History

Notable Alumni:

Joe Locke

Jazz vibraphonist & composer https://joelocke.com/

Thomas Warfield

World-renowned dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, director, producer, educator, activist and poet. http://www.ntid.rit.edu/success/thomas-warfield

Mitch Miller

American oboist, conductor, recording producer and recording industry executive http://www.oldies.com/artist-view/Mitch-Miller.html

Jeremy Stoner

Tuba & Euphonium http://hochstein.org/Our-People/Faculty/Woodwinds-Brass-Percussion/Jeremy-Stoner and https://www2.naz.edu/dept/music/faculty-staff/jeremy-stoner

David Hochstein

American Virtuoso Violinist http://hochstein.org/History

David Hochstein was born on February 16, 1892. Showing unusual talent in music at an early age, he was sent to Ludwig Schenck for violin lessons. Schenck was one of the "musical institutions" in turn-of-the-century Rochester. Co-founder of the Rochester Symphony and music teacher at East High School, he was an extremely capable violinist who had received his own training under the master-teacher, Otakar Sevcik. Upon graduating from School No. 9, young David entered East High School in 1905 and joined the school orchestra, of which he became concert master. Between 1909 and 1912, David studied in Vienna with Otakar Sevcik with the support of Mrs. Sibley Watson and George Eastman. As a student at the Meisterschule, David was the winner of the One Thousand Crown and First State Prize, and graduated with high honors. His studies continued in St. Petersburg, Russia and thanks to the patronage of Watson and Eastman, was able to purchase two violins - a 1735 Landolphi and a 1715 Stradivarius. In 1915, Hochstein made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera. He also performed in Boston, Chicago, and throughout the United States and Europe. David joined the army in October 1917 and was killed one year later in the World War I Battle of Argonne. In memory of his death, Rochester musicians rallied together for a Hochstein Memorial Concert in order to raise funds for a proposed Memorial Music School. By 1920, the David Hochstein Music School Settlement was established, and is still in operation today as the Hochstein School of Music and Dance.

Collection of yearbook photos