The list of nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards features several graduates of the Eastman School of Music, including bassist Ron Carter (BM ’59), soprano Renée Fleming (MM ’83), composer/percussionist John Hollenbeck (BM ’90 and MM ’91), and percussionist Christopher Lamb (BM ’81). In addition, a Grammy nomination went to ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, whose…
Eastman School of Music students Hsin-Mei (Tracy) Chang, Elizabeth Smith, and Matthew Grills were named the winners of this year’s Friends of Eastman Opera voice competition, held November 19 in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Chang, a soprano, was awarded first place in this year’s event. She received the Lynne Clarke Vocal Prize in the amount…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Wondering how to interpret the flute solo in Ravel’s Bolero? Or not sure about the tempo for the second trombone in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5? The Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership today unveiled online Speed Lessons, designed to help students gain insights into the orchestral repertoire for their instrument. In…
The benefit concert series “If Music Be the Food…” will open its third season with a concert at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Street (at East Avenue) in Rochester, on Sunday evening, November 20, at 7:30 PM. The concert series involves Eastman School of Music faculty and students, members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and…
Eastman School of Music faculty member Rachel Remmel has been awarded a research grant of $31,920 from the Spencer Foundation and will spend the 2011-2012 academic year writing a book that explains the architectural origins of the graded school model that is used in most American schools today. She will spend time in Boston, Philadelphia,…
Eight Eastman School of Music voice and opera students will compete in the finals of the Friends of Eastman (FEO) Opera Voice Competition at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in Kilbourn Hall. The FEO event gives local audiences the opportunity to hear rising vocal talents early in their careers while providing singers the chance to compete…
The Eastman School of Music, in conjunction with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the sixth annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. Top colleges from around the country will have representatives throughout two connected locations at Eastman, the…
What do a church organist and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck have in common? They both improvise at the keyboard. In fact, according to David Higgs of the Eastman School of Music, the organ is the only instrument that has maintained improvisation throughout centuries of music history. “Much of the music that we think of today…
