Wonderful article in the Democrat and Chronicle about the Induction Ceremony with some absolutely fantastic pictures. Check it out.
Listen to a radio interview about the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.
Photos from Press Conference Announcing 2012 Inductees for the April 29th 2012 Induction Ceremony
Democrat and Chronicle, February 28
Chuck Mangione, Cab Calloway among inductees to Rochester Music Hall of Fame
Eight musicians, and one piece of architecture, are the first inductees to the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.
The concept crept another step closer to reality when Karl LaPorta — now president of the idea that he introduced three years ago — opened a press conference Tuesday at Max of Eastman place press posing this question: Buffalo has had a music hall of fame for three decades. Syracuse has an annual music awards. “Why doesn’t Rochester have anything?” Read the full story here: Chuck Mangione, Cab Calloway among inductees to Rochester Music Hall of Fame
WHEC, February 28
Rochester to induct its first class into Music Hall of Fame
If you ask most people, they’ll say it’s about time. Rochester is finally getting a music hall of fame. It’s been three years in the making, but Tuesday, it was officially announced that Rochester will have a music hall of fame. This year, eight people and one “place” will be inducted.
Did you know the Buffalo and Syracuse have music hall of fames? It seems only fitting that a city like Rochester would have one too.
Our city has a deep musical from the Eastman School of Music to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra to the world renowned Rochester Jazz Festival. Rochester knows music, and it knows how to produce music legends. So it’s fitting that after all these years of musical history, the musicians that created it will be honored in the first Rochester Music Hall of Fame. Read the full story here: Rochester to induct its first class into Music Hall of Fame
