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Eastman School of Music Alumni and Faculty Receive Grammy Nominations

Several graduates and a faculty member of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 62nd GRAMMY Awards: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Scenery, Bob Ludwig ‘66E (BM), ‘01E (MM) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Perpetuum, Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors ‘04E, Freedom & Faith, Nick […]

November 22, 2019

Eastman Community Music School Celebrates Annual Winterfest

Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) will host its annual ‘Winterfest” Saturday, December 14 at the Eastman School of Music, in several concert halls and classrooms across the campus. Each year since 1998, the Eastman Community Music School showcases the talent and musicianship of its students during an annual celebration of the winter season. An extravaganza […]

November 20, 2019

Composer Stephen Hartke in Residency at Eastman 2019-2020 Howard Hanson Visiting Professor

Eastman School of Music welcomes composer Stephen Hartke for a fall residency from November 18 through 23, the first of two scheduled this academic year, including having his work performed in a Chamber Music Concert on November 19 at 7:30 in Hatch Hall and his choral work performed by the Eastman Chorale on their November […]

November 11, 2019

The Kodak Hall Concert Series Presents: Leonard Slatkin Conducts Jeff Beal With Hila Plitmann, soprano and Eastman Philharmonia

The Kodak Hall Concert Series announces Leonard Slatkin conducting Jeff Beal, with soprano Hila Plitmann performing with Eastman Philharmonia Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Eastman School of Music’s Kodak Hall. Music and movie buffs alike will be mesmerized as five-time Emmy-winning composer of music for film, media, and concert halls (and Eastman alum), […]

October 24, 2019

EASTMAN WELCOMES MEREDITH MONK AS 2019 WATKINS LECTURER

Meredith Monk By David Raymond The multi-talented, profoundly creative artist Meredith Monk visits the University of Rochester this week with her vocal ensemble for a multi-day residency titled Dancing Voice/Singing Body. Monk and her vocal ensemble are the inaugural visiting artists for the Institute for the Performing Arts at the University’s School of […]

October 21, 2019

“Music by women, for women”: Composer Rosephanye Powell at Eastman This Week

Rosephanye Powell By Jeremy Lopez ALP Communications Intern This fall, the Eastman Women’s Chorus has the unique opportunity of singing under the baton of a composer on their main concert of the semester. On October 19th, Rosephanye Powell will be joining the ensemble to conduct a concert featuring her own compositions and arrangements […]

October 15, 2019

Ying Quartet Returns to Eastman-Ranlet Series

October 15, 2019 Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet is back in its prominent position within the Eastman-Ranlet Series, with its performance on Sunday, November 17, at 3 p.m., at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program will include Schumann’s […]

October 15, 2019

“Keyboard and Key Moves” at the Memorial Art Gallery

Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu More Information: Margaret-Mary Owens, 813-502-7272, mowens9@u.rochester.edu Third Thursdays at the Memorial Art Gallery opens its season with a dramatic musical tale of two aristocratic ladies whose lives unfold through a series of French songs and dances from the eighteenth century. Come and experience […]

October 14, 2019

EASTMAN OPERA THEATRE LAUNCHES FALL OPERA SEASON- Double-Bill of Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Mahagonny Songspiel

Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585- 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu) Eastman Opera Theatre is thrilled to launch its season with the double-bill premiere of Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Mahagonny Songspiel in Kilbourn Hall, November 7-10. This double-bill will be directed by Stephen Carr, Associate Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre with musical direction […]

October 14, 2019

The Kilbourn Concert Series Presents: Kat Edmonson

The Kilbourn Concert Series presents singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. Critically acclaimed vocalist and songwriter, actor and dancer, Kat Edmonson has played major stages across the United States, Europe, and Japan. She’s appeared in major motion pictures, performed on radio and […]

October 11, 2019