Rachel Roberts has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester as the inaugural director of its new Master of Arts in Music Leadership degree program. Roberts, who has been the Director of the Entrepreneurial Musicianship Department at the New England Conservatory of Music since 2009, holds degrees…
The Eastman School of Music is proud to host the United States Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants on their Spring Tour to Kodak Hall in Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. with opening remarks by Deputy Mayor Dr. Cedric Alexander. There are several Eastman connections with this concert: an original…
Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Jiale Li will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, March 17, at 8 p.m, as part of the Eastman Presents in New York series sponsored by the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation. Li’s upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall features the expanded classic…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi, a trio of Eastman School of Music faculty members, Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Made up of Masumi Per Rostad, viola (Associate Professor), Alexander Kobrin, piano (Assistant Professor), and Alan Harris, cello (Distinguished Professor), the trio is performing…
The Faculty Artist Series presents: bass-baritone Jan Opalach, Associate Professor of Voice together with the Lilac String Quartet, including Haley Schricker and Julia Churchill, violins; Ethan Durrell, viola; Jordan Gunn, Violoncello; and Edward Rothmel, piano at the Eastman School of Music, Sunday, March 4, at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The program is set to…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents George Li on Monday, March 5 at 8 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes Beethoven’s Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2, Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.…
The Eastman School of Music is proud to celebrate the 95th birthday year of composer and pianist George Theophilus Walker in a special alumnus recital on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall at Eastman, followed by a champagne toast and reception in Wolk Atrium for the audience. The recital, comprised of…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Jonathan Rezlaff, Associate Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music, and Russell Miller, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire at Eastman, Sunday, February 25, at 3 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall. The concert, titled “Un après-midi de mélodie française”, features works by Caplet, Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Dutilleux, Kosma,…
Eastman Presents OAE: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with violinist Nicola Benedetti, performing Friday, February 16, at 8 p.m., in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The program includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, and Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 6. Three decades ago, a group of London musicians took…