In what promises to be a memorable and moving concert, jazz greats Chuck Mangione, Lew Soloff, and Pat LaBarbera will join musicians from the Eastman School of Music to pay tribute to the life and musical legacy of saxophonist Gerry Niewood. The event, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre,…
The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet kicks off the 2009-2010 Eastman-Ranlet Series on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. This concert marks an exciting new era for the Ying Quartet with the Eastman debut of their new violinist, Frank Huang, and the start of a two-season-long…
A program of dramatic works presented by the Eastman Philharmonia launches a new era of Eastman School of Music performances in the transformed Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. While the hall retains its grand elegance, renovations will improve the audience’s and performers’ concert experience and enjoyment of the music chosen for the first Eastman School…
Howard Hanson directed the Eastman School of Music for 40 years. Handpicked by founder George Eastman to assume the leadership in 1924, a mere three years after the School opened, the composer shaped the institution as a reflection of his educational philosophy and musical vision. The history of the Eastman School under Hanson and his…
Matthew Ardizzone, a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, has been named Associate Dean for Admissions at the Eastman School. Before joining Eastman, Ardizzone was assistant director for admissions for the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A classical guitarist, he has pursued a career combining performance, teaching, and arts and…
“Eastman at St. Michael’s,” a series of monthly recitals presented in historic St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church by vocal and instrumental performance majors from the Eastman School of Music, returns for a new season beginning Sunday, Sept. 27. The first fall concert will feature Voices, Rochester’s professional choral chamber ensemble, conducted by founder and Eastman…
The Eastman-Rochester Chorus is holding auditions for its 2009-2010 season, with openings for all voice parts. Auditions are open to all singers in the greater Rochester area. The chorus is scheduled to perform “Kyrie” and “Gloria” from Bach’s Mass in B-Minor and Poulenc’s Gloria on Dec. 4 with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. In the…
The Eastman School of Music has announced the following faculty appointments for the 2009-2010 academic year: Frank Huang, Associate Professor of Violin; Associate Professor of Chamber Music. Frank Huang is the new first violinist for the Ying Quartet, Eastman School’s string quartet-in-residence. First prize winner of the 2003 Naumburg Violin Competition and the 2000 Hannover…
What better way to celebrate Eastman Theatre’s reopening than with a schedule of great concerts? The newly renovated performance hall in the theatre will reopen as Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre with a new sound and ambience come October and the Eastman School of Music has an exciting line-up of fall concerts by guest artists,…
Roger Freitas, associate professor of musicology at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, provides a rare glimpse into the social and political contexts of 17th-century music in his book, Portrait of a Castrato: Politics, Patronage, and Music in the Life of Atto Melani. Born in 1626 into a bourgeois family in Pistoia, Italy,…