Max $40 and Pay What You Can Tickets sold at concert

Join us to experience the storytelling power of multi-instrumentalist/composer Emily Pinkerton with “Enduring Stories: ghost, murdery, & lost voices of the Appalachians and Catskills” (Spring 2025). In “Ephemera Ballads” - another NYSCA funded new work - Emily Pinkerton shares stories of two women whose important messages about class, gender and bodily autonomy resonate today, as well as her earlier work “Rounder Songs.” Emily will also be playing solo banjo pieces.

As part of this program, Flower City Arts offers two special printmaking workshops. Emily’s new piece, "Ephemera Ballads" draws inspiration from song texts of folk poets from the 19th century. The workshops teach participants about 19th century letterpress techniques, giving a hands-on experience with the moveable type, inks and machines that New York printers used to mass produce the song texts that inspired Emily in her new work.

Coffee Connection will be selling coffee and baked goods during intermission. The Coffee Connection creates jobs and trains women for sustainable employment as a not-for-profit business selling fair trade, organically-grown, and sustainably-farmed coffee to retail and wholesale customers.

WORKSHOPS

A Taste of Letterpress
Friday 3/21/25, 6 - 9 pm
Flower City Arts Center
713 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
$60

Learn about 19th Century printing techniques while enjoying light refreshments and exploring the letterpress collection at Flower City Arts Center. Participants will hand-set moveable type to print a custom notecard using historic presses.

Ephemera Ballads Broadsheet Printing
Saturday 3/22/25, 1 - 4 pm
Flower City Arts Center
713 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
$15

In this drop-in experience, participants will have the opportunity to print a pre-set commemorative broadsheet on a 19th Century press. Broadside ballads were a form of street literature where women figured prominently in printed sheets of poetry crafted by male songsters. Drawing inspiration from archival song texts by folk poets of the 1700s and 1800s, Emily’s new project shares the stories of women whose important messages about class, gender, and bodily autonomy resonate today. This activity takes approximately 10 minutes. Staggered entry times will be communicated prior to the event.

fivebyfive’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

fivebyfive was supported by New Music USA’s Organization Fund in 2024-25. 

PERFORMANCE (SYRACUSE)
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2025

May Memorial Unitarian
3800 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13214
7:00PM pre-concert chat, 7:30PM CONCERT

$20 General, Family Max $40 and Pay What You Can Tickets sold at concert

Join us to experience the storytelling power of multi-instrumentalist/composer Emily Pinkerton with “Enduring Stories: ghost, murdery, & lost voices of the Appalachians and Catskills.”

In “Ephemera Ballads” (funded by NYSCA) Emily Pinkerton shares stories of two women whose important messages about class, gender and bodily autonomy resonate today, as well as her earlier work “Rounder Songs.” Emily will also be playing solo banjo pieces.

fivebyfive’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

fivebyfive was supported by New Music USA’s Organization Fund in 2024-25. 

GET READY FOR ENDURING STORIES WITH EMILY PINKERTON!

Learn about 19th-century letterpress techniques through hands-on exploration of moveable types, inks, and machines that New York printers used to mass produce the song texts that inspired Emily in her new work.
We are so excited to partner with Flower City Arts Center!

Ephemera Ballads Broadsheet Printing

Saturday 3/22/25, 1 - 4 pm

Flower City Arts Center

713 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607

$15

In this drop-in experience, participants will have the opportunity to print a pre-set commemorative broadsheet on a 19th Century press. Broadside ballads were a form of street literature where women figured prominently in printed sheets of poetry crafted by male songsters. Drawing inspiration from archival song texts by folk poets of the 1700s and 1800s, Emily’s new NYSCA-funded project shares the stories of women whose important messages about class, gender, and bodily autonomy resonate today. This activity takes approximately 10 minutes. Staggered entry times will be communicated prior to the event.

Learn about a second workshop being offered, here

fivebyfive’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

fivebyfive was supported by New Music USA’s Organization Fund in 2024-25. 

GET READY FOR ENDURING STORIES WITH EMILY PINKERTON!

Learn about 19th-century letterpress techniques through hands-on exploration of moveable types, inks, and machines that New York printers used to mass produce the song texts that inspired Emily in her new work.
We are so excited to partner with Flower City Arts Center!

A Taste of Letterpress Workshop

Friday 3/21/25, 6 - 9 pm

Flower City Arts Center

713 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607

$60

Learn about 19th Century printing techniques while enjoying light refreshments and exploring the letterpress collection at Flower City Arts Center. Participants will hand-set moveable type to print a custom notecard using historic presses.

