Celebrating Katherine Ciesinski, Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice; ReneΜe Jolles, Wegman Family Professor of Violin; and Holly Watkins, Minehan Family Professor, for Womenβs History Month.
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Even for fans of serial music, the tightly constructed nature of pitches arranged without the safety net of functional harmony is hard to ascertain upon hearing. But for Robert Morris, the venerable professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music who retires at the end of the academic year after 44 years teaching at…
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When composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez was growing up in Mexico, he started a rock band. He wrote the music and told his band members to go home and practice so they could show up prepared for rehearsals. βI ran my band like one would run a chamber ensemble,β he says. βI didnβt know that at the…
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Dr. Justin Benavidez and S@E seek applicants who are enthusiastically looking to improve their performance skills in an engaging summer experience.
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The James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency welcomes The JACK Quartet and WindSync to Eastman this spring semester.
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An interview with Summer@Eastman alumnus and Eastman DMA conducting student Mason St. Pierre.
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The Maple Quartet, an undergraduate string quartet at Eastman School of Music, is the 2023-24 recipient of the newly created Celentano String Quartet Award.
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The Eastman School of Music is pleased to highlight some of the premier concerts and events taking place on Gibbs Street this April. From a Rochester debut performance by GRAMMY-winning supergroup sΓ€je to Eastman Opera Theatreβs evocative presentation of Dialogues des CarmΓ©lites, these events have something for everyone. All are held in Eastmanβs stunning concert…
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Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) presents Francis Poulencβs haunting Dialogues des CarmΓ©lites, April 4-7, 2024, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Directed by Pat Diamond and conducted by Timothy Long, it will be sung in French with English supertitles. This quasi-historical opera, with music by Poulenc and libretto by Georges Bernanos, is set in Paris at…
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On Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m., the Eastman Philharmonia, under the direction of doctoral conducting student Austin Chanu β21E (MM), will take the stage in Kodak Hall for their second performance of the semester. This concert is a final capstone for Chanuβs collective five years of study at Eastman and features music by William…
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