Highlighted Eastman Concerts & Events: November/December 2025
As Eastman’s fall semester marches on, please join us for a wonderful range of free and ticketed performances!
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Eastman School Symphony Orchestra Takes Flight with World Premiere Viola Concerto
Eastman alumnus Michael Frazier partners with violist Jordan Bak and ESSO for the world premiere of his ‘los quetzales’—a vibrant new concerto inspired by the resplendent quetzal and born from collaboration and rhythmic vitality.
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Beyond the Screen: ‘The Red Violin’ in Concert
Experience ‘The Red Violin’ like never before—conductor Jeff Beal and violinist YooJin Jang lead Eastman musicians in a rare live-to-picture event at the Soundtrax Film Music Festival.
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Eastman Opera Theatre Presents Rare Alternating Double Feature: Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025
Eastman Opera Theatre presents the world premiere of “CLICK!” and Eastman debut of “In a Grove” Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025 in Kilbourn Hall.
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Veniamin Blokh
Congratulations to Eastman student Veniamin Blokh for recently placing in the Professional Categories of two prestigious music competitions, receiving a Gold Medal in the Manhattan International Music Competition and taking second prize in the Artists Category of the Pacific Stars International Piano Competition (Online Division), winning a certificate diploma along with an invitation to the…
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Anthony LaLena ’19E (DMA), ’25E (PhD)
Congratulations to Anthony LaLena ’19E (DMA), ’25E (PhD) for accepting a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Musicology at SUNY Geneseo, teaching courses on western classical music, jazz, and American popular music from the 1960s to present. He is also co-directing the continuo ensemble at Geneseo, a group that performs early music while exploring contemporary…
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Eleanor Price ’21E (MA), ’25E (PhD)
Congratulations to Eleanor Price ’21E (MA), ’25E (PhD) for accepting a postdoctoral research fellowship at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, sponsored by the Belgian American Educational Foundation, where she will pursue a research project titled, “Sang in Song: Wine, Students, and Violence in Motets on Par verité,” which examines Franco-Flemish student identity and musicking at…
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Huiping Cai
Congratulations to Eastman student Huiping Cai for recently taking top prize in the Vancouver Piano Sessions Concerto Competition, which welcomed pianists from around the world to submit a single movement, chosen from an official repertoire list. She was 1 of 3 competitors in her age category to advance to the finals, where she performed her…
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Lisa Seischab Appointed Executive Director of Advancement at the Eastman School of Music
Announcing the appointment of Lisa Seischab ’90E as Eastman’s new Executive Director of Advancement, effective October 20, 2025.
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Andrew Johnson
Congratulations to Eastman DMA candidate Andrew Johnson for recently winning the Alaska Pipe Organ Composition Competition, organized by Sitka Lutheran Church in Sitka, Alaska. Students from high schools, colleges, and universities nationwide submitted their works with specified criteria that entries must incorporate the melody Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius. Andrew’s composition, Fantasy on FINLANDIA, was awarded…
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