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.) Idaho State Civic Symphony 2016-2017 season preview Idaho State Journal 09/9/2016) Pocatellan Douglas Lowry tribute concert: As a graduate of Pocatello High…
DetailsSoprano Robin Steitz By Kameron Ghanavati Robin Steitz, currently a second-year graduate student of voice at Eastman, was intrigued after hearing a performance by Dawn Upshaw. The piece Upshaw sang was compelling and detailed, sprinkled with Surrealist poetry, tonal ambiguity, and childlike thoughts. With her interest in 20th-century French poetry, Robin decided to research this…
DetailsCreating outside the box: artist Mark McDermott, dancer-choreographer Collette Fuierer, composer Dave Rivello by Dan Gross Eastman jazz faculty member Dave Rivello and his ensemble join forces with two other Rochester artists – an artist and a dancer-choreographer – to create a unique project for this year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival called “Invisible Boxes,”…
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Portuguese-born pianist Fernando Laires, who launched his professional career at age 19 by performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, died Friday, Sept. 9, in Rochester N.Y. He was 91 years old. Over the course of his long and active career, he most recently had served as Professor of Piano at the University…
DetailsHere 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.) Renée Fleming Sings A New Song Cycle (WQXR 09/07/2016) Nov. 12, 14. Fleming, the adventurous soprano who is always open to new…
DetailsHere 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.) First Impressions: A Guide to New Music in The New Season (NPR 08/31/2016) Interested in Steve Jobs, Georgia O’Keefe or Alice in…
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The Eastman School of Music is once again part of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival and will host a dozen shows in its venues beginning Friday, Sept. 16. More information on Fringe is available on the festival website www.rochesterfringe.com . Tickets for all Fringe events are also on sale on the festival website. For…
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Grace Frarey is the recipient of this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music (RIJF/ESM) Jazz Scholarship. The 18-year-old Canandaigua resident just began a double major in jazz studies and music education at Eastman. Grace, who has appeared in the jazz festival since 2013 as lead saxophonist for the Canandaigua Academy Jazz Band, was…
DetailsHere 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.) 9 Musical Events Celebrating the National Park Centennial (WQXR Blog 08/24/2016) On Aug. 25, 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed an act that created…
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