Guitarist kicks off new season of concerts at Hoag Library
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Alex Nazaretski, a student of classical guitar and piano at the Eastman School of Music, performs at the Hoag Library today.
Nazaretski will graduate from Eastman in May. He kicked off a new season of concerts at Hoag. The events are free to the public and are on Saturdays at noon.
The lineup of concerts for the rest of 2024 include:
- Paul O’Dette, April 20
- Kinloch Nelson, May 18
- Bob Sneider, June 15
- George Collichio, July 20
- Rochester Recorder Society, Aug. 17
- Alyssa Rodriguez, Sept. 14
- Muriel Anderson, Oct. 12
- Duo Tufekčić & Conant, Nov. 9
- Rochester Ukulele Orchestra, Dec. 7
About 50 people attended today’s concert in the main meeting room of the library.
Hoag last year debuted the concerts. They are organized by Jim Doyle, an adult reference librarian at the library. He also has been running Jim’s Guitar Studio for 24 years in Albion, and is a founding member of the Rochester Guitar Club.
Doyle said he reaches out to musicians who generally haven’t performed in Orleans County before. He met Nazaretski when he performed at the Little Theater Café in Rochester.
Funds for the concerts at the Hoag Library come from the state Council of the Arts, with the funds administered by the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council.
