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,…
ROCHESTER, NY — Ron Carter, widely recognized as one of the most original and influential bassists in jazz, returns to his alma mater, the Eastman School of Music, this fall for a special day that culminates in a concert with his legendary quartet at 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.).…
ROCHESTER, NY – Distinguished alumni from the studio of Rebecca Penneys, longtime professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music, will gather in Rochester this month for a reunion weekend of performance-based enrichment and exploration. The weekend’s activities will include a series of brief lecture-demonstrations followed by a piano four-hands concert featuring the waltzes…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman Wind Ensemble — America’s leading wind ensemble and pioneering force in the symphonic wind band movement throughout the world — is poised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding with an international conference on wind music, a gala concert, and a multi-CD set of new recordings. The conference, titled…
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester jazz fans have the first chance to experience the newest music by the Eastman Jazz Trio/Quartet – and purchase the group’s debut recording – at a special concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 7, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). The concert, part of the Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist…
ROCHESTER, NY — A benefit concert presented on Sunday by the Eastman School of Music has raised more than $9,000 for disaster relief in New York City. An audience of nearly 1,500 people came to hear the Eastman Philharmonia, the premier student orchestra of the Eastman School of Music, and a community chorus of more…