Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings
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…
The EWO concert’s four composers: Eric Whitacre, Joseph Schwantner, Karel Husa, John Mackey By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, will present its second concert of the spring semester tonight, Monday, February 22, 2016, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert is free…
By John Fatuzzo Last Friday, February 12, Eastman vocalists performed in the annual Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School. The Vocal Competition is supported by the organization Friends of Eastman Opera and showcases many of Eastman’s most talented and hard-working students, as selected by faculty. This is the…
Adjudicator Kim Witman of the Wolf Trap Opera Company, with the prizewinners of the 2016 Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition. From left to right: Keely Futterer, Emily Helenbrook, Alan Cline, and Emily Siar. By John Fatuzzo Last Friday, February 12, Eastman vocalists performed in the annual Friends of Eastman Opera (FEO) Voice Competition in…
Alexander Borodin by Garrett Wellenstein The Eastman School Symphony Orchestra (ESSO) will present its second concert of the semester tomorrow, Saturday, February 20, 2016, in Kodak Hall. Maestro Neil Varon opens the concert with a bang, conducting Alexander Borodin’s Overture to Prince Igor, followed by the lush, mystical harmonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on…