The Eastman Jazz Ensemble is going on the road to New York City in March to give three performances in two days, including appearances at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola as part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center series. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Billy Strayhorn this year, the ensemble will…
Moritz Eggert, an adventurous German composer and pianist whose works range from chamber music to the 2006 FIFA World Cup theme, is this year’s Howard Hanson Visiting Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music. While he’s in-residence from Feb. 25 through March 3, Eggert will present a multi-media recital at 3 p.m. Sunday,…
A program of instrumental and vocal music accompanied by dance highlights the Third Thursday Concert with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ Series at the Memorial Art Gallery on Feb. 19. “The RITE Stuff: Organ, Voice, & Dance” will present the Christ Church Schola Cantorum under director Stephen Kennedy with organists Edoardo Bellotti, Naomi Gregory, and Aaron…
As part of the Identities at Eastman series, the Eastman Diversity Committee is hosting Aaron P. Dworkin, founder and president of the Sphinx Organization, for a talk on Wednesday, March 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Eastman School of Music’s Howard Hanson Hall. The Sphinx Organization is the leading arts organization devoted…
Distinguished American pianist and classical music legend Peter Serkin will perform with the Eastman School of Music’s Philharmonia orchestra under conductor Neil Varon on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Recognized as an artist of passion and integrity, Serkin is one of the most thoughtful and individualistic musicians appearing…
Audiences will have the rare opportunity to hear the entire Eastman School of Music organ department faculty perform during a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the University of Rochester Press and publication of a book edited by an Eastman musicologist. Edoardo Bellotti, David Higgs, Stephen Kennedy, Nathan Laube, and Anne Laver…
“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will continue its sixth season of music programs on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. The concert will both open and conclude with vocal music by Johannes Brahms, performed by Kathryn Cowdrick and Robert Swenson, both Professors…
Today’s marketplace has forced all musicians to become entrepreneurs, none more so than chamber musicians. Next month, some of the music world’s leading innovators will offer their advice on meeting the challenges of today’s music marketplace at a day-long workshop sponsored by the Eastman School of Music as part of the national Chamber Music America…
“William Warfield: A Legacy in Music,” the annual concert supporting the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and spotlighting its talented recipients, will feature soprano Alicia Rosser, a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. The William Warfield Scholarship Fund was formed in 1977 to…
Organist Anne Laver will perform baroque works with a connection to the Eternal City at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, as part of the Third Thursday Concert with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ series at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled “All Roads Lead to Rome” – a reference to the city’s role as the hub of…