Each year, the Eastman School of Music and the Beal Institute of Film Music and Contemporary Media present a unique departmental recital. On January 12, 2023, at 8:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall, Visual Music 5.0 presents the Beal Institute’s second-year graduate students in a live-to-picture staging of their original compositions. Each composer will conduct the…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is pleased to announce a special performance in the Eastman Presents concert series: Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine (Lviv). Presented in collaboration with RocMaidan and the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union (UFCU), the orchestra will perform in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, January 31, 2023, at…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists, inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe. The next Wellness at Eastman seminar will be on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 6 p.m.: Sleep – Our Superpower, presented by…
Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester is pleased to announce that Gateways Music Festival has received a $1.2M grant from the New York City-based Bay & Paul Foundations. The Bay & Paul Foundations, a Gateways supporter since 2019, was a lead sponsor of the Gateways Orchestra’s…
Robert O. “Robin” Lehman, an internationally renowned Rochester-based glass artist and documentary filmmaker, has established the Marie Rolf Dean of Graduate Studies Endowed Fund at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. This gift creates two named positions: the Marie Rolf Dean of Graduate Studies and the Robert O. Lehman Graduate Fellowship. Both honor…
In this Summer@Eastman 2023 blog post, you can meet the S@E Marketing Intern: Violist and DMA Candidate Joyce Tseng, who, as you’ll read, is enjoying her many performing, educational, and professional development opportunities at Eastman and the University of Rochester. My name is Joyce Tseng, and I’m a third-year DMA student at the Eastman…
This feature article originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Eastman Notes. Eastman invited the Rochester community to its celebration of the 100th anniversary of the official opening of its doors to the public on March 3, 1922. This date marked the beginning of a long relationship between Rochesterians and the burgeoning new music…
As the year draws to a close and we look ahead to 2023, we are delighted to spend the winter months in Eastman’s outstanding concert venues–Kodak Hall, Kilbourn Hall, and Hatch Recital Hall–presenting the music of world-class musicians. “This new year, make the resolution to immerse yourself in great music,” offers Mike Stefiuk, Director of Concert…
Several graduates of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 65th GRAMMY Awards: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Ron Carter ’59E, ’10 (Honorary), Remembering Bob Freedman Steve Gadd ’68E, ’17 (Honorary), Center Stage Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Renée Fleming ‘83E (MM), ’11 (Honorary), Voice…