Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces 17 performances for the Fall 2021 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning concert venues. “Always a beacon in the entirety of concerts presented at Eastman, the Faculty…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator – Eastman School of Music (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Eli Campbell, Media & Events Coordinator – Eastman Community Music School (585)274-1403, ecampbell@esm.rochester.edu For more than a century, Eastman School of Music’s historic campus has attracted leading performers and teachers from around the world. With the…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Eastman School of Music Organ Department kicks off a new season of Tuesday Pipes — 25-30 minute organ recitals by Eastman students, faculty, and guests as part of the department’s ongoing initiative to bring outstanding organ music to the Rochester community. These…
For Media Only: Eastman: Katey Padden; (585) 248-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu For Institute for Music Leadership: Rachel Roberts (585) 275-1730, rroberts@esm.rochester.edu For ArtistShare®: Jana Dagdagan, publicity@artistshare.com The Eastman/ArtistShare New Artist Program announces their 2021 artists Caitleen Kahn and Charlie Halloran, as well as their 2020 ArtistShare artist; fivebyfive (made up of four Eastman alumni). The ArtistShare…
Nurturing the Love of Music, the third volume of Vincent Lenti’s history of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, has now been published by University of Rochester Press. This most recent addition to the written history of the school focuses on the period when Robert Freeman served as the school’s fourth…
Media only: Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications, (585)278-4743, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, officially begins its Centennial Celebration July 1, 2021. Their 100 years of history and 18-month-long celebration will include more than 50 new compositions, world premieres,…
**Postponed until the Spring of 2022** Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Postcard from Morocco, released for on-demand streaming starting December 15th. Postcard from Morocco is by Eastman alumnus Dominick Argento ‘58E (PhD) and John Donahue. This production will be directed by Steven Daigle and music directed by Timothy Long. This innovative production…
Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu A Gateways Orchestra concert in New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall will highlight the 2022 Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, according to plans announced today. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November,…
Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Elizabeth Cree, released for on-demand streaming starting July 9.This suspenseful and highly theatrical opera, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts ‘94E and a libretto by Mark Campbell, is based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd. This production will be…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator: (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Mozart Mayhem, released for on-demand streaming starting May 28.Mozart Mayhem will bring an inventive, immersive twist to scenes and arias from three of the composer’s most beloved operas: Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Die…