Evening of Music to Honor Rochester’s Sister City of Veliky Novgorod, Russia

The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) and Linkages of Rochester, Inc., will celebrate the connections between Rochester and Rochester’s Sister City of Veliky Novgorod with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.  8, in Kilbourn Hall.  Held on the day after Russians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar, the Russian Friendship Concert features Eastman…

MEET THE SUMMER@EASTMAN TEAM

“Here they are, in all their glory”: the Summer@Eastman team, left to right: Donna Mero, GerryAnn Westcott, Howard Potter, Jennifer Watson, Sylvie Beaudette, Jose Pedro Zenteno. Photograph by Gerry Szymanski It’s always summer at Eastman! Indeed, it takes an entire year to plan and market our summer programs, hire the best team of directors, instructors,…

Eastman@Keuka: The Beginning

    Howard Potter has directed the Eastman Community Music School since 2002. That same year, Potter was also began his involvement with Summer@Eastman, and in 2013 he created a one-of-a-kind annual summer music camp at Keuka College. I discussed with him why Eastman@Keuka has become the perfect summer camp for young people interested in music.…

Eastman News Highlights December 15, 2014

Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Renee Flemings next audience? William and Kate. (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle © 12/09/2014) Opera superstar/former Monroe County resident Renée Fleming next audience will be British royal…

The Songs that Inspired Renée

Renee Fleming is shown after receiving an honorary doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in February 2011. Soprano Renée Fleming (MM ’83) is constantly lauded as the pinnacle of the diverse, multifaceted, artist Eastman inspires us to be. For the “Music that Changed Me” feature in the Christmas 2014 BBC Music Magazine, she talked…