Presented by EARS [Eastman Audio Research Studio] Supported by and in partnership with Benson Forum for Creativity, Visual Studies Workshop Rochester, and UCIS (University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies), University of Rochester Thursday, March 22, 2018 through Friday, March 23, 2018 Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, New York 14604 Visual Studies Workshop, 31…
A Night of Jazz Honoring one of the Great Pioneers: Including The Monty Alexander Trio and Piano Duo Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes 2018 would have been Marian McPartland’s 100th birthday year, and to celebrate her legacy, her vibrant music and deep connection to the Eastman School of Music, Eastman Presents “Marian McPartland Centennial Celebration” on…
Eastman to Go (formerly Music for All) launches this spring with several community events throughout Rochester in March and April. Several visits to elementary through high schools are planned, but Eastman to Go also focuses on community outreach; a number of events are scheduled at libraries and retirement homes, all of which are free and…
The Faculty Artist Series presents harpsichordist Edoardo Bellotti, Associate Professor of Organ, Harpsichord and Improvisation, Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. The program is a Francois Couperin 350th Anniversary Celebration, titled ‘’Francois Couperin and his Time”. Included are movements from Couperin’s L’Art de toucher le…
The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet is back in its prominent position within the Eastman-Ranlet Series, with its third performance this season on Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m., at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Their program this concert includes Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12, Berg’s String Quartet, Op.…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Mikhail Kopelman, Professor of violin, together with Anna Gurfinkel, piano, Monday, March 26, at 8 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes Brahms’s String Sextet, Op. 111, and selections from his Hungarian Dances, featuring Eastman faculty members Willa Finck, violin; Masumi Per Rostad and…
Eastman Opera Theatre Brings Broadway Hit to Kodak Hall Eastman Opera Theatre’s upcoming performance of The Light in the Piazza, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, and book by Craig Lucas, will be presented April 5, 6, 7, and 8 at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. This stunning musical is the winner of six Tony…
This month, the Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ presents Publick Musick, a Rochester-based period-instrument ensemble of internationally renowned early music performers. Their upcoming concert, Scordatura Violin, features virtuosic string music from 17th century Europe. The performance happens Thursday, March 15, at 7:30pm in the Memorial Art Gallery Fountain Court. “Scordatura” describes…
Rachel Roberts has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester as the inaugural director of its new Master of Arts in Music Leadership degree program. Roberts, who has been the Director of the Entrepreneurial Musicianship Department at the New England Conservatory of Music since 2009, holds degrees…
The Eastman School of Music is proud to host the United States Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants on their Spring Tour to Kodak Hall in Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. with opening remarks by Deputy Mayor Dr. Cedric Alexander. There are several Eastman connections with this concert: an original…