The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the launch of “The Blues: Understanding an American Art Form,” a free course on the learning platform Coursera, presented by Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and pianist Dariusz Terefenko. “The blues,” says Terefenko, “is the most important musical form in jazz.” This seven-week online course explores…
This Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman Philharmonia, all under the school’s Director of Choral Activities, William Weinert, with baritone Alan Cline and soprano Yvonne Trobe, present one of the great works for chorus and orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony.…
The Eastman School of Music announced the Eastman Philharmonia, conducted by Neil Varon, will take the stage with Renée Fleming at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on November 14, 2016. The performance will include a new composition by Eastman alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Kevin Puts, written specifically for Ms. Fleming and the Eastman Philharmonia.…
Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.) No chainsaw as Music Hall of Fame adds six (Democrat and Chronicle 04/25/2016) Then on to the inductions. Locke, a California native,…
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Post and photographs by Dan Gross On April 1, 2016, jazz bassist Scott Colley visited Eastman to talk with jazz students and to perform with them in an Eastman “Jazz Cafe.” Here’s a report from blogger Dan Gross on Colley’s visit. They seem like a pair out of a movie. A professorial-looking man, with beard,…
On April 9, 2016, Eastman hosted the second Tallon Perkes Flute Competition, held in memory of Eastman alumnus Tallon Perkes (BM ’84) to inspire the next generation of Eastman flute players. This year’s winner is Chris Wong, a sophomore student of Bonita Boyd. Chris is pictured here with the competition judges – from left to…
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music today announced two gifts totaling $700,000 that will provide support for substantial renovations to the school’s historic Kilbourn Hall. The Avangrid Foundation has committed $400,000 to the project and the Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Inc. will contribute $300,000. “This is a special day for Eastman…
