Highly accomplished researcher and music theorist Elizabeth (Betsy) West Marvin, ’81E (MA), ’89E (PhD) has been named the inaugural recipient of the Minehan Family Professorship at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. Announced at Eastman’s 2019 Commencement ceremony, this endowed professorship, part of a five-million-dollar commitment to Eastman, was created by Cathy E. Minehan…
Cleveland’s Severance Hall at night. Photograph by Andrew Bockman. By Andrew Bockman On Tuesday, May 7, the Eastman Wind Ensemble held its final performance of the 2018-2019 school year at the historic Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. Conducted by Mark Davis Scatterday, the Wind Ensemble displayed a massive and challenging program including a premiere of…
A recent gift from two University of Rochester alumni establishes the Paul J. Burgett Distinguished Professorship at the Eastman School of Music. This endowed fund honors the legacy of Paul Burgett ’68E, ’72E (MA), ’76E (PhD), one of the University’s most recognized citizens. It also recognizes his lifelong commitment to music and education and a…
Jim Doser, Director, Institute for Music Leadership jdoser@esm.rochester.edu ; (585) 274-1470 How have leaders in Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Nashville leveraged their arts and creative assets to revitalize their cities, and how can this be relevant to Rochester? A two-day symposium gives the Rochester community the opportunity to hear five leaders from these…
Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) is pleased to announce that it will, for the first time, host its own stage at the annual Fairport Canal Days (FCD) Festival on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2. The Eastman Community Music School has been an integral part of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester,…
On Monday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, under its director Mark Davis Scatterday, will present its final concert of the academic year. The concert features two Eastman alumni as soloists: Chien-Kwan Lin, currently Associate Professor of Saxophone at Eastman; and flutist Jessica Sindell, assistant principal flutist of the…
The Naples Opera production of Carmen, for which Ian Silverman served as associate stage director. By Sarah Forestieri Fresh from his directorial debut with Opera Naples working as an associate stage director on Bizet’s Carmen, Eastman Opera Theatre’s directing student, Ian Silverman, shares his thoughts on everything opera, including his upcoming production with Eastman…
Orff Schulwerk at Eastman, Year 1 (1992): The inaugural Level I class, with Jim Solomon and Mary Helen Solomon at back right. (Levels II and III were added in later years after students completed Level I.) Photo by Donna Brink Fox. By Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator For more than 25 years, teachers have…
For media only: Media contact, University of Rochester Medical Center: Reagan McNameeKing (585-276-6085, Reagan_mcnameeking@urmc.rochester.edu) The Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have unveiled a collaboration that’s laying a foundation for clinicians, artists and researchers to innovate connections between health and the arts. The new initiative, Eastman Performing Arts Medicine…