Hochstein Student Ensembles
2016 Music Series This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, has been a great success! Join us for the last concert in our series of family-friendly music events featuring a wide variety of music styles and instruments. Interactive, educational, and fun – sure to delight people of all ages! Refreshments and a time of fellowship and meeting the musicians will follow the program. The April concert What: This month’s program will focus on young musicians. We will have Isaac Pollock from the 19th ward play classical guitar. Isaac lives with...
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2016 Music Series This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, is up and running! Join us for the next in our series of family-friendly music events featuring a wide variety of music styles and instruments. Interactive, educational, and fun – sure to delight people of all ages! Refreshments and a time of fellowship and meeting the musicians will follow each program. The March concert What: Daniel and Marla Nistico performing as“Duo Vela“ – an internationally known flute and guitar duo from Eastman – will be with us....
Read MoreYouth Ministry Training
Reaching neighborhood youth Gary Ham from Caleb Ministries will be teaming together with His Branches to establish a youth outreach ministry in the Arnett Boulevard neighborhood this spring, starting with a series of 4 Saturday morning training sessions for mature members from local churches who are motivated to help. The first session will be on Saturday, February 27, from 9 am to 12 noon at the His Branches Conference Room, 350 Arnett Boulevard, Rochester 14619. Click here for more information and then contact Vera McCollough by phone at (585) 402-8493 or by email to find out more and sign...
Read MoreNothin’ but Treble
2016 Music Series This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, is up and running! Join us for the next in our series of family-friendly music events featuring a wide variety of music styles and instruments. Interactive, educational, and fun – sure to delight people of all ages! Refreshments and a time of fellowship and meeting the musicians will follow each program. The February concert What: “Nothin’ but Treble” will perform again for us. This is an acapella women’s chorus with Elizabeth Jakubowski, our adult librarian,...
Read MoreQuintensity to perform
2016 Music Series Starting! This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, is all set up from January to April. Join us for each of these family-friendly music events featuring a wide variety of music styles and instruments. Interactive, educational, and fun – sure to delight people of all ages! Refreshments and a time of fellowship and meeting the musicians will follow each program. The January concert What: “Quintensity” will be back again. This is an ensemble from the Eastman School of Music featuring flute, oboe, bassoon, horn and...
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
We had a wonderful turnout for our Christmas caroling event and marshmallow toasting fest in the Garden Park around our holiday tree last night! The air was clear and dry, the fire warm and toasty, the moon shone brightly overhead (see that gleaming globe over the top of our tree), Santa Claus came to greet us all, and Christmas cheer filled the air. We even had participants who had never enjoyed a campfire or toasted a marshmallow before joining right into the festivities. What a great way to usher God’s Spirit into our neighborhood together. God bless you all! Toasting marshmallows...
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