THE INTRINSIC POWER OF MUSIC, TODAY

Call this the “connect-the dots” Convocation message. Over the past five months, I encountered three seemingly unrelated items that have oddly come together to form a potent message. One, I served on a panel at the annual conference of the American Symphony Orchestra League (with two other dynamic speakers) on the topic of “Making the…

17-YEAR-OLD FIREBRAND WINS EASTMAN’S 2005 YOUNG ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

ROCHESTER, NY — After a week of fierce competition in three rounds of judged performances, first prize in the Eastman School of Music’s Eighth Annual Young Artists International Piano Competition was awarded to 17-year old Song-Yuan Tang from Shenyang, China. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle music critic John Pitcher called Tang a “firebrand” who consistently “stole…

EASTMAN STUDENTS TO PLAY HIROSHIMA PEACE CONCERT

Rochester, NY—Sixteen string students from the Eastman School of Music will play in the Hiroshima Peace Concert 2005, a special event that takes place in Phoenix Hall at the International Conference Center in Hiroshima, Japan on Friday, August 5 th.  More than 180 people—including an orchestra, chorus and soloists—will perform Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.  The…