Professor of Saxophone Chien-Kwan Lin During China’s Cultural Revolution, one of the world’s oldest civilizations tore itself apart, with an estimated 70 million deaths. One story from this terrible period comes from China’s remote Xiaoxiang region, where a widow avenged the death of her husband by tormenting his killer, a local Communist official. With no…
Last Sunday, April 19, the Eastman community was treated to an incredible performance given by the Empire Film Music Ensemble. EFME, as it’s colloquially known, has pushed the envelope before, putting on different types of audience-friendly shows, including music from superhero movies, and music from horror films, but this time they outdid themselves. I have…
“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will conclude its sixth season on Friday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd., in Rochester. The concert will open with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number Four, featuring Eastman School of Music faculty members Bonita Boyd and Anne Harrow,…