ROCHESTER, NY — Just a week before its grand celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Eastman Wind Ensemble — and after an extensive national search — the Eastman School of Music has chosen a successor to Donald Hunsberger, who is retiring in May after 37 years of conducting the School’s Wind Ensemble and leading…
Rochester, NY – In a bold move that reflects an understanding of the changing nature of classical music in America, the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester has created the Institute for Music Leadership (IML) – the first center of its kind in the country. Recognizing the fundamental power of music and…
ROCHESTER, NY – Tales & Scales, a nationally acclaimed troupe of young musicians that seeks to ignite imaginations through the performing arts, brings its unique "musictelling" to the Eastman School of Music on Saturday, January 26. The troupe will present a free performance of the Greek myth, Pandora’s Box, for children and family audiences at…
ROCHESTER, NY – Several members of the Eastman School of Music faculty have been doing more than teaching, coaching, and mentoring some of the world’s most talented young musicians this fall. In addition, they’ve been busy performing/appearing in high-profile settings and winning prominent awards – several of which have come to light in recent weeks…
ROCHESTER, NY – The award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble will give Rochester audiences a special preview of its upcoming invitational concert performance at the 2001 Midwest Clinic in Chicago at 8 p.m., Saturday, December 1, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.). The concert, "Looking Forward: New Music for Jazz Ensemble," showcases works by Eastman student writers,…
ROCHESTER, NY – The Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer George Crumb, known for his powerful and evocative use of imagery and the development of unusual and extended performance techniques, will be feted next month at the Eastman School of Music in a festival of his music. The three-day event, December 1-3, is the brainchild of Eastman…
Rochester, NY- The first transatlantic videoconference staging between two music schools will take place next month, as the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow, Scotland, provide the opportunity for a "parallel" educational musical exchange. Through the technology of Internet2 in the…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman Horn Choir, under the direction of Peter Kurau, associate professor of horn at the Eastman School of Music, will present its annual St. Hubert’s Day concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, November 4, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.). St. Hubert, whose feast day is November 3, is the patron saint…
ROCHESTER, NY — Conrad Susa’s Transformations, a “musical entertainment” in two acts based on a book of poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Sexton, kicks off Eastman Opera Theatre’s 2001-2002 season. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, November 1-3, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 4, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). This production…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s “tango time” — and a whole lot more — as the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble honors the riveting music of Astor Piazzolla in a special concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, October 27, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.). The concert also features the great sounds of the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble,…