Rochester, NY — Frederick Fennell, legendary founder of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and former faculty member at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, died today (Tuesday, December 7) at his home in Florida after a brief illness. He was 90 years old. Widely regarded as the leader of the wind ensemble movement in…
ROCHESTER, NY — After a grueling three days and five rounds of virtuosic solos, cadenzas, and more than a few high notes, Eastman School of Music trumpeter Brian Shaw secured an impressive second-place finish ― and a $5,000 cash award ― at the eighth annual Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition, hosted last month by…
Rochester, NY — One of North America’s most sought-after brass quintets — the Boston Brass — comes to Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.) next month for a performance that’s sure to heat up a cold December night. The concert, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, December 7, is part of the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Concert…
Change Notice – Due to a flight delay, the special lecture recital has been moved from 4pm to 8pm. ROCHESTER, NY — Nuria Schoenberg Nono — the daughter of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), the great music theorist and composer whose “12-tone” method of composition redefined music-making in the 20th century — is coming to the Eastman…
ROCHESTER, NY — The talents of voice/opera students from the Eastman School of Music take center stage in the fourth annual voice competition presented by the Friends of Eastman Opera — a volunteer group that supports Eastman Opera students, programs, and productions, and also promotes Eastman Opera Theatre in the Rochester community. The competition began…
ROCHESTER, NY ― An outstanding final-round performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 ― with the Odessa National Philharmonic ― won Eastman School of Music student Grace Lee the silver prize in the first-ever David Oistrakh International Violin Competition, held in September in the legendary city of Odessa in the Ukraine. As second-place winner, Lee…
ROCHESTER, NY ― There’s a flurry of jazz coming to Gibbs Street in mid-November. Three outstanding ― and free ― performances by the Eastman School of Music’s award-winning jazz ensembles and some exciting guest artists are sure to keep things “heated up” inside while the temperatures drop outside. All concerts will take place in Kilbourn…
ROCHESTER, NY — At the birth of America’s Roaring ’20s, a small group of visionary civic leaders in a mid-sized Western New York city came together with the dream of forming a world-class school of music. The story of how, in 1921, Rochester industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman founded the Eastman School of Music,…
ROCHESTER, NY — An intriguing new opera by Charles Strouse — one of Broadway’s most prolific composers and one of the Eastman School of Music’s most illustrious alumni — launches Eastman Opera Theatre’s new season this fall. The world premiere performances of Strouse’s new work, The Future of the American Musical Theater, will take place…
ROCHESTER, NY — With a percussion fanfare written especially for the occasion, the curtain rose for the very first time today on the Eastman Theatre’s $5 million stage renovation. In a short ceremony this afternoon in the historic Theatre, Eastman School Dean James Undercofler — accompanied by University of Rochester President Thomas H. Jackson, Rochester…