Michael Alan Anderson, associate professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music, has, for the second time in three years, been named a winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. The Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards are presented annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) to authors and journalists for…
Eastman was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Derrick Smith, a distinguished baritone soloist and a longtime faculty member of the Eastman Community Music School. Mr. Smith died on November 18 after a heart attack. A 1988 masterâs degree recipient from the Eastman School of Music, Derrick Smith was known to Rochester audiences…
Organists Edoardo Bellotti and William Porter will present a duo concert âGoĂ»t Français and Stile Italiano: A Comparisonâ as part of the Third Thursday Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Memorial Art Gallery. The program features works by composers Couperin and Merul and improvisations by Bellotti and Porter on harpsichord and…
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.) Saturday services will honor Lawrence music man Sturm (Green Bay Press-Gazette 11/12/2014) A memorial service celebrating the life and honoring the career of De Pere resident…
