Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings
By Andrew Psarris This year the Eastman Opera Theatre will present Mozart’s perennial favorite Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). (Performance dates and times are listed at the end of this post.) It will be performed by two student casts in alternating performances, with musical direction by Benton Hess and stage direction by…
By John Fatuzzo As an editor and contributor for the Eastman Blog this year, I have enjoyed learning about the success stories of my peers, friends and teachers. Getting the personal account from students who win competitions, alumni who create exciting projects and faculty who prepare masterful performances is truly the highlight of my internship-turned-job…
Eastman students, faculty members, and staff members wearing t-shirts with the message “We’re Better Than That” for the University’s anti-racism campaign on Monday in Lowry Hall. By John Fatuzzo This past Monday, March 21, was recognized by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. Taking part in the message of…
On Wednesday, March 23, the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra presents a program of music by two great twentieth-century masters, Bela Bartok and Dmitri Shostakovich. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The program notes for each of the pieces follow. Bela Bartok (fourth form left) recording Hungarian peasant songs…
Table Top Opera, a chamber ensemble of Eastman faculty members, students, alumni, and friends, will be performing its multi-media adaptation of Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) on two occasions this week: Monday, March 21 – 7 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 S Winton Rd, Rochester) Suggested donation of…
Ann Howard Jones conducting the Boston University Symphony Orchestra by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Summer@Eastman’s Advanced Choral Conducting institute is a perennial student favorite and one of the most eagerly-anticipated classes on the summer calendar. The five-day course takes a group of 14 student conductors (and a resident choir) through study and analysis of…
Trumpet soloists James Thompson (above) and Douglas Prosser By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, presents its third concert of the spring semester tonight, Friday, March 18, 2016 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. The…
By John Fatuzzo This weekend, Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School students, faculty, staff, and administration will perform in three venues celebrating the 331st birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This weekend, there are three Bach in the Subways performances scheduled in the Rochester area in which members of the Eastman community…
Thomas Corcoran working with a student in a general music class at Neil Armstrong Elementary School. By John Fatuzzo For Eastman students studying Music Education, the student teaching semester is more trying than any other. A new schedule, daily travel, hours of lesson planning and many more practicing piano, conducting, and secondary instruments, are only…
By Andrew Psarris Sending in prescreening recordings for music auditions and jobs is now a common practice, but if you have very little experience with audio and video recording, creating your own performance video can present enormous challenges. You may be among the best at playing your instrument, or a terrific singer, but a good…