Learn about a second workshop being offered, here

Join us on Zoom for a session with multi-instrumentalist and composer Emily Pinkerton!

Dive into the creative process behind her new work, Ephemera Ballads, premiering at our March 2025 concerts, and discover the banjo’s unique voice.

Save the date for March 2025 to experience Enduring Stories—a musical journey through tales of ghosts, murder, and lost voices from the Appalachians and Catskills!

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2025 Enduring Stories Concerts:

Sat 3/29, 7 PM (6:30 PM chat), May Memorial Unitarian, Syracuse

Sun 3/30, 3 PM (2:30 PM chat), Rochester Academy of Medicine

Wed 4/2, 12:10 PM, Live from Hochstein on WXXI 91.5FM

Workshops:

A Taste of Letterpress: Fri 3/21, 6-9 PM, $60

Ephemera Ballads: Sat 3/22, 1-4 PM, $15, Flower City Arts Center

Eclipse Album Release

Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas featuring composer Roberto Sierra

• October 5, 2024   7pm at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, N.Y.

• October 6, 2024   4pm at Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester, N.Y.

Rochester, N.Y.--“Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas" features performances from chamber ensemble fivebyfive as well as musicians from Society for New Music (SNM), with each group hosting a concert in their respective home city.  The program focuses on Latin American themes but also explores the profound connections and mutual understanding that our stories can create between us. 

fivebyfive is a Rochester, N.Y based chamber ensemble featuring flute, clarinet, electric guitar, bass, and piano. SNM provides opportunities for musicians in Central New York to showcase their talent while performing concerts that feature new compositions.  

Anchoring the “Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas" program is a new NYSCA-funded work by Roberto Sierra of Ithaca, N.Y.  With a Support for Artists grant, fivebyfive commissioned the Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy winner to produce “Sonidos del Tlön”.  Sierra uses the magic realism found in a short story by 20th-century Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges as inspiration. Exploring fantasy and reality is a common theme in Latin American literature. Many creators use this oppositional device to make sense of a fraught present and uncertain future.

“Sierra does an extraordinary job of taking us into a musical twilight zone.  Even he says some of his music is absurd— like mimicking the screech of a bird--but he wants to experiment with sound. I think listeners will definitely find this fantastical,” proclaimed Laura Lentz, fivebyfive’s Artistic Director.

Sierra will attend both concerts and headline the pre-concert chats that occur 30 minutes prior to the start of each program. Other music presented will include works by Clarice Assad, Miguel del Aguila, Gabriela Lena Frank, inti figgis-vizueta, and Angélica Negrón.

Intertwined with the musical pieces will be an original presentation by Rochester poet, Henry I Padrón-Morales. During the intermission of the Rochester concert, professional baker Ingrid Gonzalez will provide Latin American pastries through her business Simply Delicious Treats. Coffee Connection, a social enterprise that sells fair-trade, organic, sustainably farmed coffee, will offer individual servings and bagged coffee from Latin America as well.

Additionally, a collaborative experience called, “Create Your Own Fantastical Story”, will take place on Sunday September 29, 2024, at 2pm.  Author Maria Brandt conducts an hour-long workshop for all ages at Writers & Books located at 740 University Avenue, Rochester, New York. Members of fivebyfive will be present to offer their stories.

“We hope participants will want to share what they write when they attend the concert the weekend after the workshop,” said Laura Lentz, Artistic Director of fivebyfive.  “Our goal is to make every concert experience transformative and give our audiences an opportunity for their own artistic expression.”

Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas featuring composer Roberto Sierra

• October 5, 2024   7pm at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, N.Y.

• October 6, 2024   4pm at Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester, N.Y.

Rochester, N.Y.--“Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas" features performances from chamber ensemble fivebyfive as well as musicians from Society for New Music (SNM), with each group hosting a concert in their respective home city.  The program focuses on Latin American themes but also explores the profound connections and mutual understanding that our stories can create between us. 

fivebyfive is a Rochester, N.Y based chamber ensemble featuring flute, clarinet, electric guitar, bass, and piano. SNM provides opportunities for musicians in Central New York to showcase their talent while performing concerts that feature new compositions.  

Anchoring the “Fantastical Stories/Historias Fantásticas" program is a new NYSCA-funded work by Roberto Sierra of Ithaca, N.Y.  With a Support for Artists grant, fivebyfive commissioned the Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy winner to produce “Sonidos del Tlön”.  Sierra uses the magic realism found in a short story by 20th-century Argentinian writer Jorge Borge as inspiration. Exploring fantasy and reality is a common theme in Latin American literature. Many creators use this oppositional device to make sense of a fraught present and uncertain future.

