Arts In The Loop Symposium

Jim Doser, Director, Institute for Music Leadership jdoser@esm.rochester.edu ; (585) 274-1470   How have leaders in Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Nashville leveraged their arts and creative assets to revitalize their cities, and how can this be relevant to Rochester? A two-day symposium gives the Rochester community the opportunity to hear five leaders from these…

Eastman News Highlights May 13, 2019

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.) URMC, Eastman School to Study Music as Medicine (Spectrum News 05/06/2019)  Music and medicine are meshing at the Rochester region’s largest hospital…

Eastman News Highlights May 6, 2019

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.) Combining medicine and the performing arts in a new UR collaboration (WXXI News 05/02/2019)  The Eastman School of Music is teaming up…

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“The director’s role is to tell stories”: Eastman Opera Theatre’s directing student Ian Silverman

The Naples Opera production of Carmen, for which Ian Silverman served as associate stage director.   By Sarah Forestieri Fresh from his directorial debut with Opera Naples working as an associate stage director on Bizet’s Carmen, Eastman Opera Theatre’s directing student, Ian Silverman, shares his thoughts on everything opera, including his upcoming production with Eastman…

Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Medical Center Join Forces to Launch Eastman Performing Arts Medicine

For media only: Media contact, University of Rochester Medical Center: Reagan McNameeKing (585-276-6085, Reagan_mcnameeking@urmc.rochester.edu)   The Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have unveiled a collaboration that’s laying a foundation for clinicians, artists and researchers to innovate connections between health and the arts. The new initiative, Eastman Performing Arts Medicine…

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Eastman Rochester Chorus Performs Music of Leonard Bernstein and Franz Liszt

  Choral-orchestral concert will be a benefit for the Notre Dame Cathedral organ By Sarah Forestieri Photographs by Noemi Binag This coming Friday, the Eastman Rochester Chorus will present its final concert of the season with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, featuring a unique program consisting of Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah, along with the…