The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Professor of Violin Mikhail Kopelman at the Eastman School of Music, Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall. The program consists Smetana’s From the Homeland, Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello, and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio, Op. 67. This program also features Steven Doane, cello, Anna Gourfinkel, piano,…
The Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents Guy Johnston, Associate Professor of Cello and Chiao-Wen Cheng, Assistant Professor of Accompanying, on Tuesday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall. The program consists of Beethoven’s Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Lieber fühlen,’ Britten’s Sonata in C, Op. 65, and Schumann’s Andante und…
On February 17, the Train Quartet performed in the Eastman Museum’s “Performance Plus” series. Right to left, Jack Connolly (sophomore bass trombonist); Connor Ingham (sophomore trombonist); Nolan Hennessey (sophomore trombonist); Henry Carpender (junior trombonist). The next “Performance Plus” will be on March 17. By David Raymond For many years, George Eastman’s lavish East Avenue mansion has been…
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.) Eastman School of Music presents Disney in Concert: A Silly Symphony Celebration (foxrochester.com 03/05/2019) The Eastman School of Music announces Disney in…
Capturing a definitive performance of one’s work can be a challenging task for even the most seasoned professional musicians. But for the Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media department (JCM) at the Eastman School of Music, the recording process has always been a crucial component of the learning process. For the past five years, the department…
Today, Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. In honor of female musicians around the world, we highlight ten outstanding Eastman women alumni (including one current graduate student) … bearing in mind that this alphabetical list represents only a tiny fraction of thousands of Eastman women who are changing the world of music. Congratulations to…
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.) Review: John Adams’s Newest Opera Returns to the Gold Mines (The New York Times 03/02/2019) And it’s difficult to imagine anyone else…
Jamie Clark and her teacher, David Ying By Sarah Forestieri Jamie Clark recalls that pivotal first moment she entered the Main Hall for her Eastman School of Music audition, “The brilliant energy bubbling within the school felt like the magic of Hogwarts. The feeling I came to learn wholeheartedly over the next four years was…
The Eastman-Ranlet Series bring the Elias String Quartet Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Taking its name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is the German form, the group has seen global success. Their program includes: Henry Purcell’s Fantasia in E Minor, Z. 741 and…
The Kilbourn Concert Series announces American cellist, Joshua Roman to perform in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. Repertoire will include Debussy’s Cello Sonata, Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 69, Louange á l’Éternité de Jésus by Oliver Messiaen, Fairy Tale by Leoš Janáček, Brothers by…