Eastman School of Music Announces New Concert Season and New Series with Performers Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, More

A wide variety of renowned guest artists, ranging from musical theater and television stars Jason Alexander and Bernadette Peters to the classical music world’s Emerson and Dover String Quartets, will appear on Eastman School of Music stages during the 2014-2015 concert season. Alexander and Peters are among the headliners for Eastman Presents, a new series…

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Old Film, Brand-New Sounds

Eastman musicians provide accompaniment for silent movies not just on DVD soundtracks, like Donald Hunsberger (see the Hunchback of Notre Dame posting before this one), but also live. This Thursday, April 10, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s landmark film The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), considered one of the great works of silent cinema, will be…

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Eastman News Highlights March 31, 2014

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.) Maria Schneider’s Classical Jazz: No boundaries; a daring composer defies categories (The Economist 03/08/2014) Ms Schneider stunned the classical music world in…

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