Entertainment 2012

Sunday 2:20 – 4:00 | 27 Atkinson St. Cut Off is Rochester, New York’s only semi-professional co-ed a cappella group. The group was founded in the summer of 2010 by a group of recent college graduates looking to continue performing in a contemporary a cappella setting. This co-ed group’s debut performance was in January of…

Saturday 2:40 – 4:10 | 27 Atkinson St. String of Pearls is an acoustic trio featuring the local talent of Nancy Drum, Jerry Curry, and Dave Santa Maria. This group of accomplished musicians blossomed from the roots of the popular band PAYDIRT, one of Rochester’s best Top 40 contemporary country bands from 1990 – 2000.…

Sunday 12:35 – 2:05 | Avery Mall Emmett is a senior Vocal Music major at the School of the Arts (SOTA) in Rochester, New York. He is the recipient for the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) Honors diploma and Recital in the newly built Hatch Hall. In addition, Emmett has performed and won various voice…

Saturday 10:50 – 11:50 | Gazebo Stage Josh Shapiro is a graduate of Brighton High School. He attended The American Music and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan but left to pursue his dream of becoming a signed recording artist with a major record label. Josh sang in musicals throughout Junior High and High School at the…

Sunday 10:45 – 12:15 | Avery Mall Hailing from Rochester, N.Y., singer-songwriter Nick Young’s songs combine power pop hooks with country-tinged roots rock to form an energetic sound that’s familiar, yet all its own. After several years as the frontman and principal songwriter of the critically acclaimed alt-country band Burning Daylight, Young spent much of…

Saturday 10:30 – 12:10 | 27 Atkinson Street Rita Coulter and Don Christiano are two-thirds of the Americana/alt country band, Hunu. With their fellow band members, they have played host to Rochester’s annual Bob Dylan Birthday show, as well as a yearly Christmas benefit for the Center for Youth Services, providing back-up to a legion…