Twenty-three teen-age pianists from six countries are coming to the Eastman School of Music this month, hoping to return home with prizes from the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. And for the first time since the competition was launched in 1997, the finalists will play the deciding concerto round not with second piano accompaniment,…
Sri Lankan chants, Bulgarian accordion melodies, and hammered dulcimer compositions will fill Kilbourn Hall for Mitzie Collins’s popular annual World Music Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 18. For the 16th year, Collins, a faculty member of the Eastman Community Music School, has gathered a group of musical friends to produce a program as part…
Sing at the Eastman School of Music this July in air-conditioned comfort! Singers of all ages and abilities are again invited to take part in “Eastman Summer Sings,” a popular series of choral music reading sessions held Tuesday evenings in July at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall beginning July 6. Each program features one choral masterwork, the…
Saxophonist Erik Stabnau of Brighton and guitarist Alex Patrick of Penfield are the recipients of the ninth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music Scholarships and will attend the Eastman School this fall as first-years in the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. As part of the 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival,…
The 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival prominently features Eastman School of Music students, faculty, and alumni in the nine-day celebration in downtown Rochester. Held in the area surrounding Eastman’s campus on Gibbs Street, colloquially known as “Jazz Street” during the festival, the 2010 XRIJF will envelop Rochester’s East End in bebop, hardbop, latin, swing, and…
André J. Washington’s recent graduation from the Eastman School of Music culminated four years of intense study but not his education overall: the flutist was awarded a 2010 Fulbright Research Grant and will be continuing his schooling in France. Selected from the largest applicant pool to date, Washington will use his national award to study…
Clive Gillinson, executive and artistic director of Carnegie Hall, will give the Commencement Address and receive the Eastman School of Music’s Luminary Award during the School’s commencement at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. In addition, faculty member Vincent Lenti will receive the University of Rochester’s Charles Force Hutchison and…
Graham Keir, left, and Gabriel Condon won DownBeat Student Music Awards. # # # Two Eastman School of Music jazz guitarists, senior Graham Keir and freshman Gabriel Condon, have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 33rd annual student music awards. Keir won an undergraduate college Jazz Soloist award, and Condon was recognized with an…
Members of the Red Line Saxophone Quartet are, from left: Brandon Kies, Douglas O’Connor, Gao Qun, and Quinn Lewis. Photo by Gerry Szymanski. # # # Red Line Saxophone Quartet was awarded the grand prize at the 2010 Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition, winning its fourth prestigious competition in two months. The group, which includes…
Eastman School of Music faculty, students, and alumni will join together for the final program in a series of chamber music concerts to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink, a non-profit regional food bank that distributes food to soup kitchens, shelters and emergency food pantries, and to non-emergency programs such as group homes and senior centers. The concert…