Organ Concert by Eastman School of Music Faculty Celebrates University of Rochester Press, New Book on Mendelssohn

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…

Evening of Music to Honor Rochester’s Sister City of Veliky Novgorod, Russia

The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) and Linkages of Rochester, Inc., will celebrate the connections between Rochester and Rochester’s Sister City of Veliky Novgorod with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.  8, in Kilbourn Hall.  Held on the day after Russians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar, the Russian Friendship Concert features Eastman…

Eastman Musicians Get Grammy Nods

Paul O’Dette, professor of lute at the Eastman School of Music, and Eastman alumnus and mastering engineer Robert (Bob) Ludwig have received nominations in the 57th Annual Grammy Awards competition. Both are previous Grammy award winners. This year, O’Dette is a nominee in the Best Opera Recording Category. Ludwig is in the running for three…