“Sierra does an extraordinary job of taking us into a musical twilight zone.  Even he says some of his music is absurd— like mimicking the screech of a bird--but he wants to experiment with sound. I think listeners will definitely find this fantastical,” proclaimed Laura Lentz, fivebyfive’s Artistic Director.

Sierra will attend both concerts and headline the pre-concert chats that occur 30 minutes prior to the start of each program. Other music presented will include works by Clarice Assad, Miguel del Aguila, Gabriela Lena Frank, inti figgis-vizueta, and Angélica Negrón.

Intertwined with the musical pieces will be an original presentation by Rochester poet, Henry I Padrón-Morales. During the intermission of the Rochester concert, professional baker Ingrid Gonzalez will provide Latin American pastries through her business Simply Delicious Treats. Coffee Connection, a social enterprise that sells fair-trade, organic, sustainably farmed coffee, will offer individual servings and bagged coffee from Latin America as well.

Additionally, a collaborative experience called, “Create Your Own Fantastical Story”, will take place on Sunday September 29, 2024, at 2pm.  Author Marla Brandt conducts an hour-long workshop for all ages at Writers & Books located at 740 University Avenue, Rochester, New York. Members of fivebyfive will be present to offer their stories.

“We hope participants will want to share what they write when they attend the concert the weekend after the workshop,” said Laura Lentz, Artistic Director of fivebyfive.  “Our goal is to make every concert experience transformative and give our audiences an opportunity for their own artistic expression.”

A bird streaked across the misty sky and, absently, I turned it into an airplane….
“The Garden of Forking Paths,” by Jorge Luis Borges

In preparation for the premiere of Roberto Sierra’s new work which takes inspiration from the fiction of Jorge Luis Borges, this workshop will introduce audience members to the wonders of magical realism. We’ll begin by sharing thoughts about what it means to conjure magic into our everyday worlds. What kinds of magic? And to what ends? Then, participants will be given space to create their own fictions, emerging with a poem or story or image that captures the radical power of magic to help all of us understand our true selves better. Participants will have the option of sharing their work with fivebyfive’s October 6 audience.

fivebyfive shares its sold out show “Light & Dark: Eclipse Music” at

Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State

Get your tickets, it’s a small planetarium, and most likely will sell out!

Two shows at 2:00 and 4:00

A total solar eclipse will visit North America on April 8, 2024.  To celebrate this breathtaking celestial event, fivebyfive is creating a one-of-a-kind concert experience with original music by Grammy-nominated Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, and Kamala Sankaram, with immersive video presented on a full dome of a planetarium. 

This solar eclipse is expected to be the largest mass travel event ever in the U.S.—a celestial experience expected to be breathtaking, spiritual, and impactful. Landscapes become transformed, the sky becomes a dark deep twilight, and changes in temperature, winds and animal behavior occur during the time around totality. The experience is emotionally powerful and unforgettable, and it will be the last great opportunity for large segments of our country to experience a total solar eclipse until 2045. The path of totality will include 125 miles, along with fivebyfive’s hometown of Rochester, NY. 

fivebyfive will present its eclipse-inspired program Light & Dark: Eclipse Music in Rochester at the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Planetarium and other communities within the path of totality. New commissioned works by composers Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, and a new arrangement by Julie Herndon.

fivebyfive is inspired to connect people in an engaging public event to build awareness and excitement for the upcoming eclipse.

fivebyfive shares its sold out show “Light & Dark: Eclipse Music” at

Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State

Get your tickets, it’s a small planetarium, and most likely will sell out!

Two shows at 2:00 and 4:00

A total solar eclipse will visit North America on April 8, 2024.  To celebrate this breathtaking celestial event, fivebyfive is creating a one-of-a-kind concert experience with original music by Grammy-nominated Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, and Kamala Sankaram, with immersive video presented on a full dome of a planetarium. 

This solar eclipse is expected to be the largest mass travel event ever in the U.S.—a celestial experience expected to be breathtaking, spiritual, and impactful. Landscapes become transformed, the sky becomes a dark deep twilight, and changes in temperature, winds and animal behavior occur during the time around totality. The experience is emotionally powerful and unforgettable, and it will be the last great opportunity for large segments of our country to experience a total solar eclipse until 2045. The path of totality will include 125 miles, along with fivebyfive’s hometown of Rochester, NY. 

fivebyfive will present its eclipse-inspired program Light & Dark: Eclipse Music in Rochester at the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Planetarium and other communities within the path of totality. New commissioned works by composers Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, and a new arrangement by Julie Herndon.

fivebyfive is inspired to connect people in an engaging public event to build awareness and excitement for the upcoming eclipse.

fivebyfive & the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) present

fivebyfive at the Planetarium!

