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.) Eastman-trained opera singer shames those who body-shamed her in Europe (RochesterFirst 08/30/2019) SALZBURG, Austria (WROC) — Kathryn Lewek, an American-born operatic soprano,…
Maria Newman (BM ‘84), award-winning composer, violinist, violist, and pianist, will be in residence at the Eastman School of Music from September 7 through 13, 2019, sharing her musical talents and experiences with the Rochester community. Newman will be featured on two faculty concerts, she will present a talk entitled “Breaking Through the Newman Shadow: Creating…
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.) Eastern Music Festival Concludes 58th Season On A High Note (Broadway World 08/19/2019) 2019 marked the re-envisioned Tannenbaum-Sternberger Distinguished Teaching Artist Program.…
The Faculty Artist Series presents the Collaborative Pianists Faculty Tuesday, September 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Five Eastman collaborative pianists (Sylvie Beaudette, Chiao-Wen Cheng, Irina Lupines, Priscilla Yuen, and Beryl Garver) partner with each other to offer a highly varied program. The concert will feature Lowell Lieberman’s…
The Faculty Artist Series presents the Jazz and Contemporary Media (JCM) Faculty, Thursday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Performing are faculty members Charles Pillow (saxophone), Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Mark Kellogg (trombone), Bob Sneider (guitar), Gary Versace (piano), Bill Dobbins (piano), Jeff Campbell (bass), and Rich Thompson…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi on Saturday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. The program will include Eastman alumna Maria Newman (BM ‘84), violist and guest composer, assisted by Wendy Prober, piano, performing Newman’s The Ninth Hour of Divine Office. Also included in the program…
The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Tony Caramia, Professor of Piano, Sunday, September 8, at 3:00 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. In this concert, Celebrating the Music of Women, Caramia will be performing works by Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre, Madeleine Dring, Dana Suesse, Cheryl Frances- Hoad and other women…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Nicholas Goluses, Professor of Guitar, Thursday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Goluses will play Bach’s Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (arr. Goluses), Falla’s Homenaje pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy, Sor’s Fantasie, Op. 58, and Theodorakis’ Three…
The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Alexander Kobrin, Assistant Professor of Piano, Thursday, August 29, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. In a concert dubbed The Great Romantics, Kobrin will be playing Beethoven’s Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 7, Schumann’s Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, and Brahms’ Sonata in…
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.) Comings and goings: Chuck Murphy joins Colorado Public Radio as investigative editor … (Current 08/16/2019) Melissa Ousley will take over as host…