The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Bill Dobbins, Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, Monday, December 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Bill Dobbins is professor of jazz studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he teaches the jazz composing and…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Marina Lomazov, Professor of Piano at Eastman, Saturday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The concert features Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with additional works by Alexander Scriabin, John Fitz Rogers, and Nikolai Kapustin. Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (Salt Lake City Tribune), “a…
The Kilbourn Concert Series presents New York Polyphony on December 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. New York Polyphony consists of: Geoffrey Williams, countertenor; Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor; Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone; and Craig Phillips, bass. Praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex…
Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Danilo Pérez will be a visiting guest artist at the Eastman School of Music this month. He will perform alongside the Eastman Jazz Ensemble on their concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29, in Kilbourn Hall, under the direction of Bill Dobbins, Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at…
Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque organ will be featuring Italian opera of the Nineteenth Century this November. This popular music genre had a vibrant life of its own outside the Italian theater, and the organ in the church became the vehicle of this music for a larger number of people who could…
The Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series (RCORS), together with the Eastman School of Music, presents the first concert of the season with organist Renée Anne Louprette, Friday, November 30th at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church, 141 East Avenue. Louprette will also be giving a master class on Saturday, December 1, from 10 a.m. to 12:30…
GRAMMY Award winner Jeff Tyzik has released a new CD, featuring The Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor, with Eastman faculty members Michael Burritt and Charles Ross featured as soloists. Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik was released on October 19, 2018 by Summit Records, Fanfare said the release is ”…presented at the highest possible artistic level…
Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble presents: A Benny Carter Retrospective Friday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Conducted by director Chase Ellison (MM ‘16), the concert’s music is solely compositions of Carter’s including: Jackson County Jubilee, Remember, Easy Money, Amoroso, Sunset Glow, and others. It also includes a…
The Faculty Artist Series presents saxophonist Charles Pillow, Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone, Sunday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Pillow will be joined by faculty artists Jeff Campbell, Bob Sneider, Dariusz Terefenko and featuring the Lilac Quartet, a string quartet of students at Eastman. With 7…