Organ Concert by Eastman School of Music Faculty Celebrates University of Rochester Press, New Book on Mendelssohn
Audiences will have the rare opportunity to hear the entire Eastman School of Music organ department faculty perform during a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the University of Rochester Press and publication of a book edited by an Eastman musicologist. Edoardo Bellotti, David Higgs, Stephen Kennedy, Nathan Laube, and Anne Laver…
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What’s “Haydn” in the Sibley Music Library?
Librarian David Peter Coppen truly amazes me every time I meet with him to do research in Sibley’s Rare Books collection. Not only does he bring forth interesting documents, but he also points out other findings that set those items in context. I call him a musical detective and his passion for looking at clues…
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Eastman News Highlights January 19, 2015
Here 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 King, the Conspiracies, and the American Dream (The Atlantic 01/08/2015) “He stood for rock ‘n’ roll at a time when rock ‘n’ roll was rebellion,…
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ESM Blog: Broadway All-Star Edition
Congratulations to composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown (x ’91), whose musical Honeymoon in Vegas opened last night on Broadway and is receiving very good reviews, including one in the New York Times. Jason has won two Tony Awards for his scores for Parade and The Bridges of Madison County, and may have a third on the…
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