DownBeat, often described as âthe bible of jazz,â has recognized the Eastman School of Musicâs Eastman Chamber Jazz Ensemble under director Jeff Campbell for outstanding undergraduate college performance in the magazineâs 37th annual Student Awards competition. The publication also chose a work by Eastman musician Michael Conrad as the best original composition for a large…
Elizabeth Bucura has been appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Eastman School of Music beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. Bucura is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University, where she recently earned her doctoral degree. She has also been an online course facilitator for Boston University. Her research has investigated music educators…
A wide variety of renowned guest artists, ranging from musical theater and television stars Jason Alexander and Bernadette Peters to the classical music worldâs Emerson and Dover String Quartets, will appear on Eastman School of Music stages during the 2014-2015 concert season. Alexander and Peters are among the headliners for Eastman Presents, a new series…
The Eastman Community Music Schoolâs New Horizons Concert and Symphonic Bands will present a free spring concert at 7 p.m. Monday, May 19, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The 90-minute program will feature Broadway tunes, marches, and popular songs. Works performed by the Concert Band will include a tribute to Elvis Presley, while the…
Music and motion combine in an upcoming performance on the Eastman School of Musicâs Italian Baroque Organ at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the Fountain Court at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled âOrgan and the Body,â the program showcases the collaborative work of three choreographers and four musicians, each responding to the artwork and…
Holly Watkins, associate professor of musicology at the University of Rochesterâs Eastman School of Music, has been awarded a 2014-2015 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship to support work on her new book, Echoes of the Nonhuman: Organicism, Biology, and Musical Aesthetics from the Enlightenment to the Present. One of only 65 scholars from…
âIf Music Be the FoodâŠâ, a concert series benefiting Rochesterâs Foodlink, will conclude its fifth season with an exciting program of music on Friday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paulâs Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd., Rochester. The concert will open with Eastman School of Music Professor of Harp, Kathleen Bride, and St. Paulâs…
Dariusz Terefenko, associate professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at the University of Rochesterâs Eastman School of Music, has published Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study. Accompanied by a DVD and a companion website, the comprehensive 490-page textbook is designed for use in the classroom or at home by individual musicians. As a…
Works by Jewish composers who died in or survived the atrocities of World War II will be performed by Eastman School of Music faculty and students in a concert to mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) on Sunday, April 27. Titled âA Time to Remember . . .â, the concert was spearheaded and organized by…