Eastman-Ranlet Series Presents: Aizuri Quartet

The Eastman-Ranlet Series presents the Aizuri Quartet Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Through its engaging and thought-provoking programs, branded by The New York Times as “genuinely exciting” and “imaginative,” the The Aizuri Quartet has garnered critical acclaim for bringing “a technical bravado and emotional power”…

The Kodak Hall Concert Series Presents: Bobby McFerrin

The Kodak Hall Concert Series announces Bobby McFerrin Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Eastman School of Music’s Kodak Hall. McFerrin’s exhilarating vocal vocabulary -call-and-response, global rhythms, soaring melodies, lush harmonies, funny noises, invented language, silence, prayers, and laughter—reminds us all of how much fun it is to be alive, to lift our voices,…

GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL BECOMES AN ANNUAL EVENT THIS YEAR

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   After a highly successful 2019 season, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, announced today it will become an annual event starting in the fall of 2020. A critically acclaimed series featuring world-class classical…

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Gender Equity In Music Conference

Eastman School of Music, at the University of Rochester, will be hosting the first Gender Equity in Music Conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The purpose of this conference is to surface issues of gender inequity in music and design strategies to address them, as well as to help participants learn skills necessary to address and change…

Summer@Eastman 2020: Balance and Focus for Orchestral Clarinetists

Associate Professor of Clarinet Michael Wayne   One of the new offerings for Summer@Eastman 2020 is the institute Professional Development for the Orchestral Clarinetist, to be offered from August 3 through 5. Teaching this course is Eastman’s new Associate Professor of Clarinet, Michael Wayne. A member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops clarinet…

Summer@Eastman 2020: Summer Jazz Studies Reflections

Top: Andre Weinberger, ESM ‘23, who attended Summer Jazz Studies in 2018. Photo credit: Joy Yagid. Bottom: Robert Varon, ESM ‘23, a Summer Jazz Studies alumnus from 2017. Photo credit: Arian David Photography.   By Eli Campbell, Media & Events Coordinator, Eastman Community Music School Eastman Experience: Summer Jazz Studies: “This rigorous two-week program provides…