Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Contemporary composer: Christopher Rouse (Gramophone 09/23/2019) Indeed, Rouse led a course on the history of rock while teaching at the Eastman School…
Meredith Monk, internationally celebrated composer, performer, director/choreographer and filmmaker will be in residence at the University of Rochester Oct. 20-23, 2019 for a multi-day program titled Dancing Voice/Singing Body: a residence with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. While in Rochester, Monk will serve as both the inaugural visiting artist for the Institute for the Performing…
The Faculty Artist Series presents bass-baritone Jan Opalach, Associate Professor of Voice, Friday, October 4th, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Professor Opalach, along with piano DMA student Peter Klimo, will be performing a program of German lieder by Liszt and Schubert. and Lizst piano transcriptions of Schubert lieder.…
The Faculty Artist Series presents composer David Liptak, Professor of Composition and Chair of the Composition Department, on Monday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Guest pianist Eunmi Ko will be performing Professor Liptak’s Constellations (2010) and Star Light (2009), along with selections from George Crumb’s…
Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Alison Chiang will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 24, at 8 p.m., as part of the Eastman Presents in New York series sponsored by Eastman Professor Douglas Humpherys. For her program, Alison Chiang has chosen two of the great sonatas in the…
Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Violinist Gillian Smith Launches CD Of Works By Canadian Women Composers (Broadway World 09/11/2019) Gillian Smith holds degrees in violin performance from…
Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) How Maria Newman Found Her Compositional Power WXXI News 09/10/2019) “When I auditioned for and was accepted to Eastman,” she said, “I…
The Institute for Popular Music and Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester will be hosting the Abbey Road Symposium September 27 through September 29. The interdisciplinary symposium will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the worldwide release of the Beatles’ Abbey Road, with scholarly presentations, keynote addresses, poster sessions and other special events open…
The Eastman Piano Series announces Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan to perform in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Daniil Trifonov, Musical America’s Artist of the Year, has been hailed as “a talent compelling and thrilling enough to lift you right out of your chair”…
Media Contact(s): Marni Carfley | Gateways Music Festival | 585-274-1127 | mcarfley@esm.rochester.edu Show Info: Gateways Facebook Page Fringe Info: rochesterfringe.com, www.facebook.com/RochesterFringeFestival, @RochesterFringe, instagram.com/rochester_fringe, #rocfringe19, #leapalittle The Gateways Brass Collective will perform at the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Hatch Recital Hall (Eastman School of Music, 433 East…