Emily Helenbrook, a freshman at the University of Rochesterâs 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 âO luce di questâanimaâ from…
Duo Diorama, composed of violinist MingHuan Xu and pianist Winston Choi, will give the Rochester premiere of Robert Morrisâs new work  . . . gradually . . . during a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Eastman School of Musicâs 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 âOrgan and the Body,â the first of this yearâs monthly series of Third Sunday Concerts with the Italian Baroque Organ features organist Stephen Kennedy and dancers led by…
The Eastman School of Music, in conjunction with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the seventh annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Tuesday, Nov. 6th, from 5 to 7 p.m. High school and college students who are considering schools with programs in music will have the…
(Rochester, New York) ââIf Music Be the FoodâŠâ , a concert series benefiting Rochesterâ Foodlink, will open its fourth season with an exciting program of music for organ, strings, brass, and percussion at St. Paulâs Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road (at East Avenue) in Rochester, on Sunday evening, October 21, 2012 at 7:30 PM. âIf…
The Rape of Lucretia, Benjamin Brittenâs 20th century treatment of a tragic ancient tale of power, corruption, violence, and virtue, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre Thursday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. âLucretiaâs story is relevant today; we donât have to look far into our…
The signature ensemble of the famed Boston Early Music Festival opens the new season of the Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music with two performances, at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Hatch Recital Hall. Directed by Eastman Professor and lutenist Paul OâDette and virtuoso violinist Robert Mealy,…
The University of Rochester YellowJackets kick off the new season of âEastman at St. Michaelâsâ this Sunday, Sept. 23, with a program that includes songs and stories from the groupâs 2011 trip to Kenya, and performance of music for peace during the 4 p.m. Mass. âEastman at St. Michaelâsâ is a series of monthly recitals…
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento, who will be celebrating his 85th birthday on October 27, has made a commitment through a charitable remainder trust which will endow a professorship at the University of Rochesterâs Eastman School of Music at $1.5 million. In honor of Argento, who received his Ph.D. in composition at Eastman in 1958,…