Augusta Read Thomas, a member of the composition faculty at the Eastman School of Music, is winner of a sponsorship prize from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation. The award will be presented at a ceremony June 20 in Munich, Germany. The sponsorship of 50,000 German marks (approximately $27,000—$30,000) is not meant to commission a specific…
ROCHESTER, NY — The partnership between the Eastman School of Music and the Rochester City School District formed to enhance music education now carries the name of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated vocal artists. The William Warfield Partnership encompasses all of the programs begun since Eastman and RCSD joined forces in 1996 to…
ROCHESTER, NY – A hurricane has descended on the Eastman School of Music, filling a caffeine-and-calorie void that’s existed for some years. Hurricane Down Under, which sells coffees, pastries, sandwiches, calzones and a variety of other snacks and sweets, is the newest addition to the gathering place known as Fingal’s Internet Café. The food shop…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman School of Music’s New Jazz Ensemble will present “Jammin’ with the New Jazz Ensemble 2000” on Thursday, February 10, throughout the halls of the School at 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester. For this event, musicians of all ages and ability levels are invited to attend free interactive master classes and demonstrations…
ROCHESTER, NY — Just days after his first concerts as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, internationally renowned conductor Yuri Temirkanov comes to the Eastman School of Music for a guest appearance with the Eastman Philharmonia. Temirkanov will conduct Eastman’s premier student orchestra at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the Eastman Theatre, 60…
ROCHESTER, NY — Professional storyteller Jay Stetzer will help bring to life the childhood of several prominent composers — Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rossini, and others — in the next “Musical Elevenses” concert, to be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 29, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). The concert,…
ROCHESTER, NY — William Warfield, one of the great vocal artists of the 20th century, will help usher in the 21st century at his alma mater, the Eastman School of Music. The Grammy Award-winning bass-baritone — who was raised in Rochester and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Eastman in 1942 and 1946, respectively…
ROCHESTER, NY — The archive of photographer Louis Ouzer now has a permanent home at the Eastman School of Music. With the help of anonymous friends, Eastman has acquired the noted Rochester photographer’s life work — thousands of black-and-white images made over the past seven decades of music legends and long-ago students, of local landmarks…
ROCHESTER, NY – The ethereal sound of the theremin ¾ used memorably in the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still and in The Beach Boys ’60s hit Good Vibrations will be heard at the Eastman School of Music in March when the world’s leading virtuoso on the instrument visits. Lydia Kavina, the last…