The Orion String Quartet, recognized as one of the country’s foremost chamber ensembles, and pianist Peter Serkin, known for championing contemporary music, join to present the final concert in the 2009-2010 Eastman-Ranlet Series on Sunday, April 11. The program, at 3 p.m. in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall, includes Brahms’s Piano Quintet in…
Myra Hindus, vice president for cultural diversity at Berklee College of Music, is the next speaker in Eastman School of Music’s “Expanding Our Horizons” series. Her presentation, from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 24, in Howard Hanson Hall, is sponsored by the School’s Diversity Committee and is open to the public. Before her…
For the second year, Eastman School of Music is participating in the national food drive “Orchestras Feeding America,” and will be collecting food and monetary donations from Monday, March 15, through Wednesday, March 31. Collection bins will be located in the Main Hall, Miller Center, Messinger Hall, and the Student Living Center, with all donations…
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.…