Updated Nov. 7, 2016 The Eastman Chorale, under Eastman School of Music Director of Choral Activities William Weinert, will travel to Ohio for two performances in November, and local audiences will get a preview of their mini-tour at the ensemble’s concert 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in Kilbourn Hall. While in Ohio, the Eastman Chorale…
On Saturday, November 12, in Rochester, NY, and Monday, November 14, at Lincoln Center, the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music Philharmonia Orchestra will present the world premiere performances of Letters from Georgia – a new song cycle by Kevin Puts. Puts, a Pulitzer Prize- winning alumnus of Eastman (BM ’94, DMA ’99), wrote…
The music played by Boyd Raeburn and his band in the 1940s, drawn from the bandleader’s original charts and scores found in storage, will be featured in an Eastman School of Music Chamber Jazz concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Kilbourn Hall. Though respected and admired by peers—Duke Ellington was a fan—Raeburn…
The Eastman Wind Ensemble, under conductor Mark Davis Scatterday, headlines this year’s Warren and Patricia Benson Forum on Creativity at the Eastman School of Music, presenting a program that features works by composer Warren Benson. The concert, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, will also feature works by Professor…
On Thursday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m., the Eastman School of Music welcomes guest artists Paola Prestini, composer, Jeffrey Zeigler, cello, and Molly Barth, flute, to Hatch Recital Hall for a concert of new music. The program will feature two new works with electronics by Prestini played by Zeigler, and Barth will perform a new…
Il Giardino d’Amore The European baroque chamber ensemble Il Giardino d’Amore opens a new season of popular “Third Thursday Concerts” with the Eastman School of Music’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. As part of their current U.S. tour, the group will present a program titled…
The Eastman School of Music Organ Department is kicking off a new season of Community Concerts, short organ recitals by Eastman students as part of the department’s ongoing initiative to bring outstanding organ music to the Rochester area. From November to May, students will present monthly concerts in local churches, building a musical connection between…
UPDATED K. David Van Hoesen, Professor Emeritus of Bassoon at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and former principal bassoonist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, died on Monday, Oct. 3, in Pittsburgh, Penn. An Honorary Member of the International Double Reed Society who stayed active as a performer until his retirement from the…
The 2016 EROI (Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative) Festival will explore historical, conceptual, and practical aspects of the interaction between organ and voice from Oct. 26 through 28 at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. Titled “Breath for Singing: The Organ and the Human Voice,” the festival also features the premiere performance of…