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UNDER THE PORCH LIGHTS, with The OK Factor
January 17 — 3:00pm
January 17 — 7:30pm
New-Classical crossover duo, The OK Factor, joins Rochester Symphony for a chamber concert event at the Historic Chateau Theatre. Warm-up with this program reminiscent of a casual summer gathering around the front porch, featuring Copland’s classic Appalachian Spring and The OK Factor’s original folk-inspired music performed in the glow of candles and twinkling porch lights. Forager Brewery will be on hand at the event with their famous signature brews and cocktails for purchase. Bar opens for social hour one hour before each performance!
TICKETS $25 - $33
Playful and unexpected, new-classical crossover duo The OK Factor writes and performs folk-inspired music influenced by multiple genres, with an artistry that reveals their classical training. Cellist Olivia Diercks and violinist Karla Peters find great joy in defying expectations and delivering an experience outside of what audiences anticipate from a cello and violin combo. Organic and genuine, their original compositions feel both comfortingly familiar and uniquely fresh, and have been described as "genre-bending" (Julie Amacher, MPR) and "pure magic" (Wausau Pilot & Review).
In their 10+ years of writing, performing, and touring, The OK Factor has honed the ways they impact communities outside the concert hall. Residency work has become a deep passion - sharing intimate performances, conducting outreach activities, and leading workshops for students through their education initiative, ATLAS. Olivia and Karla are also sought-after collaborators and composers-in-residence, having worked with many regional, national, and international artists, and various digital music libraries.
The duo has produced five studio albums of their original pieces and arrangements: Water Street ('14), That's Enough of That ('16), Have Yourself an OK Christmas ('17), Season’s Greetings (‘20), and OKX (‘23).