Rochester Music Hall of Fame Launches with Huge Party

Thanks to the generous donations from many local musicians and sponsors, we launched at The German House on April 30th, 2010, with a great party/fundraiser.

Bands at the event included: Paradigm Shift, John Akers, Crescent City Connection, The Cross Roads Project, Redline Zydeco, Small Town, Tinted Image, Spencerport High School Jazz Band, Atlas, Mambo Kings, Prime Time Funk, and The Buddhahood.

A highlight of the event was New York State Senator Joe Robach announcing the inductees:

• David Hochstein	• Emily Sibley Watson
• George Eastman	• Howard Hanson
• Cab Calloway	• Mitch Miller
• Alexander Courage	• William Caesar Warfield
• Doriot Anthony Dwyer	• Charles Strouse
• Paul Hoeffler	• Ron Carter
• Chuck Mangione	• Gene Cornish
• Steve Gadd	• Joe English
• Lou Gramm	• Jeff Tyzik
• Renée Fleming	• Charlie Lowell
• Matt Odmark	• Corinthian Hall
• The performances of “The Swedish Nightingale,” Jenny Lind