Eastman School of Music Alumni Receive Nominations In the 65th GRAMMY Awards

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…

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National Science Foundation Grants $1.8 Million to Build Foundation for New Music Production Ecosystem: Researchers from the University of Rochester and Northwestern University Collaborate

A team of researchers from the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, Warner School of Education & Human Development, Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, and School of Arts & Sciences, along with Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, are collaborating to leverage and better utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) to empower musicians to…

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Eastman School of Music Presents Brahms’ Treasured “German Requiem” on December 2, 2022

On Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, the Eastman-Rochester Chorus (ERC) and the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra (ESSO) will perform Johannes Brahms’ German Requiem, op. 45 (Ein Deutsches Requiem). The concert will be conducted by William Weinert and features student soloists Mary Fetterman ‘24E (MM), soprano, and Isaac Pendley ‘23E (MM), baritone.…

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How Bright the Sunlight: Eastman Philharmonia Performs World Premiere by Anthony Davis and Joy Harjo as a Gift to the Haudenosaunee People

On December 5, 2022, the Eastman School of Music will present the world premiere of 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis’ How Bright the Sunlight, a work for symphony orchestra and narrator, with a libretto curated by the first Native American US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. The narration is based on both the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving…

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Neil Varon conducts Eastman Philharmonia

Exciting Programs from the Eastman Philharmonia & Eastman School Symphony Orchestra for the Remainder of Fall 2022 Semester

Two of Eastman’s most prestigious orchestras, the Eastman Philharmonia and the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra (ESSO), under the baton of celebrated conductor Neil Varon, present a beautiful series of concerts this fall/winter. With repertoire that ranges from Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Beethoven to the premiere of a very special piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis,…

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