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Renowned Jazz Bassist/Composer Scott Colley Visits Eastman
Post and photographs by Dan Gross On April 1, 2016, jazz bassist Scott Colley visited Eastman to talk with jazz students and to perform with them in an Eastman “Jazz Cafe.” Here’s a report from blogger Dan Gross on Colley’s visit. They seem like a pair out of a movie. A professorial-looking man, with beard,…
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Chris Wong wins Second Tallon Perkes Flute Competition
On April 9, 2016, Eastman hosted the second Tallon Perkes Flute Competition, held in memory of Eastman alumnus Tallon Perkes (BM ’84) to inspire the next generation of Eastman flute players. This year’s winner is Chris Wong, a sophomore student of Bonita Boyd. Chris is pictured here with the competition judges – from left to…
DetailsEastman School of Music receives $700,000 to renovate Kilbourn Hall
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music today announced two gifts totaling $700,000 that will provide support for substantial renovations to the school’s historic Kilbourn Hall. The Avangrid Foundation has committed $400,000 to the project and the Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Inc. will contribute $300,000. “This is a special day for Eastman…
DetailsEastman News Highlights April 18, 2016
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.) Pittsburgh native, Google to launch digital Martha Graham archives (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 04/17/2016) By the 1920s, she was in New York City dancing…
DetailsPipedreams Live! returns to Rochester with host Michael Barone
Pipedreams Live! returns to Rochester with host Michael Barone for Organ Celebration ROCHESTER, N.Y.— For the first time since 2009, American Public Media’s Pipedreams Live! returns to Rochester to host a series of concerts performed on several important pipe organs of Rochester. Michael Barone, host and founder of Pipedreams and its touring counterpart Pipedreams Live!,…
DetailsItalian Organist Francesco Cera Performs at the Memorial Art Gallery
Italian Organist Francesco Cera Performs at the Memorial Art Gallery On Thursday, April 21, 2016 the Memorial Art Gallery’s Third Thursday concert series continues with a concert on the MAG Italian Baroque Organ by renowned Italian organist and harpsichordist Francesco Cera. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature keyboard music from Baroque Naples…
Details“THE PHYSICAL REALITY OF BEING HUMAN”: Monica Dale discusses music and Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Dalcroze Eurhythmics teacher Monica Dale by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator “Pity the musicians; they never get to dance.” One of the central paradoxes of being a performing musician is the fact that so often, while playing, we experience our performance almost abstractly, as a collection of mechanical processes in our brains, hands, and vocal…
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