The Little Theatre, Rochester’s premier cultural center for the presentation of American independent and foreign films, visual arts and music, has a packed calendar through April and May, highlighted by the Rochester Guitar Festival, held April 1-3.
Educational events allow The Little Theatre to provide local artists a place to share and discuss their visions with a diverse audience. The warm and inviting atmosphere at “The Little” includes programming that stimulates and expands thought, inspires the spirit, promotes friendly discussion and opens cultural horizons.
Organizers of Rochester Guitar Festival, Rochester Classical Guitar, are dedicated to enriching the arts and connecting communities in the Greater Rochester Area through the medium of classical guitar. Since 2016, RCG has been presenting performances and masterclasses with internationally-acclaimed artists, and providing opportunities for local musicians, students, and hobbyists alike to perform and learn.
Rocheter Guitar Festival will feature two shows in the theater on Saturday and Monday evening, with classical guitar night in the cafe in between on Sunday.
Saturday’s show features two amazing Eastman faculty, both with international careers, Nicholas Goluses and Bonita Boyd. The pair of professors will present a variety of works composed for flute and guitar, including two works by Samuel Adler and Cynthoa Folio that are commissioned for the Eastman’s Centennial celebration and dedicated to the Boyd/Goluses duo. Details | Get Tickets
Ken Luk, Tom Torrisi, and Michael Jones are the main organizers of Rochester Guitar Festival, through Rochester Classical Guitar. Together they have been holding classical guitar night every Sunday at the cafe for many years, including April 2nd. These musicians offer a great deal for those who play classical guitar at all levels, as well as fans of the music. Details
Monday’s concert is by internationally touring guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre, performing music from the distant past. The 26-year-old French classical guitarist, whose repertoire embraces everything from Johann Sebastian Bach and Rameau to contemporary compositions by Roland Dyens and Sérgio Assad, possesses the technical mastery and creative vision required to make works from all periods sound as if they were written yesterday – alive, heartfelt, filled with colour. Featuring local young musicians with a short opening number, the guitar class from ROCmusic, directed by Michael Jones, will kick off Raphaël‘s concert at 7pm. Details | Get Tickets
The Little Cinema Movement evolved in the 1920s as a response to the trend of mass marketing in the entertainment industry. With movie companies and film producers devoting increasing attention to the new “talking” motion pictures, the Movement attempted to reach an audience open to the experimental, the eclectic, and the unusual. The Little Theatre was proposed as one of a chain of small theaters designed to provide an alternative to the large commercial movie houses of the day.
As of late, The Little has begun an ambitious undertaking of renovating the original theatre, taking care to preserve the historic design while expanding its versitility and accesibility. Theatre 1 now has a fully rennovated marquee, new auditorium seats, a fully updated stage and sound system, and a rejuvenated lobby with an elevator.
April at The Little Theatre
Apr 1, Sat, 7-9pm: Laura Dubin Trio
Apr 2, Sun, 7-9pm: Classical Guitar Night
Apr 3, Mon, 7-9pm: PV Nunes Band
Apr 5, Weds, 7-9pm: Levi Gangi (residency)
Apr 6, Thurs, 7-9pm: Trialogue
Apr 7, Fri, 7-9pm: Sons of Monk
Apr 8, Sat, 7-9pm: Tug Hill Band
Apr 9, Sun: Easter holiday, no music
Apr 10, Mon, 7-9pm: Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers
Apr 12, Weds, 7-9pm: Levi Gangi (residency)
Apr 13, Thurs, 7-9pm: Big Blue House
Apr 14, Fri, 7-9pm: Rochester Ukulele Orchestra
Apr 15, Sat, 7-9pm: Kubick’s Rubes
Apr 16, Sun, 7-pm: Margaret Explosion
Apr 17, Mon, 7-9pm: Mel Henderson and Greg Wachala
Apr 19, Weds, 7-9pm: Levi Gangi (residency)
Apr 20, Thurs, 7-9pm: The Spring Chickens
Apr 21, Fri, 7-9pm: Uptown Tango
Apr 22, Sat, 7-9pm: Stella Hill (Originals plus tribute to Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt)
Apr 23, Sun, starting at 5:30pm: Poetry and Jazz
Apr 24, Mon, 7-9pm: Bravo Nights (w/ Opera Guild of Rochester)
Apr 26, Weds, 7-9pm: Levi Gangi (residency)
Apr 27,Thurs, 7-9pm: Jackson Cavalier
Apr 28, Fri, 7-9pm: Alyssa Rodriguez
Apr 29, Sat, 7-9pm: Meghan Kehrer Quartet
Apr 30, Sun, 7-9pm: Annie Wells Band
May at The Little Theatre
May 1, Mon, 7-9pm: Watkins & the Rapiers (residency)
May 3, Weds, 7-9pm: Sons of Monk
May 4, Thurs, 7-9pm: Trialogue
May 5, Fri, 7-9pm: Trio East
May 6, Sat, 7-9pm: Laura Dubin Trio
May 7, Sun: Classical Guitar Night
May 8, Mon, 7-9pm: Watkins & the Rapiers (residency)
May 10, Weds, 7-9pm: The Djangoners
May 11, Thurs, 7-9pm: Gregory Street Vagabonds
May 12, Fri, 7-9pm: Archive Ravens
May 13, Sat, 7-9pm: Bangers and Mash
May 14, Sun, 7-pm: Rich Thompson Trio – Generations
May 15, Mon, 7-9pm: Watkins & the Rapiers (residency)
May 17, Weds, 7-9pm: Spring Chickens
May 18, Thurs, 7-9pm: Susanna Rose
May 19, Fri, 7-9pm: Tug Hill Band
May 20, Sat, 7-9pm: Taurus Savant
May 21, Sun,7-9pm: Bob Sneider Trio
May 22, Mon, 7-9pm: Watkins & the Rapiers (residency)
May 24, Weds, 7-9pm: Margaret Explosion
May 25,Thurs, 7-9pm: Sunshine Quan
May 26, Fri, 7-9pm: Debbie Kendrick Band
May 27, Sat, 7-9pm: Mel Henderson and Greg Wachala
May 28, Sun, 7-9pm: Paxtor
May 29, Mon: Memorial Day holiday, no music
May 31, Weds,7-9pm: Crossmolina
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