Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, associate professor at the Eastman School of Music, has received a Fromm Commission, which carries a $10,000 award from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. He is one of only 12 composers selected for the commission, which is considered one of the most prestigious awards in composition. Sanchez-Gutierrez will write a work…
Concerts at Eastman School of Music this semester celebrate a vast range of musical styles and genres through an exciting line-up of guest artists and dramatic performances by world-renowned Eastman faculty, gifted students, and guest artists. On Friday, Jan. 23, Eastman alumna and Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider brings her Jazz Orchestra to the Eastman…
A new series of monthly recitals featuring vocal and instrumental performance majors from the Eastman School of Music starts this month in the stunning and historic St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church. The first concert in the “Eastman at St. Michael’s Series” will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, and features harpist Hillary…
Rochester, N.Y. — A local company is putting world-class music education in the hands of students who may not otherwise be able to attain it. First Niagara has given the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music a $10,000 gift to support music lessons and mentorship of Rochester City School District students, many of whom…
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley will appear in Rochester on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 3 p.m., performing in concert with the Clinch Mountain Boys in Eastman Theatre. Often described as “the elder statesman of bluegrass music,” Stanley is renowned for his banjo picking skills and distinctive tenor voice. Stanley and his late brother Carter first took…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mozart was an entrepreneur: without a patron or permanent paying job at a church or royal court, the 18th century master made a living from a variety of composing and performing assignments across Europe. Fast forward 200 years, and music school students in the United States are not so different. Approximately 330,000…
Members of the Arabesque Winds quintet are, from left: Deidre Huckabay, Elizabeth Spector, Sophia Goluses, Isabel Kim, and Eryn Bauer. Photos by Gerry Szymanski. # # # Arabesque Winds, a woodwind quintet of Eastman School of Music musicians, has won the Harvard Musical Association’s 2009 Arthur W. Foote Prize, the ensemble’s second major award this…
An annual concert that supports the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and continues the legacy of one of the great vocal artists of the 20th century will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund has provided…
Students and ensembles of all ages at the Eastman Community Music School will be showcased during the School’s 11th annual “Holiday Homecoming” series of concerts beginning at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. The performances, many of which include holiday favorites, are free and open to the public and feature ensembles made up of middle school…