Gabriel Condon, a master’s degree student at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, was awarded first place in the jazz category of the 2014 Wilson Center Guitar Competition & Festival. Sponsored by the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wis., the annual competition is conducted in four areas: rock/blues, fingerstyle,…
The Eastman School of Music’s annual Faculty Artist Series, supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, starts in September and features performances of every kind, from violin to tuba to jazz piano. The recitals give local music lovers the chance to hear the talented artists perform on their home turf during their busy schedules of frequent appearances across…
Donald J. Shetler, professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and a bold pioneer in the field of music education, died Saturday, May 31, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He was 87 years old. Known internationally for his research in fetal music response and arts education curriculum development, Professor Shetler…
Incoming Eastman School of Music freshman Leonardo Colafelice of Italy was awarded a finalist prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at the conclusion of the event on May 29. As a finalist, he received a cash award of $6,000. In addition, he received the $5,000 prize for Best Performer of a Classical…
A weekly radio series featuring Eastman School of Music jazz performances through the years premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, on Jazz90.1 WGMC. Titled Jazz@Eastman: Past, Present, and Future, the programs will feature performances as well as works by Eastman faculty, students, and alumni. The series is a collaboration between Eastman and Jazz 90.1…
Jamal Rossi, Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music Eastman School Background Jamal J. Rossi has been named the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, pending board approval, University President Joel Seligman announced today. Rossi, 55, came to Eastman in 2005 as senior…
Samuel Hope, a longtime unceasing advocate for arts education who recently retired as executive director of the National Association of Schools of Music, will return to his alma mater as the commencement speaker for the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music graduation on Sunday, May 18. In addition, Associate Professor of Music Theory William…
RocMusic, a community-based program that provides after-school tuition-free music and string instruction to children in the City of Rochester, will hold its first annual benefit event on Friday, May 16. Funds raised will be used to purchase instruments for current and future students. The benefit event, which will be held at the David F. Gantt…
Saxophonist Phil Pierick, a doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music, has received a Fulbright Study/Research Grant and will spend the 2014-2015 academic year in Austria. There, he will be studying contemporary music performance practice with Lars Mlekusch at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität in Vienna. A staunch advocate for new music, Pierick has commissioned…
Music and motion combine in an upcoming performance on the Eastman School of Music’s Italian Baroque Organ at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the Fountain Court at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled “Organ and the Body,” the program showcases the collaborative work of three choreographers and four musicians, each responding to the artwork and…