Only Art Held Me: The Ying Quartet Presents the Beethoven Cycle Partnership with Bowdoin Festival, Chautauqua and Eastman
November 24, 2020Media Contacts: Bowdoin International Music Festival Grace Bell, Director of Admissions and Operations grace@bowdoinfestival.org; (207) 373-1441 Chautauqua Institution Jordan Steves, Director of Communications jsteves@chq.org; (716) 597-7936 Eastman School of Music Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu; (585) 278-4743 Internationally renowned string quartet the Ying Quartet, in partnership with Bowdoin International Music Festival, Chautauqua […]
Read More...Eastman News Highlights as of November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020Here are some select recent clippings 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.) U of R Announces Mandatory Testing for Campus Undergrads Before Leaving for Thanksgiving … (Spectrum News 11/12/2020) … of Rochester says it has been able […]
Read More...Eastman News Highlights as of November 9, 2020
November 9, 2020Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Gateways Music Festival goes virtual on Monday (City Newspaper 11/06/2020) The opening concert, on Monday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. will feature several Rochester musicians, […]
Read More...Eastman News Highlights as of November 2, 2020
November 2, 2020Here are some select recent clippings 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 Opera Theatre to Premiere First Virtual Concert OUR VOICES: IMMERSIVE COMPOSER COLLABORATIONS (Broadway World 10/31/2020) The Monroe County Post has reported that Eastman Opera […]
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Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: Our Voices
October 22, 2020Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere its first virtual presentation: Our Voices: Immersive Composer Collaborations, to be presented December 16 through 20, 2020. Our Voices is the collective title for six unique performances of music by six influential contemporary composers: Anthony Davis, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, Missy Mazzoli, Ben Moore, and Errollyn […]
Read More...Eastman News Highlights as of October 19, 2020
October 19, 2020Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Endowed gift boosts humanities education at UR (Rochester Beacon 10/16/2020) The undisclosed amount establishes the Arthur Satz Department of Music and funds a minimum of […]
Read More...The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Mark Kellogg
October 15, 2020The Faculty Artist Series presents Mark Kellogg, Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music, Sunday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m. Mark Kellogg, trombone, will be assisted by Priscilla Yuen and Christopher Azzara, piano. The program consists of music of Kellogg, Hindemith, and Ravel, plus a selection of jazz standards. For his program, Kellogg chose […]
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Gateways Music Festival Announces Fall Program, Artists and Schedule
October 15, 2020Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, today announces an exciting line up of guest artists, including Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic and 2020 Avery Fisher Prize winner, for its […]
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The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Yoojin Jang, violin; Guy Johnston, cello; Alexander Kobrin, piano; Masumi Per Rostad, viola
October 15, 2020More information: Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator: (585) 451-8492; kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Faculty Artist Series presents Yoojin Jang, Assistant Professor of Violin; Guy Johnston, Associate Professor of Cello; Alexander Kobrin, Associate Professor of Piano; and Masumi Per Rostad, Associate Professor of Viola on Sunday, November 15 at 3 p.m. The program […]
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American Anthem: Philharmonia’s “Star-Spangled Banner” for the 21st Century
October 15, 2020Austin Chanu rehearsing Banner with the Philharmonia strings in Kodak Hall. Photograph by Maurice Cohn. By David Raymond On Monday, October 19, in a livestreamed concert, the strings of the Eastman Philharmonia will perform Banner, a 2014 work by the contemporary American composer Jessie Montgomery. Master’s conducting student Austin Chanu will conduct this work, […]
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