The first sounds of a new pipe organ being built in Rochester will launch an upcoming festival devoted to the preservation of old and historic organs. At 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, participants in this year’s EROI (Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative) Festival will gather in the sanctuary of Christ Church, 141 East Ave., to…
Faculty members from the Department of Organ and Historical Keyboards will be featured in several recitals throughout the city during this year’s EROI (Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative) Festival Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14. Since no two pipe organs are exactly the same, the series of recitals provides the opportunity to hear the rich…
Scottish-born classical guitarist David Russell, a favorite with both audiences and music critics around the world, will kick off this season’s Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music with a performance at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2. Highly praised for his musicianship, artistry, and stage presence, Russell took up the guitar as a…
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, associate professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music, has been awarded the 2007 Barlow Prize to compose a new work for percussion ensemble. He was selected from 327 composer applications submitted from more than two dozen countries. As the winning composer, Sanchez-Gutierrez will receive a $10,000 commission from the Barlow Endowment…
Local audiences will have the unique opportunity to hear all 51 of Frederick Chopin’s mazurkas presented in a single concert when distinguished pianist Michal Wesolowski performs in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. The special program will have two intermissions and will conclude at 6 p.m. Admission is…
Audience favorite Canadian Brass will join the Eastman Wind Ensemble at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in the Eastman Theatre for a concert kicking off the Ensemble’s recording for their new CD Manhattan Music. The gala performance, under Eastman Wind Ensemble Conductor Mark Davis Scatterday, promises an exciting program that includes a salute to ensemble…
Full Photo Gallery The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music will complete George Eastman’s original vision of an integrated facility “for the enrichment of community life” with a new building for teaching and performance spaces on the site included in the original facility plans. Extending the existing Eastman Theatre, the new wing will complete…
Simon Shaheen, whose performances range from the classic Arabic repertoire to an energetic fusion of Arab, jazz, Western classical, and Latin American music, will perform with his band Qantara at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in Kilbourn Hall as part of the Eastman School of Music’s World Music Series. Described as a virtuoso on the…
Organist Ulrika Davidsson, violinist Christine Hauptly, and soprano Elizabeth Phillips join forces to kick off a new season of Italian Baroque Organ Showcase concerts at the Memorial Art Gallery on Sunday, Sept. 16. Their hour-long recital, at 5:30 p.m. in the Gallery’s Fountain Court, features music by Italian and German masters including Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti,…