Associate Professor Michael Anderson By Ashley Fong Summer @ Eastman’s “Singing Gregorian Chant and Renaissance Polyphony” institute, led by Professor Michael Alan Anderson, will be held at a new location in 2020: Chicago’s Saint Clement Church. Now in its fourth year, this program attracts singers of all ages and backgrounds. In addition to…
The Kilbourn Concert Series announces Voces8 performing in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Wednesday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m. They will also be hosting a master class Wednesday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall that will be free and open to the public. The British vocal ensemble Voces8…
Two Eastman School of Music alumni, Bob Ludwig (BM‘66E, MM‘01E), mastering engineer, and Sunny Yang (BM’04), cellist were winners in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 62nd GRAMMY Awards, Sunday January 26, 2020. Bob Ludwig (BM‘66E, MM‘01E) won the Best Engineered Album, Classical award for Riley: The Suns (Kronos Quartet). Ludwig is a…
A bit of The Pirates of Penzance in Mozart’s Impresario: Behind the umbrella is Trevor Scott (as Tyler); Jordan Costa (Steven Sibley); and Lucy Almada (Sylvia Sibley); Tim Long is at the piano. Photograph by Nic Minetor. This weekend, Eastman Opera Theatre presents a comedic double bill featuring Antonio Salieri’s Prima la musica e…
An evening of Debussy premieres, curated by Eastman School of Music’s Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Music Theory, Marie Rolf, will have a special preview at Eastman on Sunday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall. Featured performers at this event include soprano Susannah Stewart, a current graduate student…
The Eastman-Ranlet Series presents the Schumann Quartet Sunday, February 23, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Their program includes: Mozart’s Quartet in D Major, K. 499 “Hoffmeister”, Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117, and Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. Born into a family of…
The Kilbourn Concert Series announces Avi Avital and Bridget Kibbey, performing on mandolin and harp respectively, in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Thursday, February 20th at 7:30 p.m. The program is comprised entirely of their imaginative arrangements of music by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, Falla, Marc Lavry. Tchaikovsky, and Rodrigo. Bridget…
The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet is back for its first performance of the 2019-20 season on Sunday, February 2, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program will include Franz Schubert’s Quartettsatz, D 703, Kevin Puts’ Dark Vigil (1999), and Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 in G Major,…
Contact: Mimi Hwang, Artistic Director: 585-615-0033; mhwang@esm.rochester.edu Media only: Katey Padden, (585) 274-1052, Mobile (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu “If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will present its second concert of Season 11 on Sunday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Street. Admission to the…
Frank and Buff attempt to hold back the two divas while Mr. Plume gets in the middle of their fight. From left to right: Kevin Spooner, YeJi Lee, Matthew Campisi, McKenzie Warriner, Nathan Savant. Photograph by Jeremy Lopez. In just one week, Eastman Opera Theatre presents a comedic double bill featuring Antonio Salieri’s Prima…