The 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival prominently features Eastman School of Music students, faculty, and alumni in the nine-day celebration in downtown Rochester. Held in the area surrounding Eastman’s campus on Gibbs Street, colloquially known as “Jazz Street” during the festival, the 2010 XRIJF will envelop Rochester’s East End in bebop, hardbop, latin, swing, and…
André J. Washington’s recent graduation from the Eastman School of Music culminated four years of intense study but not his education overall: the flutist was awarded a 2010 Fulbright Research Grant and will be continuing his schooling in France. Selected from the largest applicant pool to date, Washington will use his national award to study…
Clive Gillinson, executive and artistic director of Carnegie Hall, will give the Commencement Address and receive the Eastman School of Music’s Luminary Award during the School’s commencement at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. In addition, faculty member Vincent Lenti will receive the University of Rochester’s Charles Force Hutchison and…
Graham Keir, left, and Gabriel Condon won DownBeat Student Music Awards. # # # Two Eastman School of Music jazz guitarists, senior Graham Keir and freshman Gabriel Condon, have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 33rd annual student music awards. Keir won an undergraduate college Jazz Soloist award, and Condon was recognized with an…
Members of the Red Line Saxophone Quartet are, from left: Brandon Kies, Douglas O’Connor, Gao Qun, and Quinn Lewis. Photo by Gerry Szymanski. # # # Red Line Saxophone Quartet was awarded the grand prize at the 2010 Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition, winning its fourth prestigious competition in two months. The group, which includes…
Eastman School of Music faculty, students, and alumni will join together for the final program in a series of chamber music concerts to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink, a non-profit regional food bank that distributes food to soup kitchens, shelters and emergency food pantries, and to non-emergency programs such as group homes and senior centers. The concert…
This year’s recipient of an annual scholarship awarded by the Rochester Chapter, The Links, Incorporated, to an Eastman School of Music student will present a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Nicholas Wiggins, a baritone in the studio of Professor Jan Opalach, received the award, which is a…
Velvet Brown, professor of tuba and euphonium at Pennsylvania State University, will present a lecture recital as part of the Eastman School of Music’s “Expanding Our Horizons” series. She will discuss “Music, Gender and Stereotypes: Multiplying the Challenges as an African American Woman in the World of Low Brass,” and will perform works by Mozart,…
Rochester, N. Y. — Inspiring audiences is part of everyday life for Eastman School of Music students; now, thanks to the investment of a local company, Eastman students are also mentoring and providing motivation to young people every day. First Niagara has given the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music a $10,000 gift to…