The University of Rochester was awarded a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to support Music in the American Wild, a commissioning, touring, and recording initiative featuring Eastman School of Music composers and performers. Directed by Eastman alumna Emlyn Johnson (DMA ’15, BM ’08), Music in the American Wild is an Imagine Your Parks…
Musicians around the world will be able to earn a certificate from the Eastman School of Music’s innovative Arts Leadership Program with the launch of a new online program. “The Eastman Career and Leadership Certificate: Online” is an interactive, comprehensive, and rigorous program designed for serious musicians eager to develop skills, knowledge, and perspectives…
“Voice of the Met” Mary Jo Heath will be the speaker at the Eastman School of Music’s 91st Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 15. Heath, who received her PhD at Eastman, will also be presented with the School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. The Sunday commencement exercises, which start at 11:15 a.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman…
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the launch of “The Blues: Understanding an American Art Form,” a free course on the learning platform Coursera, presented by Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and pianist Dariusz Terefenko. “The blues,” says Terefenko, “is the most important musical form in jazz.” This seven-week online course explores…
The Eastman School of Music announced the Eastman Philharmonia, conducted by Neil Varon, will take the stage with Renée Fleming at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on November 14, 2016. The performance will include a new composition by Eastman alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Kevin Puts, written specifically for Ms. Fleming and the Eastman Philharmonia.…
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music today announced two gifts totaling $700,000 that will provide support for substantial renovations to the school’s historic Kilbourn Hall. The Avangrid Foundation has committed $400,000 to the project and the Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Inc. will contribute $300,000. “This is a special day for Eastman…
Pipedreams Live! returns to Rochester with host Michael Barone for Organ Celebration ROCHESTER, N.Y.— For the first time since 2009, American Public Media’s Pipedreams Live! returns to Rochester to host a series of concerts performed on several important pipe organs of Rochester. Michael Barone, host and founder of Pipedreams and its touring counterpart Pipedreams Live!,…
Italian Organist Francesco Cera Performs at the Memorial Art Gallery On Thursday, April 21, 2016 the Memorial Art Gallery’s Third Thursday concert series continues with a concert on the MAG Italian Baroque Organ by renowned Italian organist and harpsichordist Francesco Cera. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature keyboard music from Baroque Naples…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2016 Alden Snell, II, Appointed to Music Education Faculty at the Eastman School of Music ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Alden Snell, II, has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester as Assistant Professor of Music Education beginning in the fall of 2016. Dr.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2016 Cineshape featuring Amy Williams and the JACK Quartet Comes to the Eastman School of Music on May 3 Pianist/composer Amy Williams, along with the JACK Quartet, Linsey Goodman, flute, and Scott Christian, percussion, will be featured in a special performance of “Cineshape” at Eastman School of…