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

Concerts take place every Thursday from late October through May at 12:15pm at the First Universalist Church, corner of South Clinton and Court Streets, ending at approximately 12:45 p.m. The Concerts will also be streamed on the First Universalist’s Facebook Live feed. You can find them at https://www.facebook.com/UURoc/live

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!

LEAD ME HOME

Music, photography, & reflection ~ celebrating Rochester

Sunday March 19, 3PM

ARTISANworks

Music
from fivebyfive first Rochester concerts, and more
Olafur Arnalds, Patrick Burke, Diego Garcia, Michael Gilbertson (premiere), Brittany Green, Meredith Monk, Anthony R. Green, Sarah Kirkland Snider

Photography
featuring images of Rochester
Mary Ellen Bertram, Richard Colón, Quajay Donnell

Reflection
 on what we love about our home, Rochester
led by Maria Brandt

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Ernie Bacon.

Tickets:
$20 regular, $10 student/low income
Available on Eventbrite starting February 19 and at the door day of.

Performance of Amy Nam’s “of breath and fire”, supported by a Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant*, as part of an all-glass inspired program featuring music by Missy Mazzoli, Brittany Green, Anthony R. Green, Edie Hill, Patrick Burke, Philip Glass, Kari Telstad Sundet.

Celebrate the art of glassmaking with us. Join fivebyfive at the end of the concert for a safe audience participation activity, breaking sugar water glass together!

Free performance

Rosch Recital Hall

*This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

fivebyfive has been invited to present a showcase performance at the Chamber Music America National Conference in January, 2023 in New York City!

We’ll be performing:
”Of Breath and Fire” by Amy Nam (for fivebyfive and electric harp)
”a tiny dream” by Anthony R. Green

Please go here for our program.

We are excited for this incredible opportunity to perform for presenters, artist managers, educators, and other performing arts professionals.

Thank you, Chamber Music America!

WHAT
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, is the last great opportunity for large segments of our country to experience a total solar eclipse until 2045. Rochester, NY, sits in the center of the path of totality!

And fivebyfive is planning some cool events for it!

COME HANG WITH US AND HEAR WHAT WE ARE PLANNING!

SPECIAL GUESTS
Composers Jessica Meyer, Glenn McClure, Kamala Sankaram, Marc Mellits and Julie Herndon

PLUS
Steve Fentress, Director of Strasenburgh Planetarium at the Rochester Museum & Science Center

Dan Schneiderman, Eclipse Partnerships Coordinator at the Rochester Museum & Science Center

Laura, Marcy, Eric, Ken, Haeyeun and Marc of fivebyfive

MODERATED BY
Armand Hall, Gateways Music Festival’s Director of Programs and fivebyfive Advisory Board member

OPEN TO ALL!

For more information-

Rochester Eclipse 2024:
https://rochestereclipse2024.org

Rochester Museum & Science Center:
https://rmsc.org

Performance of Amy Nam’s “of breath and fire”, supported by a Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant*, as part of an all-glass inspired program featuring music by Missy Mazzoli, Brittany Green, Anthony R. Green, Edie Hill, Patrick Burke, Philip Glass, Kari Telstad Sundet.

Celebrate the art of glassmaking with us. Join fivebyfive at the end of the concert for a safe audience participation activity, breaking sugar water glass together!

Free performance

*This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Click here for the digital program

Additional events during residency:
Tuesday 10/25
12:30-1:30PM Grant Workshop at ESM (Laura and Eric), room ESM 514

Thursday 10/27
12:30-2:30PM 1:1 Advising, IML offices (Laura and Eric)

3:30-5:00PM Composition Symposium, room ESM 209

As part of a residency at Crane School of Music, fivebyfive presents the premiere of Amy Nam’s “of breath and fire”, supported by a Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant*.

Ms. Nam's piece is accompanied by a new video produced for this performance by glass artist Madeline Rile Smith, whose work inspired the new commission.

The program includes all-glass inspired works with music by Missy Mazzoli, Brittany Green, Anthony R. Green, Edie Hill, Patrick Burke, Philip Glass, Kari Telstad Sundet.

Celebrate the art of glassmaking with us. Join fivebyfive at the end of the concert for a safe audience participation activity, breaking sugar water glass together!

