Eastman BroadBand, a chamber music ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, makes a return engagement this summer to soundSCAPE in Maccagno, Italy. From July 1 through 14, the group will serve as the festival’s resident ensemble for the second year in a row. Founded by Professor of Composition Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and Chair and Professor…
Here are some select recent clippings 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.) National Park Centennial Brings Music to Mammoth Cave (WKU Public Radio June 9, 2016) Imagine hearing music reverberating through caves or echoing across mountains. This…
From concert halls to music camps, the Eastman Saxophone Project will bring its innovative programing and versatile performances to a variety of audiences in China this summer. Local audiences can see and hear what makes this Eastman School of Music ensemble unique and renowned when the group presents a free send-off concert at 7:30 p.m.…
Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Smokies Hosts Music in the American Wild Events (Sevier News Messenger 06/04/2016) Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to celebrate the National Park…
Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Harp Duo Lilac 94 to Perform Live on HQR’s Midday Interview With Gina Gambony (WHQR 05/24/2016) Lilac 94 is a harp duo dedicated to performing…
Imagine hearing the sounds of classical music reverberating through the chambers of Mammoth Caves or echoing across the Cascade Mountains. This summer, an ensemble of Eastman School of Music musicians is performing from sea to shining sea, bringing newly composed works to majestic locations during the National Park Service’s centennial year celebrations. “In this increasingly…
Roger Freitas, associate professor and chair of musicology at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, has been elected a director-at-large of the American Musicological Society for a two-year term beginning this fall. The society advances scholarship in the various fields of music through research, learning, and teaching. It is governed by a membership-elected…
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.) Sound Bites: Gregory Spears (Opera News June 2016) Gregory Spears’s new opera, Fellow Travelers, which opens at Cincinnati Opera on June 17,…
The Eastman School of Music and the Gateways Music Festival, which have partnered since 1995, announced today a new alliance that strengthens the organizations’ efforts to promote and increase diversity in the field of classical music. The six-day biennial summer festival is now “The Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music.”…
Eastman School of Music’s 10th anniversary celebration of its Italian Baroque Organ continues with a Third Thursday concert titled “Organ and Body” on Thursday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. The program will feature organist Stephen Kennedy; choreography by Vanessa van Wormer, Heather Roffe, and Phaedra Jarrett; projections by Marla Schweppe; and lighting design by Toni…