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A $1.5 million gift from Susan Ain ’78E and her husband, Aron Ain, establishes a newly endowed violin professorship at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. The Susan and Aron Ain Professorship for Violin will support, recognize, and honor as well as attract and retain exemplary faculty at the acclaimed music school. “Endowed professorships…

What a year it’s been! We celebrated our Centennial with world premieres, visiting artists, a range of events, and more. We recognized our distinguished faculty members and alumni for their professional achievements; with heavy hearts we said goodbye to influential figures from our school’s history; we looked to the future through the dedication of our…

On Monday, January 2, 2023, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music announced the inaugural season of Gateways Radio, thirteen one-hour episodes of a nationally syndicated radio program featuring music performed and written by classical musicians of African descent from the Gateways Music Festival and others from across the nation and around…

The Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE) – America’s leading wind ensemble and pioneering force in the symphonic wind band movement throughout the world – is poised to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding with a week of performances, lectures, and conducting masterclasses. The events surrounding this occasion will take place from January 25-29, 2023, at…

TCG Entertainment, a leader in live entertainment and touring productions, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment, today announced “Batman in Concert,” scheduled to debut Friday, February 10 at 7:30 PM in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, in Rochester, New York.  Tickets are now on sale at EastmanTheatre.org. Warner Bros. Pictures’ iconic DC…

The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces seven performances for the Spring 2023 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning Kilbourn Hall.   The exciting array of performances includes: Saturday, February 4, 2023 7:30 PM | Kilbourn Hall (Pre-concert talk will take place…

Since its establishment in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WWSF) has provided financial aid to more than 50 African American classical singers, including Eastman students and high school-aged performers. Annually, the WWSF holds a benefit concert to spotlight Eastman’s WWSF scholarship recipients. On Sunday, January 22, 2023, at 3:00 PM, their 46th concert…

Each year, the Eastman School of Music and the Beal Institute of Film Music and Contemporary Media present a unique departmental recital. On January 12, 2023, at 8:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall, Visual Music 5.0 presents the Beal Institute’s second-year graduate students in a live-to-picture staging of their original compositions. Each composer will conduct the…