From left, George Warren, Edward Rothmel, Christopher Kayler, Graham Johnson, Robin Steitz, Hannah Harrow, Emma Ruth Ritter The 36th annual Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition for Eastman School of Music voice students and for piano and accompanying students was held in Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, May 13, in the school’s Kilbourn Hall. The adjudicator for…
DetailsHere 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.) Sound Bites: Kathryn Lewek / The rising soprano shows off her sparkling high notes as Salzburg’s Ginevra next month (Opera News May 2017) Kathryn Lewek’s unusually…
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Graduates listen as Mary Jo Heath, ESM-PhD ’88, Radio Host/Announcer, The Metropolitan Opera receives the Eastman Distinguished Alumni Award and delivers an Address to Graduates. // University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Commencement Ceremony, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre May 15, 2016. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester LIVE STREAM…
DetailsHere 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.) Remembering Jazz’s Greatest Year With the Living Legends of 1959 (Billboard 05/05/2017) Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz bassist of all time, never planned to play…
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This year’s series of Third Thursday Concerts with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery concludes with a program featuring baroque cello and organ, on Thursday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. The program will present works from the earliest stage of the cello’s history, with works by Italian Baroque composers Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690),…
DetailsEastman Rochester Chorus with Orchestra, performance. Kodak Hall. December 2011. By Erik Elmgren The Eastman Chorale, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, and Eastman Philharmonia present a joint concert this Friday, May 5, 2017 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert will feature two pieces for chorus and orchestra by Brahms, conducted by Professor William…
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From left: Jon Rarick, George Darrah, Dave Rivello, Theresa Chen. Photo by Kaila DeLany Photography. The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, and Jon Rarick have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 40th annual Student Awards competition. The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble was recognized…
DetailsNicholas Goluses and Ricardo Cobo, faculty for the 2017 Eastman International Guitar Masterclass by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Guitarists Nicholas Goluses and Ricardo Cobo have known each other for decades: they met in New York City in 1987, at the Music Teachers National Association Wurlitzer Competition finals (Goluses was the guitar judge; Cobo won…
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW OWEN BRODER’S PROJECT: Heritage: American Roots For the Eastman School of Music: Jim Doser, 585-274-1470, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu For ArtistShare®: Prawit Siriwat, publicity@artistshare.com UPDATED May 1, 2017 The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and ArtistShare® have announced that Eastman alumnus, saxophonist/composer Owen Broder, has been selected as the first Eastman/ArtistShare New…
DetailsHere 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.) The Joy of Learning to Play an Instrument Later in Life (Wall Street Journal 04/23/2017) There used to be a “widespread belief that if you…
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