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[email protected] The Hochstein School’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Kicks Off with Hochstein Alumni Orchestra Concert on January 4 Free concert by former Hochstein students features acclaimed cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins and a world premiere of a new piece by Cyrus Reynolds ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Former students of The Hochstein School – some traveling from as far away as Los Angeles, Stanford, and Berlin, Germany – return to Rochester to present a free orchestral concert on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm in the Hochstein Performance Hall. This concert marks the 10th anniversary of the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra and kicks off Hochstein’s yearlong centennial celebration. Founded in 1920 to commemorate the genius of the late David Hochstein – an acclaimed violinist who was killed in action in World War I – the School opened in the Hochstein family home on Joseph Avenue to 250 eager students on January 2, 1920. This is just the first in a series of events to commemorate the School’s 100th anniversary in 2020. Directed by Evan Meccarello, the 50-member Hochstein Alumni Orchestra (HAO) performs Brahms’ Tragic Overture, the dramatic overture to Ferdinand Herold’s opera Zampa, and Haydn’s technically challenging Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major with Hochstein alum Annie Jacobs-Perkins. A newly commissioned work, Fifteen, by Hochstein alum Cyrus Reynolds, will have its world premiere.