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Eastman Musicians Shine Throughout 2018 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

Eastman School of Music musicians — current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) — will be appearing throughout the 2018 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year’s festival runs June 22 through 30 at 17 venues, including the school’s Hatch, Kilbourn, and […]

June 15, 2018

Eastman School of Music Announces New Organ Scholarship Fund

May 23, 2018

Eastman Community Music School Celebrates First “Open House” Together with Annual “Springfest”

May 23, 2018

Third Thursday concert invites listeners to experience the “golden age” of the trombone

The Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ concludes its 2017–18 season with The Golden Age of the Trombone, a concert celebrating the inventive instrumental music of Baroque Europe. The performance takes place Thursday, May 17, at 7:30pm in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery. Inspiration for the program derives from […]

May 14, 2018

EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC HOLDS ITS 93RD COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

The annual commencement for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Sunday, May 20, with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu giving the commencement speech as well as receiving the Luminary Award. The Sunday ceremony, which starts at 11:15 a.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, is […]

May 14, 2018

EASTMAN STUDENTS COMPETE FOR JESSIE KNEISEL PRIZES ON MAY 12 IN KILBOURN HALL

Six Eastman School of Music voice students and six piano and accompanying students will compete in the school’s 34th annual Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12 in Kilbourn Hall. This year’s adjudicator is acclaimed countertenor David Daniels. The annual competition, which highlights the German art songs that figure prominently in […]

May 11, 2018

EASTMAN MUSICIANS WIN DOWNBEAT STUDENT AWARDS

The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, Jonathan Fagan and Jon Rarick (students of Bill Dobbins, Harold Danko, and Dave Rivello) have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 41st annual Student Music Awards. “Eastman’s Jazz and Contemporary Media department has a sustained history of excellence […]

May 8, 2018

The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Bill Dobbins, Piano

The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Bill Dobbins, Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, Friday, May 4, at 8 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Dobbins will be playing selections from his own composition: Preludes for Piano, Volumes 1 through 4. Bill Dobbins is professor of jazz studies at […]

April 26, 2018

Eastman Partners with Music Conservatory in Freiburg, Germany for May Concert

For several years, Eastman has had a partnership with the Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany, and it’s recently been re-energized. As part of a two-year grant from the German government to support collaborations between the schools, the partnership culminates in a concert to be presented on Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 p.m. in Room […]

April 20, 2018

Memorial Art Gallery hosts performance of 18th-century concertos for organ and strings

The Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ returns this month with a special collaboration of Eastman faculty, students, alumni, and guests. Entitled 18th-Century Concertos for Organ and Strings, the concert takes place on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30pm in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery. The program offers a rare […]

April 19, 2018