Alumni Relations

Meliora Weekend @ Eastman 2015 – Schedule

All events will require registration. Registration materials will be mailed in early August with online registration beginning in mid-August.

Note that all times and events are subject to change.


For a full schedule of all Meliora Weekend events and activities including those on the River Campus, please visit the Meliora Weekend Website for more information.



Friday, October 9

Start Time End Time Event Description
9:30 AM Noon The Rochester Forum: The Beatles: From Craft to Art
(Meliora Weekend Event)
11:00 AM 8:00 PM Meliora Weekend @ Eastman Registration & Welcome Center
Noon 1:30 PM The Rochester Forum Luncheon (Meliora Weekend Event)
1:30 PM 2:45 PM Eastman Chorale Open Rehearsal
1:45 PM 3:30 PM Eastman School Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal
1:45 PM 3:30 PM Eastman Wind Orchestra Open Rehearsal
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Tour: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre and Eastman East Wing
3:45 PM 5:30 PM Eastman Philharmonia Open Rehearsal
3:45 PM 5:30 PM Eastman Wind Ensemble Open Rehearsal
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Parents Forum with the Dean
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Tour: Exploring Sibley Music Library
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Eastman Student Leader Reception (Private Event)
5:30 PM 6:30 PM Meliora Weekend @ Eastman Opening Celebration
6:30 PM 7:30 PM Welcome Reception with the Dean
8:00 PM 10:00 PM An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth (Meliora Weekend Event)

Saturday, October 10

Start Time End Time Event Description
8:00 AM 5:00 PM Meliora Weekend @ Eastman Registration & Welcome Center
9:00 AM 10:30 AM SAI Song and Ritual (Private Event)
9:30 AM 10:00 AM Tour and Demonstration of the Craighead-Saunders and
Hook & Hastings Organs at Christ Church
11:00 AM Noon Keynote Address by Walter Isaacson (Meliora Weekend Event)
1:00 PM 3:00 PM Brass Cavalcade
1:45 PM 3:15 PM MEL Talks (Meliora Weekend Event)
1:45 PM 3:15 PM Presidential Symposium: The Crisis in K-12 Education
(Meliora Weekend Event)
3:00 PM 4:00 PM SAI Musicale
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Tour: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater
and the Eastman East Wing
3:15 PM 4:15 PM MEL Talks Reception (Meliora Weekend Event)
4:30 PM 5:30 PM Freshman Woodwind Quintet Recital
5:30 PM 7:30 PM Eastman School of Music Gala Dinner
8:00 PM 10:00 PM An Evening with Aasif Mandvi (Meliora Weekend Event)
8:00 PM 10:00 PM Eastman Philharmonia and Eastman School
Symphony Orchestra Showcase Concert

Sunday, October 11

Start Time End Time Event Description
9:30 AM 11:30 AM City of Rochester Bus Tour (Meliora Weekend Event)
9:30 AM 11:30 AM Mt. Hope Cemetery Tour (Meliora Weekend Event)
3:00 PM 5:00 PM Faculty Artist Series: Tony Caramia