Vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris, considered one of the leading young jazz artists in the country, will be at the Eastman School of Music on Thursday, March 26. He will conduct a master class with jazz and percussion students. In addition, he will lecture on the topic “Listening to Jazz” at 11:30 a.m. in Room ESM 120…
One of the world’s best-loved comic operas, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”), comes to the Eastman Theatre stage for four performances April 2 through 5. The fast-paced story revolves around the timeless themes of love and misunderstanding, with a cast of memorable characters and beautiful melodies that have made the work…
The Eastman School of Music is participating in “Orchestras Feeding America,” the first national food drive by America’s orchestras, and will be collecting food and monetary donations now through Monday, March 30. Collection bins will be located throughout that period in the Main Hall, Miller Center, Messinger Hall, and the Student Living Center, with all…
Musicians, scholars, and individuals around the world will have free online access to more rare and unique scores in the collections of the Eastman School of Music’s Sibley Music Library as a result of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH has awarded the Sibley Music Library a two-year $273,820 grant…
Music by lutenist Dieter Hennings, cellist Matt Huber, organist Mark Edwards, and mezzo soprano Kate Maroney will highlight the next concert in the “Eastman at St. Michael’s Series.” The concert, part of a series of monthly recitals, will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, in the historic St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church.…
Eastman School of Music junior Zhang Zuo is one of only 30 pianists from around the world selected to compete in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition this May. Founded in 1962 in honor of Van Cliburn, the American winner of the first Tchaikovsky International Competition, the quadrennial event has been described as “the…
An interactive concert, two silent film shorts, readings by local poets of their works, premieres of new compositions, and performances in the community are just some of the events highlighting the fifth annual Women in Music Festival at the Eastman School of Music. Running from Monday, March 23, through Friday, March 27, the festival celebrates…
Eastman School of Music sophomore Nicholas Fitton has been named a winner in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Project and will be flown to New York City next month to participate in a classical music summit and a live performance in Carnegie Hall. Fitton will perform the piccolo part in composer Tan Dun’s “The Internet Symphony”…
The Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, a 23-member ensemble of the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS), won the Big Band Category in the first annual Charles Mingus High School Competition. The competition was part of a three-day festival held at the Manhattan School of Music Friday, Feb. 20, to Sunday, Feb. 22, celebrating Mingus, a renowned…