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“The director’s role is to tell stories”: Eastman Opera Theatre’s directing student Ian Silverman

The Naples Opera production of Carmen, for which Ian Silverman served as associate stage director.   By Sarah Forestieri Fresh from his directorial debut with Opera Naples working as an associate stage director on Bizet’s Carmen, Eastman Opera Theatre’s directing student, Ian Silverman, shares his thoughts on everything opera, including his upcoming production with Eastman…

Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Medical Center Join Forces to Launch Eastman Performing Arts Medicine

For media only: Media contact, University of Rochester Medical Center: Reagan McNameeKing (585-276-6085, Reagan_mcnameeking@urmc.rochester.edu)   The Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have unveiled a collaboration that’s laying a foundation for clinicians, artists and researchers to innovate connections between health and the arts. The new initiative, Eastman Performing Arts Medicine…

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Eastman Rochester Chorus Performs Music of Leonard Bernstein and Franz Liszt

  Choral-orchestral concert will be a benefit for the Notre Dame Cathedral organ By Sarah Forestieri Photographs by Noemi Binag This coming Friday, the Eastman Rochester Chorus will present its final concert of the season with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, featuring a unique program consisting of Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah, along with the…

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Really at home singing: Links Scholarship recipient Alexis Peart

2019 Links Scholarship recipient Alexis Peart By Andrew Bockman The Links Scholarship, a collaborative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eastman School of Music, recognizes the extraordinary talent and academic achievement of an African-American scholar musician. The 2019 recipient is a third-year student and mezzo-soprano, Alexis Peart. Students…

Eastman School of Music and League of American Orchestras to Co-Produce Significant Academic Resource for Orchestra Management Development Programs

League of American Orchestras Rachelle Schlosser, Director of Media Relations and Communications rschlosser@americanorchestras.org, (646) 822-4027   The Eastman School of Music and the League of American Orchestras will collaborate on a one-year pilot program to co-produce and launch a new category of the Eastman Case Studies focused on orchestra management. Highlighting League member orchestras, the…