*This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Program:

https://www.fivebyfivemusic.com/of-breath-and-fire-program

Tickets:

https://cpspotsdam.org

Additional events during residency:
Flute Masterclass, Saturday October 22, 7PM
Student Composer Readings, Sunday October 23, 7PM

Innovation Theater heats up as More Fire artists create blown glass in real time with live, glass-inspired music performed by fivebyfive

In collaboration with More Fire Glass Studio and in celebration of the UN International Year of Glass (2022)

Watch as More Fire artists create blown glass in realtime, inspired by live music performed by fivebyfive, and take part in (SAFE) audience participation glass smashing!

Music by Brittney Green, Kari Telstad Sundet, Olafur Arnalds, Philip Glass, Anthony R. Green, Evan Williams and Marc Mellits

with special guest Kristen Shiner McGuire, percussion

Click here for the digital program

Celebrate the shared power of play and music

Playful Music is a new project produced by fivebyfive in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and The Rochester Public Library designed to inspire all through the power of play. It includes the commissioning of new musical works inspired by toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame and the presentation of four public performances along with uniquely engaging interactive activities.

Featuring music by Olivia Kieffer, Emer Kinsella, Logan Rutledge, Mikhail Johnson and Sherri Chung

Strong National Museum of Play
1 Manhattan Square Dr
Rochester, NY 14607

noon - sensory friendly program*
Free admission with museum entrance

fivebyfive thanks Rochester Community Foundation and the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for their support of this programming.

Celebrate the shared power of play and music

Playful Music is a new project produced by fivebyfive in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and The Rochester Public Library designed to inspire all through the power of play. It includes the commissioning of new musical works inspired by toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame and the presentation of four public performances along with uniquely engaging interactive activities.

Featuring music by Olivia Kieffer, Emer Kinsella, Logan Rutledge, Mikhail Johnson and Sherri Chung

Lyell Branch
56 Lyell Avenue
Rochester, NY 14606

fivebyfive thanks Rochester Community Foundation and the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for their support of this programming.

Celebrate the shared power of play and music

Playful Music is a new project produced by fivebyfive in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and The Rochester Public Library designed to inspire all through the power of play. It includes the commissioning of new musical works inspired by toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame and the presentation of four public performances along with uniquely engaging interactive activities.

Featuring music by Olivia Kieffer, Emer Kinsella, Logan Rutledge, Mikhail Johnson and Sherri Chung

Lincoln Branch
851 Joseph Ave.
Rochester, NY 14621

fivebyfive thanks Rochester Community Foundation and the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for their support of this programming.

Celebrate the shared power of play and music

Playful Music is a new project produced by fivebyfive in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and The Rochester Public Library designed to inspire all through the power of play. It includes the commissioning of new musical works inspired by toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame and the presentation of four public performances along with uniquely engaging interactive activities.

Featuring music by Olivia Kieffer, Emer Kinsella, Logan Rutledge, Mikhail Johnson and Sherri Chung

Winton Library Branch
611 Winton Road North
Rochester, NY 14609

fivebyfive thanks Rochester Community Foundation and the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for their support of this programming.

HEAVY: MUSIC WITH BITE
Things have been heavy. 
Let’s blow off some steam.

ARTISANworks (Elizabeth Gallery)
565 Blossom Rd
Rochester, NY 14610

$15 ticket in advance
$18 ticket at door
includes free admission to ARTISANworks

UPDATES for Sunday's 4 pm "Heavy" concert at ARTISANworks!!

- Masking is optional

- Open to the under 21 crowd. Cash bar for 21+ with ID

- fivebyfive merch available for purchase!
(CDs! Pint glasses! Pins!)

Music of Miguel del Aguila, Edie Hill, Olivia Kieffer, Missy Mazzoli, Marc Mellits, Nick Revel, Logan Rutledge, Shannon Sea and Evan Williams

with Kristen Shiner McGuire, percussion
Joëlla Becker, cello
Tom Torrisi, electric guitar
Marc Webster, synth bass and electronic percussion

Celebrate the shared power of play and music 

Playful Music is a new project produced by fivebyfive in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and The Rochester Public Library, designed to inspire all through the power of play. It includes the commissioning of new musical works inspired by toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame and the presentation of four public performances along with uniquely engaging interactive activities.

Featuring music by Olivia Kieffer, Emer Kinsella, Logan Rutledge and Shannon Sea

Saturday November 13, noon - Arnett Library Branch, 310 Arnett Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14619), free admission 
Saturday November 13, 2PM - Central Library Branch , 115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604), free admission 

All are welcome to attend; programs have been designed for audiences with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. 

with guest guitarist Ken Luk

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