The Office of Academic Affairs at the Eastman School of Music is very proud to announce that bassist Tyrone Allen has been awarded the 2016-17 Links Scholarship. The award, a cooperative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eastman School of Music, recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary talent and…
By John Fatuzzo This weekend, Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School students, faculty, staff, and administration will perform in three venues celebrating the 331st birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This weekend, there are three Bach in the Subways performances scheduled in the Rochester area in which members of the Eastman community…
Eastman School of Music is pleased to welcome back world-renowned composer Steve Reich for a concert by the ensemble Musica Nova featuring three of Reich’s recent works. The performance will be held at Kilbourn Hall on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 8:00 pm. Associate Professor of Conducting and Ensembles Brad Lubman will lead the student group…
Bassist and composer Scott Colley, who has performed with legendary jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Andrew Hill, and who was an original member of the Harold Danko Quartet, will join a small ensemble of Eastman School of Music students on Friday, April 1, as part of the Jazz Café Series, which features Eastman…
The final round of the Lotte Lenya Competition takes place April 16 at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Fifteen young singer-actors have been named as finalists for the 2016 Lotte Lenya Competition, including two Eastman School of Music alumni – Reilly Nelson (BM ‘11) and Lindsay O’Neil (BM…
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.) Opera Obsessive Gets a New View of the Met (The Wall Street Journal 03/09/2016) When Theo Hoffman began guitar lessons at the…
Thomas Corcoran working with a student in a general music class at Neil Armstrong Elementary School. By John Fatuzzo For Eastman students studying Music Education, the student teaching semester is more trying than any other. A new schedule, daily travel, hours of lesson planning and many more practicing piano, conducting, and secondary instruments, are only…
Over the next few weeks, Eastman School of Music students will be reaching out into the community with classical music, presenting interactive concerts in schools, libraries, churches, and other locations. The events are part of the School’s “Music for All” initiative, a chamber music program designed to take classical music out of concert halls and…
Eastman School of Music’s 10th anniversary celebration of its Italian Baroque Organ continues with a Third Thursday concert titled “Organ and Saxophone: Sights and Sounds” on Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. The program will feature the Eastman Saxophone Project and Eastman organ students Caroline Robinson and Brian Schoettler performing works by David Dahl, Ellwood…
