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Wednesday, August 21 5 – 9
Buckland Park Lodge 1341 Westfall Rd, in the back.
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Linkages Newsletter July 2019
Linkages Newsletter July 2019
Yale Russian Chorus March 9-11 2019
The Yale Russian Chorus was a hit when they performed at our January Friendship Concert at the Eastman School over a year ago. They are coming back very soon! There are several concert opportunities, March 9 – 11. Three concerts at nearby churches are drop-in events. For the dinner concert at Polska Chata, please find the RSVP contact in the description.
Don’t forget our Friendship Concert!
Thursday, January 24
7:30 PM
Kilbourn Hall Eastman School
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, NY 14604
☞Presented by
Eastman Community Music School and
Linkages of Rochester
☞There will be a reception after the concert, in Cominski Hall, above Kilbourn.
☞The bear is rumored to be in the streets of Novgorod. He will not be able to perform at this concert.
December 2018 Newsletter
Travel to Novgorod
if anybody needs a unique vacation opportunity, here is the tourist welcome page from Velikiy Novgorod
ECMS Russian Friendship Concert 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
at 7:30 PM
Kilbourn Hall
26 Gibbs St, Rochester, New York 14604
Enjoy an evening of music with Russian connections – composers, performers, or something else – brought to you by Howard Spindler and the Eastman Community Music School.
A reception will follow the concert in the Cominsky Promenade.
An incorrect date was posted earlier. Please join us on Jan 24.
Living in Russia’s Far East
Join us for a public presentation by two Linkages Board members who have traveled extensively and lived in the Russian Far East territories.
Monday, April 16, 2018
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Brighton Public Library Learning Center
2300 Elmwood Ave., 14618
Kristine Fredrick and Anton Yun will discuss their experience as residents and show photos of their travels in the Far East. Continue reading Living in Russia’s Far East
ECMS Russian Friendship Concert 2018
Thursday, January 4, 2018
at 7:30 PM
Kilbourn Hall
26 Gibbs St, Rochester, New York 14604
Enjoy an evening of music with Russian connections – composers, performers, or something else – brought to you by Howard Spindler and the Eastman Community Music School.
A reception will follow the concert in the Cominsky Promenade.
Yale Russian Chorus Concerts
The Yale Russian Chorus will ring in the New Year with two concerts in the Rochester area, January 4th & 5th, displaying a varied repertoire evoking spacious Orthodox cathedrals, the clamor of cities, remote village life, soldiers on the march, and the broad steppes.
Thursday, January 4, 7:30 pm the annual “Russian Friendship Concert” at Kilbourn Hall, hosted by Linkages Rochester and the Eastman School of Music Community Education Division. Learn more about Rochester’s ties with its sister city, Novgorod, at a reception following the concert. Admission is free to concert and reception.
Friday, January 5, 7:30 pm, the Yale Russian Chorus in concert, Calvary St. Andrew’s Church, 95 Averill Avenue. (Corner of Averill & Ashland, in Rochester’s South Wedge: just a block from Cheesy Eddie’s! Plenty of street parking with additional parking in the Postler & Jaeckle lot on Averill next to South Avenue) . An Orthodox Christmas celebration (and more) with special guests! Admission: free will offering to defray costs gladly accepted.
Music from the Republic of Georgia
The Caucusus region on Russia’s southern border, near the Black Sea, has its own unique musical tradition. The Yale Russian Chorus welcomes interested singers and their friends to participate in a workshop on Georgian Music to be held at the Eastman School of Music the afternoon of January 4. Special guest Ray Kinoshita, Y ‘ 76 joins us from Toronto to lead the workshop. Music reading skills NOT required, but a willingness to sing along will greatly enhance the experience. For more information and to sign up, please contact