The Eastman School of Music will honor former director Robert Freeman for his long-time service to the school and to the Rochester community by naming the atrium of its Sibley Music Library in his honor. During the dedication ceremony, which will be held Tuesday, April 7, at 3 p.m. in the library, Freeman also will…
Portrait of Sergei Prokofiev, 1934 This weekend, Eastman professor Barry Snyder will be giving a once-in-a-lifetime performance of three incredibly powerful sonatas by Sergei Prokofiev. These sonatas contain some of Prokofiev’s most dissonant music for the piano. The composer’s biographer Daniel Jaffe has argued that Prokofiev, “having forced himself to compose a cheerful evocation of…
Eastman trumpeters Andrew Psarris, Michael Kent, Steve Felix, Dovas Lietuvninkas, Samuel Huss Last weekend, March 19 through 21, I had the sincere honor of competing in the National Trumpet Competition with my fellow trumpet players. Every year we go down to this competition and we do well — but most important, we have a lot…
Fourteen exceptionally talented young singer-actors from the United States and Europe will compete for the top prize in the finals of the 2015 Lotte Lenya competition, which will be held at the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, April 18. Both the daytime finals and the evening concert are free and open to…
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.) Eastman School of Music presents Cahill Smith in Review (New York Concert Review Inc. 03/14/2015) Eastman School of Music, one of the country’s leading conservatories, under…
Tomorrow Eastman celebrates the 330th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach by bringing this great composer’s music to the community. Starting at 10:30 a.m. and continuing until about 12:30 p.m., Eastman students will perform Bach masterpieces at Hart’s Local Grocers at 10 Winthrop Street, including two of the Brandenburg Concertos and other chamber pieces. Downtown Rochesterians…
Congratulations – you survived your college auditions! You may feel a bit like you’ve climbed Mt. Everest, and the hard part is over. However, the waiting period before you receive your admissions decisions can be equally (sometimes even more) difficult. Here are some tips to help you make the most of the next phase of…
