Eastman School Presents Concert of Organ and Orchestral Works At Sacred Heart Cathedral

Organ and orchestra performances by Eastman School of Music graduate students will be presented at Sacred Heart Cathedral during “A Concert of Concertos” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. Four soloists will be joined by the Eastman Graduate Chamber Orchestra under Professor Neil Varon and assistant conductors Conner Gray Covington and Christopher Unger. The concert…

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A Bittersweet Symphony: New Book Aims to Help Aspiring Musicians Avoid Becoming Starving Artists

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an extraordinary musician, perhaps history’s greatest composer. He should have amassed a fortune. Instead, he died penniless. Many musicians throughout history have suffered a similar fate, unable to turn their dedication and talent into a successful career. A new book by Ramon Ricker, a senior administrator at the University of Rochester’s…

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Eastman Musicians Featured in Berlin Film Fest

A film and music festival program in Berlin put the spotlight on composers and musicians from the Eastman School of Music. “Old Films and New Music,” presented by the Kurt Weill Festival, featured little-known short films from the 1920s and 1930s by Bauhaus master and avant-garde artist László Moholy-Nagy. The music accompanying the works was…

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