BPO reports balanced budget, new leadership
BUFFALO — The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Inc. reports the sixth consecutive season with a balanced budget and the eleventh balanced budget in the last 12 years. The BPO reported…
Buffalo Philharmonic celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with free concert
BUFFALO — Classical music meets the music of Spain and Latin America at the BPO on Oct. 9. The Buffalo Philharmonic and Wendell Rivera Latin Ensemble are joining forces to…
BPO delivers toys to Women & Children’s Hospital
BUFFALO — The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra offered a positive “note” for the young patients at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo (WCHOB) last week. Hundreds of building block sets and…
Buffalo State faculty, alumni represented in ‘The Fall of Stag Lee’
BUFFALO — When Buffalo Opera Unlimited’s The Fall of Stag Lee hits Rockwell Hall’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) stage this weekend, expect to see an array of Buffalo State talent.…
BPO’s Sanders receives contract extension
BUFFALO — Buffalo Philharmonic Associate Conductor Stefan Sanders will be with the BPO for three more years. Sanders, who has been associate conductor since 2014, studied at The Juilliard School,…
Local colleges host Buffalo Humanities Festival
Buffalo State will join the University at Buffalo (UB), Canisius College, and Niagara University for the third annual Buffalo Humanities Festival, held Sept. 22–24. This year’s programming called “Renaissance Remix”…
John Morris Russell brings pizzazz to the Pops, After 50 Magazine
As the Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, John Morris Russell has big shoes to fill. In the 1980s and 1990s, Doc Severinsen embodied the Pops spirit at the…
Buffalo Philharmonic to begin season with new director of orchestra and hall operations
BUFFALO — Alison Bolton has joined the staff of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra as Director of Orchestra and Hall Operations. Bolton grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She holds bachelor’s…
35th Annual Curtain Up! slated for Friday
BUFFALO — The Theatre District Association will present Curtain Up! 2016 on Friday throughout Buffalo’s historic Theatre District with a diverse line up of 15 professional theatrical productions. The 35th…
New musicians to join BPO
BUFFALO — When the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season begins on Sept. 17, there will be several new faces on stage. The BPO has recently hired two oboe players and…