Mona Seghatoleslami

3 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Mona Seghatoleslami

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] Do you know the traditional Chinese instrument the pipa? It’s a beautiful pear-shaped, fretted, plucked string instrument; a type of lute. Next question: Did you know that the pipa can rock? I didn’t, not really, until I heard one of Rochester’s newest bands: Mountain River Traveler.

2 months ago | roccitymag.com | Mona Seghatoleslami

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] “Music is the art that helps us make sense of time.”Someone said that to me years ago. I never managed to track down the exact wording or the origin of the phrase, but it has stuck with me. And now perhaps you, like me, could use some help making sense of time, especially these times.

Feb 11, 2025 | roccitymag.com | Mona Seghatoleslami

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] Here is an invitation to expand your listening palette this winter. On the new album “Panoramas: Flute Music of the Philippines,” flutist Norman Menzales plays music inspired by love and loss; you hear elements of old romantic songs alongside almost shocking experimental textures. Menzales is first-generation Filipino-American.

May 13, 2024 | wxxinews.org | Mona Seghatoleslami

Roger Corman – known as Hollywood's "King of the Bs” for the many low-budget classics he created – died last week at the age of 98. In 2013, he came to Rochester to be honored with the George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Corman was recognized for his role in bringing foreign art films to the U.S. and for launching the careers of many beloved Hollywood stars.

Dec 21, 2023 | wxxinews.org | Mona Seghatoleslami

Classical 91.5 music director and host Mona Seghatoleslami leads a discussion about the remarkable Leonard Bernstein. Were he simply the composer of the iconic musical "West Side Story," Leonard Bernstein would be an important cultural figure.