Our upcoming concert Family Stories explores the memories that comfort, haunt and shape us. To celebrate the release of our latest album, Ephemera Ballads, fivebyfive welcomes composer, banjo player and vocalist Emily Pinkerton for a live performance that transforms dramatic Hudson Valley tales into tender chamber-folk music.

Hear a compass searching for its way home, a groove inspired by the Bee Gees and Barry White that grew out of one composer’s childhood household, and a “what if” tale of parallel lives written by a Rochester composer and his spouse. A world premiere asks whether our priorities have been right, and a playful piece born at a toy museum reminds us that home is also where we play.

And you’re part of the story. Audience recordings of home life across Rochester will be woven into a brand new piece, Rochester Sound Stories. Send yours (10-15 seconds) to 5by5music@gmail.com by 11/20. More details on our event page!