10-03-2025
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra ends ‘Truth to Power' tour with youth show
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Sunday night the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra welcomed the final installment of its 'Truth to Power' concert tour, inviting 83 students from 23 schools in the Rochester area to perform.
Combined with the Eastman Community Music School, the youth orchestra members played side-by-side with RPO musicians at Kodak Hall, totaling 142 performers.
(WROC/Melanie Sosa)
Leaders said the students recently came back from a two-city tour in Boston and Montreal, adding that it has been a long time coming for Sunday's performance.
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'We're so lucky that we, you know, really power into the youth right here in the City of Rochester musically, and this is just – this is a culmination of years and years of work for these students to be on stage and presenting just some of the finest music with our own fine RPO on stage,' said Barbara Brown, Vice President of Education for RPO.
The Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra was founded in 1970, and over the years has trained more than 2,100 students in the art of music.
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