Two world-renowned stars of the opera stage, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and current Professor of Voice, Anthony Dean Griffey will perform a benefit concert Sunday, February 18, at 7 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Together von Stade and Griffey, with pianist Russell Miller, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire, will…
The Eastman-Ranlet Series bring the Takács Quartet Sunday, February 18, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Their program includes Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575, Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, SZ. 40, and Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80. Made up of Edward Dusinberre…
Spotlights Rising Vocal Stars Eight Eastman School of Music voice and opera students will compete in the finals of the Friends of Eastman (FEO) Opera Voice Competition at 8 p.m. Friday, February 9, in Kilbourn Hall. The FEO event gives local audiences the opportunity to hear rising vocal talents early in their careers while providing…
The Faculty Artist Series presents George Sakakeeny, Professor of Bassoon at the Eastman School of Music, Saturday, January 27, at 4 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes: Mignone: Valsa Braziliera 6a for Solo Bassoon; Augusta Read Thomas: Pilgrim Soul for bassoon and cellos; Stravinsky’s Octet, as well as…
The Kilbourn Concert Series presents Camerata RCO: Musicians of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tuesday, January 23 at 8 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 and Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20. Formed by members of Amsterdam’s famed Royal Concertgebouw…
The Faculty Artist Series presents internationally lauded violinist Bin Huang, at the Eastman School of Music, Sunday, February 11, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 by Aniun Huang. Internationally lauded violinist Bin Huang has built a concert career appearing with…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Alan Harris, Distinguished Professor of Violoncello, Saturday, February 3, at 8 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The concert, titled “An Evening of Trios”, includes performances by Eastman faculty members Bin Huang on violin and Siu Yan Luk on piano. The program includes trios for…
The Faculty Artist Series, along with the Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series presents organist Edoardo Bellotti, Associate Professor of Organ, Harpsichord and Improvisation, Friday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park. The program is entitled “From Christmas to Easter: An Organ Meditation for the Feast of the Presentation of…
A private world between brother and sister is played out with imagination and destruction in Eastman Opera Theatre’s upcoming performance of Les Enfants Terribles by Philip Glass on February 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Annex 804 at Eastman School of Music. This hybrid dance-opera with music by Philip Glass, and text adapted from the work of…
The next installment in the Third Thursday concert series (featuring Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ) will be performed by the Christ Church Schola Cantorum, a Rochester-based ensemble specializing in Gregorian chant, music of the Renaissance and Baroque, and choral improvisation. Directed by Stephen Kennedy, the Schola Cantorum will present “Illumination: Organ and Voices” on Thursday, February…