Category Archives: News Room

Rochester Community Organizations join forces to provide free Eastman Presents tickets and transportation to 220 Rochester City School District students and families

News RoomBy Olga Malavet January 19, 2016

The Eastman School of Music announced a collaboration with the Rochester City School District, the AVANGRID Foundation on behalf of Rochester Gas & Electric, the Rochester Area Community Foundation and the Rochester Education Foundation to provide free concert tickets and transportation to the three remaining concerts in the 2015-2016 season of Eastman Presents. “As an…

Italian Virtuosi present Organ and Viola da Gamba Concert at the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery plus masterclass at Christ Church.

News RoomBy Olga Malavet January 15, 2016

On Thursday, January 21, 2016 the ‘Third Thursday with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery’s concert series will present a lecture and concert program featuring Nancy Norwood, Curator of European Art at the MAG, and renowned musicians Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba and Lorenzo Ghielmi, organ and harpsichord. The lecture, which will…

Interaction between Organ and Voice is Topic of 2016 EROI Festival

News RoomBy Noah Lapidus January 15, 2016

For Media Only: Rick Kessel (585)274-1052, rkessel@esm.rochester.edu ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 2016 EROI (Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative) Festival will explore historical, conceptual, and practical aspects of the interaction between organ and voice from October 26 through 28 at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. Titled “Breath for Singing: The Organ and the Human…

Musicians unite to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink on January 24

News RoomBy Olga Malavet January 11, 2016

“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will continue its seventh season of concerts on Sunday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. In celebration of Mozart’s birthday, the concert will open with the beloved G Minor String Quintet, performed by Ying Quartet first violinist Robin Scott, Rochester Philharmonic…

Eastman School of Music Graduate Named Member of the British Empire

News RoomBy Olga Malavet December 31, 2015

Catherine Jane Arlidge, a U.K. national who received her Master of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music in 1988, has been appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE). The MBE is one of the ranks in the Orders of the British Empire, which are awarded for distinguished service and contributions to the…

Concert of Russian Music Celebrates Sister City Connection

News RoomBy Olga Malavet December 24, 2015

A concert of instrumental and vocal works by Russian composers will celebrate connections between Rochester and its Sister City of Velikiy Novgorod at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. Held on Christmas Eve according to the Julian calendar, the Russian Friendship Concert is presented by the Eastman Community…

Mezzo-Soprano Alicia Rosser Performs in ‘William Warfield, A Legacy in Music’

News RoomBy Olga Malavet December 14, 2015

“William Warfield: A Legacy in Music,” the annual concert supporting the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and spotlighting its talented recipients, will feature mezzo-soprano Alicia Rosser, a junior at the Eastman School of Music, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship…

‘An Italian Baroque Christmas’ at the Memorial Art Gallery

News RoomBy Jessica Kaufman December 10, 2015

Eastman School of Music’s 10th anniversary celebration of its Italian Baroque Organ continues with an “Italian Baroque Christmas” concert on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. The concert features a varied program of organ, choral, and instrumental music for the Christmas season, with works by Cavazzoni, Gabrieli, Merula, Corelli, and Pasquini. The program will conclude…

Eastman School of Music Students Get Their Hands on Legendary Instrument

News RoomBy Olga Malavet December 8, 2015

The “most famous double bass in the world” is temporarily in residence at the Eastman School of Music, giving students the chance for first-hand experience on an instrument of extraordinary history. Thanks to the International Society of Bassists (ISB), Professor James VanDemark and his students have been enjoying exclusive use of the 200-year-old Karr-Koussevitzky Bass.…

Eastman School of Music Professors and Alumni Receive Grammy Nominations

News RoomBy Olga Malavet December 7, 2015

Eastman School of Music’s Professor of Lute Paul O’Dette, Assistant Professor of Organ Nathan Laube, and Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies Dave Rivello and Eastman graduates Bob Ludwig, Maria Schneider, John Fedchock, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Martha Cluver, and Eric Dudley are among the nominees for the 58th annual Grammy Awards. O’Dette and Stephen Stubbes, who serve…