University of Rochester Vice President Paul Burgett will launch a series of three presentations this spring as part of the Eastman School of Music’s “Expanding Our Horizons” guest speaker series. The presentations, which are sponsored by the School’s Diversity Committee, are open to the community and address issues and challenges of diversity in music schools.…
The Ying Quartet’s annual LifeMusic presentation of commissioned works will feature a new work by Richard Danielpour during the next Eastman-Ranlet Series concert on Sunday, Feb. 21. Danielpour is one of the most sought-after contemporary composers and has been commissioned by some of the world’s leading music institutions, including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia…
Pulitzer Prize winner Shulamit Ran, who has been writing music since she was seven years old, will spend three separate weeks at the Eastman School of Music this semester as Howard Hanson Visiting Professor of Composition. During that time, she will meet with students in composition symposiums, hold private lessons, and attend Eastman School concerts…
Three Eastman School of Music graduates, soprano Renée Fleming, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, and composer/arranger Bill Cunliffe, won awards in the 52nd annual Grammy Awards competition. Fleming and Griffey, who already had two Grammys apiece, received two more Grammys each, while Cunliffe picked up his first Grammy. Fleming (MM ’83) won in the Best Classical…
The Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra will be traveling to New York City in February to defend their Best Big Band title in the national Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival. The orchestra, an ensemble of the Eastman Community Music School, was also selected as one of the finalists in the Combo Category. Directed by…
On Monday, Feb. 1, Eastman School of Music faculty and students will be joined by special guests for the second in a series of chamber music concerts to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink, a non-profit regional food bank that distributes food to soup kitchens, shelters and emergency food pantries, and to non-emergency programs such as group homes,…
Jazz fills Rochester venues year-round and this spring Eastman School of Music will be hosting noted guest artists who’ll give public performances with Eastman musicians. Pianist and composer Michael Weiss, known for his work with such jazz luminaries as Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Wynton Marsalis, Charles McPherson, Slide Hampton, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and others,…
From a 50th anniversary tour performance by the American Brass Quintet to concerts and recitals by its impressive student ensembles and world-renowned faculty, the Eastman School of Music continues its current concert season with a packed line-up in the spring. The American Brass Quintet has been internationally recognized as one of the premier chamber music…
From medieval religious songs to contemporary classical works, the Eastman Community Music School will celebrate an “Extravaganza of Russian Music” on Thursday, Jan. 7. The concert, being held on the day that Russians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar, is presented in partnership with Linkages of Rochester, Inc. The fourth annual Russian-American Friendship concert…
An annual concert that supports the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and continues the legacy of one of the great vocal artists of the 20th century will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. The William Warfield Scholarship Fund has provided financial aid to more than…