FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DON’T BLAME ANYONE An International Opera of Original Sound, Puppetry, Physical Theatre, and Visual Arts Composed by Eastman Faculty Rochester, N.Y. – October 4, 2016 – Eastman School of Music’s BroadBand Ensemble has joined forces with El Arte de los Titeres, Secretaria de…
The Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the 11th annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. High school and college students who are interested in studying music will have the opportunity to…
“If Music Be the Food . . . ”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will launch its eighth season on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd., in Rochester. The concert will open with Gabriel Pierne’s “Variations Libres et Finale” featuring the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal harpist, Grace Wong; Eastman…
Building on the foundation of the computer music center founded at Eastman School of Music in 1981 by Allan Schindler, the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) is defining a new vision for the teaching and creation of electronic music. Spatial audio, sound research tools, construction of installations, invention of new electric and electronic interfaces and…
Updated October 18, 2016 Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Lo-An Lin will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 13, as part of the Eastman Presents in New York City series sponsored by the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Lin has been hailed…
Portuguese-born pianist Fernando Laires, who launched his professional career at age 19 by performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, died Friday, Sept. 9, in Rochester N.Y. He was 91 years old. Over the course of his long and active career, he most recently had served as Professor of Piano at the University…
The Eastman School of Music is once again part of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival and will host a dozen shows in its venues beginning Friday, Sept. 16. More information on Fringe is available on the festival website www.rochesterfringe.com . Tickets for all Fringe events are also on sale on the festival website. For…
For Media Only: Rick Kessel (585)274-1052, rkessel@esm.rochester.edu The Philharmonia performance, conducted by Neil Varon, will also feature Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in Rochester on November 12th and at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on November 14th NEW YORK, NY – August 11, 2016 – On Saturday, November 12, in Rochester, NY,…
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music is holding an orchestral conducting masterclass led by conductor and Professor Neil Varon on Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19. The two-day session will give six experienced pre-professional young conductors the opportunity to enhance their conducting skills and musicianship. “The masterclass fulfills a need among young…