New commissioned eclipse-inspired works (premieres) by Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, Julie Herndon

Tickets!
https://rmsc.org/events/fivebyfive-eclipsemusic/

3:30pm pre-concert talk

fivebyfive & the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) present

fivebyfive at the Planetarium!

New commissioned eclipse-inspired works (premieres) by Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, Julie Herndon

TICKETS!
https://rmsc.org/events/fivebyfive-eclipsemusic/

A total solar eclipse will visit North America on April 8, 2024.  To celebrate this breathtaking celestial event, fivebyfive is creating a one-of-a-kind concert experience with original music by Grammy-nominated Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, and Kamala Sankaram, with immersive video presented on a full dome of a planetarium. 

This solar eclipse is expected to be the largest mass travel event ever in the U.S.—a celestial experience expected to be breathtaking, spiritual, and impactful. Landscapes become transformed, the sky becomes a dark deep twilight, and changes in temperature, winds and animal behavior occur during the time around totality. The experience is emotionally powerful and unforgettable, and it will be the last great opportunity for large segments of our country to experience a total solar eclipse until 2045. The path of totality will include 125 miles, along with fivebyfive’s hometown of Rochester, NY. 

fivebyfive will present its eclipse-inspired program Light & Dark: Eclipse Music in Rochester at the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Planetarium and other communities within the path of totality. New commissioned works by composers Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, and a new arrangement by Julie Herndon.

fivebyfive is inspired to connect people in an engaging public event to build awareness and excitement for the upcoming eclipse.

fivebyfive & the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) present

fivebyfive at the Planetarium!

New commissioned eclipse-inspired works (premieres) by Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, Julie Herndon

Tickets!
https://rmsc.org/events/fivebyfive-eclipsemusic/

A total solar eclipse will visit North America on April 8, 2024.  To celebrate this breathtaking celestial event, fivebyfive is creating a one-of-a-kind concert experience with original music by Grammy-nominated Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, and Kamala Sankaram, with immersive video presented on a full dome of a planetarium. 

This solar eclipse is expected to be the largest mass travel event ever in the U.S.—a celestial experience expected to be breathtaking, spiritual, and impactful. Landscapes become transformed, the sky becomes a dark deep twilight, and changes in temperature, winds and animal behavior occur during the time around totality. The experience is emotionally powerful and unforgettable, and it will be the last great opportunity for large segments of our country to experience a total solar eclipse until 2045. The path of totality will include 125 miles, along with fivebyfive’s hometown of Rochester, NY. 

fivebyfive will present its eclipse-inspired program Light & Dark: Eclipse Music in Rochester at the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Planetarium and other communities within the path of totality. New commissioned works by composers Jessica Meyer, Marc Mellits, Kamala Sankaram, Glenn McClure, and a new arrangement by Julie Herndon.

fivebyfive is inspired to connect people in an engaging public event to build awareness and excitement for the upcoming eclipse.

Join fivebyfive for drinks and soft premieres of new works by Glenn McClure, Julie Herndon, Marc Mellits, Jessica Meyer, and Kamala Sankaram!

Listen in and be a part of a conversation about Roberto’s new work for fivebyfive, to be premiered in Fall 2024. The new commissioned work, “Sonidos de Tlön,” is inspired by a short story of the 20th-century Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Using the magical realism found in Borges’s work as inspiration, Mr. Sierra will explore the dichotomy of fantasy vs. reality in this new work for our group.

This program and this newly commissioned work is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.  

fivebyfive is excited to share a performance and discussion to students at the University of Rochester in October.

fivebyfive will visit with students in the course "Exploring Classical Music," offered by the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rochester, taught by Prof. Honey Meconi.

Program includes music by Marc Mellits, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Clarice Assad (a new version written by Ondrej Veselý for fivebyfive), and Keane Southard, plus discussion about the music and about fivebyfive.

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 2023-2024 SEASON

Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and fivebyfive
with guest Lynne Feldman, artist

Sunday October 22, 2023, 3PM
Pre-concert talk at 2:30PM
Temple Beth El Synagogue
139 S. Winton Road
Rochester, NY

Click here for the digital program

fivebyfive’s 2023-2024 season, “Dichotomies,” will begin with its program Old & New: Sephardic Reflections in collaboration with Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and artist Lynne Feldman.

