Gateways Music Festival Announces its 2025 Fall Festival with Events in Rochester, NY
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Rochester, NY- Gateways Music Festival, in association with the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, will launch its 2025 Fall Festival in Rochester with an expansive lineup of performances by professional Black classical artists. Events are scheduled from October 13-16, 2025, in Eastman’s historic concert halls. Highlights include collaborations with Terence Blanchard at Eastman’s inaugural Soundtrax Film Music Festival, a performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet, and the return of the Young Musicians Institute.
2025 GATEWAYS FALL FESTIVAL | OCT. 13-16
Monday, October 13 | 6:30 p.m. | Kilbourn Hall Young Musicians Institute: Rochester Day for Strings + Concert
Tuesday, October 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Hatch Recital Hall Piano Recital: Eastman alumnus David Berry ’04E
Purchase Tickets | $20
Wednesday, October 15 | 7:30 p.m. | Hatch Recital Hall Gateways Chamber Players perform Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet in F Minor and more.
Purchase Tickets | $20
Thursday, October 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Seven-time Grammy-winner Terence Blanchard joins the Gateways Festival Orchestra with his band, The E-Collective, for Film Scores Live! as part of Eastman’s Soundtrax Film Music Festival.
Purchase Tickets | $25-$75
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