Highly accomplished mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski has been named the inaugural recipient of the Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professorship at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. This endowed professorship supports the school’s esteemed Voice and Opera program. Graduates of the program can be found in major opera houses throughout the world, as well…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi Saturday, September 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The performance is made up of faculty members Bonita Boyd, flute, Richard Killmer, oboe, Kenneth Grant, clarinet, George Sakakeeny, bassoon, W. Peter Kurau, horn, Irina Lupines, piano, Renée Jolles, violin, Masumi Per Rostad…
Images of Kilbourn Hall Spring 2013. Photographed by Kurt Brownell The Faculty Artist Series presents Celebrating Eastman’s Collaborative Pianists, Chiao-Wen Cheng, Irina Lupines, Pi-Lin Ni, and Priscilla Yuen, piano, Monday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The concert will include guest artists Mark Kellogg, euphonium (Associate Professor); Oleh Krysa, violin (Professor); Guy Johnston,…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Russell Miller, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire at Eastman, Wednesday, August 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The concert, with guest artist Jolyon Pegis, cello, features works by Debussy, Fauré, and Ravel. Pianist Russell Miller has been a coach and teacher of vocal repertoire at Eastman since 1995.…
The Faculty Artist Series presents the Jazz & Contemporary Media Faculty Concert, a performance consisting of nine faculty members, Tuesday, September 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. This concert is made up of faculty members Charles Pillow, saxophone, Clay Jenkins, trumpet, Mark Kellogg, trombone, Bob Sneider, guitar, Gary…
The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Alexander Kobrin, Assistant Professor of Piano, Thursday, September 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Kobrin will be playing Chopin: Piano Sonatas No. 1-3. Called the “Van Cliburn of today” by the BBC, pianist Alexander Kobrin has placed himself at the forefront of…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Tony Caramia, Professor of Piano, at Eastman, Sunday, September 30, at 3:00 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. Caramia is also Director of Piano Pedagogy Studies, Coordinator of the Class Piano Program, and an Affiliate Faculty of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at Eastman. The concert, with guest artists and Eastman faculty…
The Eastman School of Music will host nine shows in its venues during the seventh annual First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, running from September 12-22, 2018. In addition to performances at the Eastman School of Music, Eastman faculty members, students, and staff will be performing at other venues in and around downtown Rochester during this…
Grant Le has been named this year’s recipient of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music (XRIJF/ESM) Jazz Festival Scholarship. The scholarship program is sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and is funded by proceeds from the annual festival. XRIJF has donated almost half a million dollars to the Eastman…