The Eastman School of Music is pleased to highlight some of the concerts and events taking place at Eastman this November. Presenting a wide range of events featuring internationally accomplished faculty and guest artists in addition to world-class student ensembles, these events will be held in Eastman’s stunning performance spaces: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre,…
The Eastman School of Music is excited to announce that flutist and educator Adam W. Sadberry ’18E will return to Rochester as this semester’s Morning Chamber Music featured artist. His performance will take place in Hatch Recital Hall at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, during the University of Rochester’s annual Meliora Weekend. Named one…
Dr. Patricia Caicedo describes her life’s work as “devoted to fostering diversity and inclusion in music and to preserving and promoting underrepresented repertoires.” On September 28, the lauded soprano, musicologist, and doctor of medicine will embark on an ambitious five-day residency at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester Medical Center, where…
Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music launches its landmark 30th anniversary season with a week of events in Rochester, NY and New York City from October 17-22, 2023. Rochester highlights include: an Eastman Presents concert featuring the newly formed Gateways Chamber Players, with award-winning TV and stage actress Phylicia Rashad as…
We are excited to welcome a wide-ranging group of guest artists and lecturers to the Eastman campus in October! Keep reading for information about each event and visit esm.rochester.edu/events for further details. Any Eastman Presents series artist who is offering a free masterclass will be included in this list, but their corresponding concert is ticketed. All other guest…
Eastman’s electronic music composition studio is much different today than it was when new faculty member Mikel Kuehn ’93E (MA), ’95E (PhD) (pronounced “Michael Keen”) was a student in the early 1990s. Back then, says Kuehn, the computers were slow and the equipment finicky. It was the result of the nascent audio, recording, and computing…
We are excited to welcome a wide-ranging group of guest artists and lecturers to the Eastman campus this month! Keep reading for information about each event and visit esm.rochester.edu/events for further details. All events are free and open to the public. Wycliffe Gordon, jazz trombone Guest Masterclass: Saturday, September 16 at 2:30 p.m. |…
Happy 100th birthday to Gloria Mikialian ’45E! The Eastman alumna born in 1923, who graduated Eastman in 1945 as a pianist, just turned 100 on August 30th. Gloria remembers receiving a full scholarship, which she was thankful for because her family couldn’t afford to pay Eastman tuition. To pay her room and board, she worked…
On Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, the Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE), under its conductor Mark Davis Scatterday, will perform with the Eastman School of Music’s newly appointed Professor of Trumpet, Andrew McCandless. A former Eastman student, McCandless is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and…
We welcome 12 new full-time faculty members, who bring extraordinary talent and fresh perspectives to Eastman. As an introduction, we asked the nine studio faculty to answer a few questions about their appointments: Why do you want to teach at Eastman? What are you most proud of in your career thus far? Share an interesting…