High school students interested in enhancing their music studies can ramp up their knowledge of music theory through a new interactive online video course offered by the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. Developed and taught by internationally known music theorist Steven Laitz and offered through the School’s Institute for Music Leadership, eTheory LIVE…
The Eastman School of Music’s annual Faculty Artist Series, supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, starts in September and features performances of every kind, from violin to tuba to jazz piano. The recitals give local music lovers the chance to hear the talented artists perform on their home turf during their busy schedules of frequent appearances across…
The Eastman School of Music will host 12 shows in its venues during the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 18 to 27. Eastman faculty, students, and staff will also perform at other venues in and around downtown Rochester during this year’s event. For more on both Eastman and University of Rochester participation in the…
Several Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) students will be among six talented Young Artist Auditions award winners who will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 6, in Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. Trombonist Philip Glick and guitarist David Steinhardt will appear, as will former ECMS student and tenor Anders Namestnik and…
Eastman School of Music students and ensembles have garnered prestigious national honors and awards at several annual competitions. In July, saxophonist Keenan McKoy (BM ‘14) won the national level of the NANM Competition in Los Angeles, Calif., and doctoral student Phil Pierick received third prize in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition in Bangkok, Thailand.…
Pianist/composer Max Berlin and trumpeter Emanuel Burks have been named the recipients of this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music Scholarship and will attend Eastman this fall as freshman in the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. The scholarship program is sponsored by Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival producers Marc Iacona and…
Eastman School of Music musicians — current students, faculty, staff, and alumni as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) — will be appearing in more than two dozen shows during the 2014 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year’s festival runs June 20 through 28 at 18 venues,…
Donald J. Shetler, professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and a bold pioneer in the field of music education, died Saturday, May 31, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He was 87 years old. Known internationally for his research in fetal music response and arts education curriculum development, Professor Shetler…
Incoming Eastman School of Music freshman Leonardo Colafelice of Italy was awarded a finalist prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at the conclusion of the event on May 29. As a finalist, he received a cash award of $6,000. In addition, he received the $5,000 prize for Best Performer of a Classical…
A weekly radio series featuring Eastman School of Music jazz performances through the years premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, on Jazz90.1 WGMC. Titled Jazz@Eastman: Past, Present, and Future, the programs will feature performances as well as works by Eastman faculty, students, and alumni. The series is a collaboration between Eastman and Jazz 90.1…