On April 8, 2024, Rochester will get a prime view of a rare total solar eclipse. It is an event unlikely to be repeated in Rochester for about 375 years, the average number of years for a total solar eclipse to reappear over any specific location on earth. To mark the occasion, a poster…
Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is delighted to announce its 2023-2024 season, which offers a diverse lineup of works. In the fall, EOT will perform A Double Bill: Mythology Through a New Lens!, which features Jake Heggie’s To Hell and Back (2006) and Nkeiru Okoye’s We’ve Got Our Eye on You (2016). The winter production is…
The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) celebrates its 20th Anniversary from June 23 to July 1, 2023, across multiple venues in downtown Rochester, including concert spaces at the Eastman School of Music. This year’s lineup will feature numerous musicians from the Eastman and ECMS communities.
In 1923, the promising composer Rebecca Clarke performed her Viola Sonata for George Eastman in his East Avenue mansion living room. That same work will get a reprise a century later—now 2023—in Eastman’s living room through the Performance Plus series on Sunday, May 21 at 3 p.m. In the 1920s, the British-American composer Clarke was…
Jamal J. Rossi, the current dean of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, announced today he will not seek reappointment following his current appointment term, which ends following the 2023-2024 academic year. Rossi has served as the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean since 2014, presiding over a transformational period for the…
The Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) emerged from the Eastman Computer Music Center, founded by Allan Schindler in 1981, as a platform for research, experimentation and realization of new music and sound art at the Eastman School of Music. Eastman is delighted to announce that composer Dr. Mikel Kuehn ’93E (MA), ’95E (PhD) has been appointed as…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce four full-time faculty appointments to the Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching department for the 2023-24 academic year: Patrick Diamond, Associate Professor of Opera and Director of Production for Eastman Opera Theatre Joshua Conyers, Assistant Professor of Voice Kiera Duffy, Associate Professor of…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce two full-time faculty appointments to the Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion department for the 2023-24 academic year: Justin Benavidez, Associate Professor of Tuba Andrew McCandless, Associate Professor of Trumpet “The Winds, Brass and Percussion Department of the Eastman School of Music welcomes Justin…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce a new full-time piano faculty appointment for the 2023-24 academic year: Ran Dank, Associate Professor of Piano. “The Piano Department is very excited to welcome Ran Dank to the faculty at Eastman,” shares Piano Department Chair Alan Chow. “He is a brilliant…
Jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen visits the Eastman School of Music to work with students and perform with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman New Jazz Ensemble on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 in Kilbourn Hall. The visit serves double duty for the Vancouver native: she also gets to spend time with her sister, Christine Jensen,…