The Ying Quartet, the Eastman School of Music’s string-quartet-in-residence, presents its third recital of Beethoven’s Quartets this season at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28, in Kilbourn Hall. The program includes Op. 18, No. 1 in F Major, the very first of Beethoven’s quartets; op. 130 in B flat Major, one of his last works; and…
An evening of silent film entertainment, part of a collaborative project involving the University of Rochester, its Eastman School of Music, and the George Eastman House, will include a series of short films scored by Eastman School of Music students. Titled “Film Lost and Found: The Experience of Pre- and Silent Cinema,” the collaborative project…
Two ensembles boasting Eastman School of Music alumni and known for their performances of new works will be joined by iconoclastic German composer Helmut Lachenmann for a guest recital at the Eastman School on Friday, March 26. SIGNAL and JACK Quartet are performing a concert spanning 40 years of Lachenmann’s compositions in honor of his…
Seven opera fans will probably come up with seven different answers when asked to pick their favorite opera. Chances are they can catch a highlight from their choice in Kodak Hall this month. For its spring production, Eastman Opera Theatre will present fully staged scenes from seven different works. The Opera Gala will tap the…
As individual soloists and chamber musicians appearing in concert halls around the world, Eastman School of Music faculty members are no strangers to the New York City performance scene. But a faculty ensemble playing as representatives of Eastman has not appeared in New York since the early 1980s, when the School presented an annual series…
Events in several locations around the Rochester area will give local audiences more opportunities to attend and enjoy the activities presented during the Eastman School of Music’s sixth annual Women in Music Festival. Recitals featuring musicians from the Eastman School and Nazareth College, guest artists, lectures, and poetry readings will spotlight the many achievements and…
University of Rochester Vice President Paul Burgett will launch a series of three presentations this spring as part of the Eastman School of Music’s “Expanding Our Horizons” guest speaker series. The presentations, which are sponsored by the School’s Diversity Committee, are open to the community and address issues and challenges of diversity in music schools.…
The Eastman School of Music will again host one of the live regional auditions as well as the finals of the annual Lotte Lenya Competition, giving local audiences plenty of opportunities to catch the rising stars of musical theater. Twenty-two singing actors, including eight Eastman singers, will audition beginning at noon on Saturday, Feb. 20,…
The Ying Quartet’s annual LifeMusic presentation of commissioned works will feature a new work by Richard Danielpour during the next Eastman-Ranlet Series concert on Sunday, Feb. 21. Danielpour is one of the most sought-after contemporary composers and has been commissioned by some of the world’s leading music institutions, including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia…
Four students have been chosen to give individual performances representing the Eastman School of Music in the prestigious Conservatory Project at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Percussionist Tomasz Arnold, soprano Rebecca Farley, saxophonist Doug O’Connor, and pianist Zhang Zuo perform in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, March 3, as part of the…