25-05-2025
RPO announces summer concert series schedule
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — RPO Outdoors returns this summer with a lineup of community concerts performed by Rochester's own Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
RPO announced the full schedule for the season on Wednesday, highlighting an exclusive 8 free events to be held in popular Rochester areas and 6 ticketed venue events during the entire month of July.
'The RPO plays dozens of free concerts all over the area throughout the year, but there's something special about performing outdoors in the summer. On some nights, our audience can number in the thousands, and they include families with children who are having their first RPO experience, as well as seniors who haven't been to the Eastman Theatre in decades. It's thrilling to make those first connections, and reconnections, with members of our community,' said RPO Assistant Conductor Jherrard Hardeman. Hardeman will conduct several of the concerts during the series.
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The series begins officially on Wednesday, July 2, at the CMAC for 'Red, White & Boom!', a patriotic celebration of music and a scheduled fireworks show.
The season schedule proceeds as follows:
Red, White, and Boom at CMAC, Canandaigua at 8 p.m.
RPO at Red Wings, Innovative Field at 6:05 p.m. (Free with the purchase of a Red Wings ticket)
City of Rochester Park Series: Bob Sneider's Jazz Trio at Barrington Park/Park Avenue at 7 p.m.
RPO at SUNY Brockport for the Erie Canal Bicentennial at 7 p.m.
RPO at Ontario Beach Park at 7:30 p.m.
RPO Under the Stars at Parcel 5 in Downtown Rochester at 8 p.m.
RPO at Perinton Center Stage Concert Series at 8 p.m.
City of Rochester Park Series: RPO Wind Quintet at Susan B. Anthony Square Park at 6:30 p.m.
RPO at Bristol Mountain at 7:30 p.m. (Ticketed)
RPO at SUNY Geneseo at 8:30 p.m. (Ticketed)
City of Rochester Park Series: RPO String Quartet at Maplewood Rose Garden at 6:30 p.m.
RPO at Temple B'rith Kodesh at 7 p.m. (Ticketed)
RPO Outdoors at Inlet at 7:30 p.m. (Ticketed)
City of Rochester Park Series: RPO Marimba Band at 500 Norton Street Park at 6:30 p.m.
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