ROCHESTER, NY – Brooks Smith, professor of piano and accompanying at the Eastman School of Music from 1966-1972 and perhaps the most well known and beloved American pianist-accompanist of his generation, died Tuesday, October 31, 2000, in California after a brief illness. He was 88. Born in McAllen, Texas, in 1912, Smith started his piano…
ROCHESTER, NY – Renowned jazz trumpeter and newly appointed Eastman School of Music jazz faculty member Clay Jenkins, who has performed as a member of the Count Basie, Sten Kenton, and Buddy Rich orchestras, will make his Rochester debut in a performance with the Eastman Jazz Trio at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, in Kilbourn…
ROCHESTER, NY – Swedish composer and pianist Lars Jansson will perform a concert of his original music with the Eastman School of Music’s New Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m., Saturday, November 18, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). The concert is free and open to the public. Jansson is a faculty member of the Royal…
ROCHESTER, NY — Barry Tuckwell, revered in music circles as “the god of the horn,” returns to the Eastman School of Music next month for a three-day residency, November 2-4. During his stay, the horn virtuoso (who was in residence at the School in the spring of 1999) will guest conduct the 25-member Eastman Horn…
ROCHESTER, NY – The Eastman Opera Theatre opens its fall season with The Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten’s haunting operatic setting of Henry James’ classic loss-of-innocence tale. The production will be staged at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, November 2-4, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 5, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall (26…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky’s revolutionary musical masterpiece, will be the featured work in a concert this fall by the Eastman Philharmonia, the premier student orchestra of the Eastman School of Music. The concert, conducted by Brad Lubman, assistant professor of conducting and ensembles, begins at 8 p.m., Friday, October 27,…
ROCHESTER, NY – A new exhibit featuring works by Rochester photographer Louis Ouzer will be on display this fall at the Eastman School of Music’s Sibley Music Library (27 Gibbs St.). "An Eastman Portrait: Through the Eyes of Louis Ouzer" will be open to the public for viewing during normal library hours beginning Wednesday, October…
ROCHESTER, NY – Zhe Tang, an Eastman School of Music doctoral candidate who studies with Professor of Piano Barry Snyder, received the silver medal in the First Grieg International Piano Competition – an intensive competition sponsored by the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Oslo (Norway) Grieg Society. After competing in preliminary rounds against…
ROCHESTER, NY – Christian Lane, a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, recently won a national organ performance competition at the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival held earlier this month in Wethersfield, CT. This competition is designed to give young organists performance experience, instruction from well-known educators, and the chance to meet peer musicians. Lane,…