FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2016 Alden Snell, II, Appointed to Music Education Faculty at the Eastman School of Music ROCHESTER, N.Y.â Alden Snell, II, has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester as Assistant Professor of Music Education beginning in the fall of 2016.  Dr.…
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2016 Cineshape featuring Amy Williams and the JACK Quartet Comes to the Eastman School of Music on May 3 Pianist/composer Amy Williams, along with the JACK Quartet, Linsey Goodman, flute, and Scott Christian, percussion, will be featured in a special performance of âCineshapeâ at Eastman School of…
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2016 Darren Mueller appointed to Musicology Department at the Eastman School of Music Rochester, NY – The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Mueller to the position of assistant professor of musicology starting in the fall semester of 2016-17. Darren has taught music…
EASTMAN PRESENTS 2016-2017 (All at 8:00 PM in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre) Thursday, September 29, 2016 Break of Reality Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Kelli OâHara Saturday, November 12, 2016 Eastman Philharmonia Neil Varon, conductor RenĂ©e Fleming, soprano Program: Ravel:  Rapsodie espagnole Kevin Puts: World Premiere Prokofiev:  Symphony No. 5 Monday, December 12, 2016 In War & Peace:…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.âRenowned bassoonist and educator George Sakakeeny has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester beginning in the fall of 2016. He has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras around the world, including engagements in Vienna at the historic Musikverein, with the Cleveland Orchestra at…
 Eastman’s Third Annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert, âA Time to RememberâŠâ, will take place on May 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall.  This year’s concert, performed by distinguished Eastman faculty members, showcases the music of Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann, Robert Kahn, and Leroy Osman, composers who perished in or survived the Holocaust, or who…
On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Eastman School of Music will host a colloquium and concert honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Milton Babbitt. Milton Babbitt (1916â2011) was one of the most extraordinary American composers and musical thinkers of the twentieth century. According to Professor of Theory Zachary Bernstein, âBabbitt was a…
One of the greatest works in the repertoire for chorus and orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williamsâs A Sea Symphony, will be presented by forces from the Eastman School of Music on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The immense work brings together the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman Philharmonia,…
âIf Music Be the FoodâŠâ, the concert series benefiting Rochesterâs Foodlink, will present the final concert of its seventh season on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at St Paulâs Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road (at East Avenue) in Rochester.  âIf Music Be the FoodâŠâ is a grass roots community project whose mission is to increase awareness…