Catch Your Breath with the 2016 EROI Festival

Craighead-Saunders organ at Christ Church. Photograph by Jonathan Ortloff Entitled “Breath for Singing,” the 2016 Festival will explore the interaction of the pipe organ and the human voice By Myles Boothroyd The Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) launches its 2016 Festival tomorrow — Wednesday, October 26 — with a three-day conference of concerts, lectures, and…

The Eastman School of Music Philharmonia and Soprano Renée Fleming Present the World Premiere of ‘Letters from Georgia’ by Pulitzer Prize Winner Kevin Puts

On Saturday, November 12, in Rochester, NY, and Monday, November 14, at Lincoln Center, the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music Philharmonia Orchestra will present the world premiere performances of Letters from Georgia – a new song cycle by Kevin Puts.  Puts, a Pulitzer Prize- winning alumnus of Eastman (BM ’94, DMA ’99), wrote…