Senior Hour: Rochester's Best Kept Secret: Unveiling the Mighty Wurlitzer!

Witness the history and sounds of one of Rochester's best kept secrets! The West Herr Auditorium Theatre is home to a 95-year-old, world-class theatre pipe organ. Installed in the RKO Palace Theatre in 1928 to accompany silent films, the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ entertained movie and concert audiences for years before falling silent. Enthusiastic volunteers resurrected the sleeping giant years later and rescued it from the wrecking ball before the 1965 demolition of the RKO Palace, forming the all-volunteer Rochester Theater Organ Society (RTOS). Today, you can experience the sounds, excitement and grandeur of this magnificent, historical instrument (and technological wonder!) at concerts performed by both accomplished and budding theatre organists from across the country and around the world.

As a bonus, each attendee will receive a complimentary pass to attend a Wurlitzer concert, compliments of the Rochester Theater Organ Society!