Another magnificent instrument is being added to Rochester’s collection of outstanding organs as the recently restored 1893 Hook and Hastings Organ, installed in Christ Church over the summer and fall, receives its inaugural concert on Friday, Nov. 30. Made by one of the premier American organ builders of the 19th century, the instrument will be…
The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet will give two performances of their upcoming Eastman-Ranlet Series concert featuring a new work by Brooklyn-based composer Kenji Bunch. The original concert date of Sunday, Dec. 2, will be for series subscribers and is being supplemented by another presentation for the general public at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. …
Christopher Shultis, Professor of Composition, Percussion and Music Theory, Emeritus, at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, will deliver the first in a series of three lectures on composer, writer, and musical philosopher John Cage at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Room 209 of the Eastman School of Music’s main building. This year…
Internationally praised guitarist Raphaella Smits will perform in the Eastman School of Music’s Hatch Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, as part of the School’s Kilbourn Concert Series. Recognized as “an uncommonly musical guitarist” (Tim Page, New York Times), Smits plays worldwide on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. She studied classical music at…
Eastman School of Music faculty members are renowned soloists and chamber musicians who fill concert halls around the world, and their recitals at the School are an important part of their performing schedules. The Eastman Faculty Artist Series, sponsored by Patricia Ward-Baker, gives local music lovers the opportunity to catch these internationally lauded artists on…
Emily Helenbrook, a freshman at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, will be heard singing on the national public radio series From the Top this Sunday, Oct. 28, airing at 5 p.m. on local station WXXI Classical 91.5/FM-HD91.5-1. An 18-year-old soprano from Alexander, N.Y., Helenbrook performs the aria “O luce di quest’anima” from…
Duo Diorama, composed of violinist MingHuan Xu and pianist Winston Choi, will give the Rochester premiere of Robert Morris’s new work . . . gradually . . . during a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Eastman School of Music’s Hatch Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.…
The audience for the Sunday, Oct. 21, concert on the Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery will enjoy a performance combining music and motion. Titled “Organ and the Body,” the first of this year’s monthly series of Third Sunday Concerts with the Italian Baroque Organ features organist Stephen Kennedy and dancers led by…