Sephardic music has its roots in the musical traditions of the Jewish communities in medieval Spain and medieval Portugal. Programs will be presented at Temple Beth El in Rochester, with other performances in the Western NY/Finger Lakes region.

Music includes a new version of Brazilian composer Clarice Assad’s Sephardic Suite written by Ondrej Veselý (directly) for fivebyfive, and a new setting of three Sephardic songs by Eastman graduate Keane Southard.

The two ensembles, fivebyfive and Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque, will treat audiences to “old” and “new” versions of the sephardic tunes featured in the concert, with artist Lynne Feldman’s original tapestries celebrating Jewish life shared as part of the performance.

Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque specialize in music from previous centuries, using research and early instruments to bring this rich music back to life. In this concert, they will perform settings of some of the same Sephardic tunes as fivebyfive, basing their performance on medieval musical style, oral tradition, and improvisation. They will use instrumentation that includes recorders, duduk, percussion, harp, and lute, for a variety of musical sounds. Soprano Nell Snaidas, who is well-known for her work in early Sephardic music, will join the ensemble. 

We will also have a traveling version of this program with just fivebyfive.

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 2023-2024 SEASON

Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and fivebyfive
with guest Lynne Feldman, artist

Saturday October 21, 2023, 7:30PM
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society
3800 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13214

Tickets $20 general OR pay what you can

Click here for the digital program.

fivebyfive’s 2023-2024 season, “Dichotomies,” will begin with its program Old & New: Sephardic Reflections in collaboration with Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque and artist Lynne Feldman.

Sephardic music has its roots in the musical traditions of the Jewish communities in medieval Spain and medieval Portugal. Programs will be presented at Temple Beth El in Rochester, with other performances in the Western NY/Finger Lakes region.

Music includes a new version of Brazilian composer Clarice Assad’s Sephardic Suite written by Ondrej Veselý (directly) for fivebyfive, and a new setting of three Sephardic songs by Eastman graduate Keane Southard.

The two ensembles, fivebyfive and Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque, will treat audiences to “old” and “new” versions of the sephardic tunes featured in the concert, with artist Lynne Feldman’s original tapestries celebrating Jewish life shared as part of the performance.

Pegasus Early Music/NYS Baroque specialize in music from previous centuries, using research and early instruments to bring this rich music back to life. In this concert, they will perform settings of some of the same Sephardic tunes as fivebyfive, basing their performance on medieval musical style, oral tradition, and improvisation. They will use instrumentation that includes recorders, duduk, percussion, harp, and lute, for a variety of musical sounds. Soprano Nell Snaidas, who is well-known for her work in early Sephardic music, will join the ensemble. 

We will also have a traveling version of this program with just fivebyfive.

fivebyfive visits residents at St. John’s Meadows in Rochester, NY for a performance featuring music by Clarice Assad and Keane Southard.

JOIN US for food, drinks and conversation about the new season, and THE RELEASE of our first single of our new album!

Blue on Blue Recording Studio - 237 Berkeley Ave, Rochester NY, 7PM
Online -https://naz.zoom.us/j/84186275285

with special guest composer Marc Mellits

fivebyfive is thrilled to be a part of WXXI’s Performance Upstate with a broadcast of “Of and Between” by Andrea Mazzariello.

fivebyfive returns to Live from Hochstein.

PROGRAM - 

fivebyfive presents: “From Places Near and Far”

From winter’s blue cold, to Indonesia and Norway, and Iceland to South America, this collection of pieces draws inspiration from places near and far.

1-Awake by Patrick Burke– music inspired by Javanese gamelan

2-Öldurót by Olafur Arnalds, arr. by Eric J. Polenik – music from Iceland, Öldurót is Icelandic for ocean waves

3-Moon Currents by Diego Garcia, arr. by Eric J. Polenik – music inspired by tango

4-Dreams of Glass and Water by Kari Telstad Sundet – music inspired by the soundscapes of the west coast of Norway 

5- Pale as Centuries by Sarah Kirkland Snider- music that conjures winter; inspiration was a stanza of a Nathaniel Bellows poem: “The meadow lost its golden hue/ The trees let go their leaves/ The air grew colder, cleaner, blue/ Pale as centuries.”

Free concert, all welcome!

In person:
The Hochstein School
50 N. Plymouth Ave.
Rochester, NY 14614

Live on radio:
WXXI Classical 91.5FM
Listen at - https://www.wxxiclassical.org