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The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Charles Pillow, Jazz Saxophone

The Faculty Artist Series presents Charles Pillow, Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone, on Tuesday, March 2nd at 8:00 p.m. featuring Eastman faculty members Jeff Campbell, bass; Bob Sneider, guitar; Dariusz Terefenko, piano; and Rich Thompson, drums in The Music of Hermeto Pascoal. The program will include the Brazilian composer’s Aquela Coisa; Santo Antonio; Os Guizos; […]

February 22, 2021

Yamaha Names the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music as Institution of Excellence: Honoring Only 10 Schools Nationwide

February 18, 2021

The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Yoojin Jang, violin; Guy Johnston, cello; Alexander Kobrin, piano; Masumi Per Rostad, viola

February 8, 2021

The Beal Institute Presents: Visual Music 3.0: An Evening of Original Music Performed Live-to-Picture by the Empire Film and Media Ensemble

The Beal Institute, under the direction of Associate Professor Mark Watters, presents “Visual Music 3.0: An Evening of World-Premiere Film and Music Collaborations,” Thursday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eastman School of Music. Visual Music will be presented through livestream as a virtual performance. Compositions from Eastman’s Contemporary Media and Film Scoring Department […]

January 28, 2021

The Ying Quartet Announces Four More Programs Part of Beethoven Cycle Partnership with Bowdoin Festival, Chautauqua and Eastman

Media Contacts: Bowdoin International Music Festival Grace Bell, Director of Admissions and Operations grace@bowdoinfestival.org; (207) 373-1441 Chautauqua Institution Jordan Steves, Director of Communications jsteves@chq.org; (716) 597-7936 Eastman School of Music Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu; (585) 278-4743 Internationally renowned string quartet the Ying Quartet, in partnership with Bowdoin International Music Festival, Chautauqua Institution, and […]

January 28, 2021

2020 at Eastman: A Year in Photographs

2020 was a memorable year, but even with much less activity on the Eastman campus after March, it produced some memorable photographs. As you’ll see below, we traveled from the typical bustle of the beginning of the semester, to virtually no activity on the Eastman campus during the spring and summer, to resuming most of […]

January 14, 2021

William Warfield Scholarship Fund 2021 Benefit Concert

William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Lolita Forsett, President of the Board, (585) 202-3686, info@williamwarfield.com Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WWSF) has provided financial aid to more than 35 African American students at the Eastman School of Music, and spotlighted talented recipients in an annual benefit concert. This year’s […]

December 18, 2020

Celebrate the Aquarelles CD Release Online

Join the online celebration of the Aquarelles CD release featuring long-time Eastman faculty artists Bonita Boyd, flute, Steven Doane, cello, and Barry Snyder, piano, January 22, 2021 at 7 PM. This virtual webinar event will be moderated by WXXI’s Julia Figueras. The program of Aquarelles consists of four works that are classics of the chamber […]

December 17, 2020

Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership Announces Fall 2020 Award and Grant Recipients

Innovation. Creativity. Entrepreneurial Thinking. These mindsets are essential components in the careers of today’s professional musicians. The Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership supports the musical community through grants, career and educational programs that focus on all three. Eight new award/grant recipients have been announced for the Fall 2020 cycle of the Eastman/ArtistShare […]

December 14, 2020

Eastman School Of Music Alumni And Faculty Receive GRAMMY Nominations

Several graduates and a faculty member of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 63rd GRAMMY Awards: Best Engineered Album, Classical: Hynes: Fields, Third Coast Percussion, mastering engineers, featuring Sean Connors ’04E Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh, credits include Smyth: The Prison, […]

December 2, 2020