Free with Pay-What-You-Wish Admission 
Sculpture Terrace 

Enjoy music on the Sculpture Terrace as part of M&T FIRST FRIDAYS with a different local musical act each month!

About the Artists

Stephen Guerra

Italian American guitarist-composer  Stephen  Guerra  performs and teaches Brazilian choro around the world, often touring with legend Rogério Souza. Guerra has published multiple albums and scores with Mel Bay, Guitar Chamber Music Press, and independently on Bandcamp and streaming platforms, including his album of originals recorded in Brazil, No Balanço do Choro-Samba. Stephen teaches music theory and the choro ensemble at the University at Buffalo. 

Ken Luk

Ken Luk, born and raised in Hong Kong, frequently appears as a soloist and with the Janus Guitar Duo and Trio Ghidorah. He also performs with Rosa Boemia, Forró Estrelas do Norte, Mosaic Foundation, the Eastman Gamelan Ensemble, and the Rochester Mandolin Orchestra. Performance highlights include Experiencing Villa-Lobos Festival, Live from Hochstein, Rochester Fringe Festival, The Great Blue Heron Festival, and Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, among others. Co-founder of Rochester Classical Guitar and the Rochester Mandolin Orchestra, Ken is also an avid arranger, and was a finalist in the 2017 Roland Dyens Arranging International Competition. He serves on the board of the Classical Mandolin Society of America and received his Doctor of Musical Arts in classical guitar with Nicholas Goluses at the Eastman School of Music, where he also earned a master’s degree in music theory pedagogy.