Eastman Opera Theatre is pleased to announce the return of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”) to Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall stage in April. Considered as the first major opera masterpiece and a best-loved comic opera, Le Nozze di Figaro is a fast-paced story that revolves around the timeless themes of love…
The Office of Academic Affairs at the Eastman School of Music is very proud to announce that bassist Tyrone Allen has been awarded the 2016-17 Links Scholarship. The award, a cooperative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eastman School of Music, recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary talent and…
Eastman School of Music is pleased to welcome back world-renowned composer Steve Reich for a concert by the ensemble Musica Nova featuring three of Reich’s recent works. The performance will be held at Kilbourn Hall on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 8:00 pm. Associate Professor of Conducting and Ensembles Brad Lubman will lead the student group…
Bassist and composer Scott Colley, who has performed with legendary jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Andrew Hill, and who was an original member of the Harold Danko Quartet, will join a small ensemble of Eastman School of Music students on Friday, April 1, as part of the Jazz Café Series, which features Eastman…
The final round of the Lotte Lenya Competition takes place April 16 at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Fifteen young singer-actors have been named as finalists for the 2016 Lotte Lenya Competition, including two Eastman School of Music alumni – Reilly Nelson (BM ‘11) and Lindsay O’Neil (BM…
Over the next few weeks, Eastman School of Music students will be reaching out into the community with classical music, presenting interactive concerts in schools, libraries, churches, and other locations. The events are part of the School’s “Music for All” initiative, a chamber music program designed to take classical music out of concert halls and…
Eastman School of Music’s 10th anniversary celebration of its Italian Baroque Organ continues with a Third Thursday concert titled “Organ and Saxophone: Sights and Sounds” on Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. The program will feature the Eastman Saxophone Project and Eastman organ students Caroline Robinson and Brian Schoettler performing works by David Dahl, Ellwood…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2016 Jazz Composer Harold Danko to Present Tenth “Quadrennial Event” Jazz pianist, composer, and professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at the Eastman School of Music, Harold Danko will be presenting a concert featuring original compositions at his unique “Quadrennial Event” on February 29 at 8 p.m. as…
JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, who has been hailed as “…one of the finest conductors of her generation” by the New York Times, will be visiting the Eastman School of Music to present a lecture as part of the Glenn E. Watkins Series on February 29 from 3 to 4 p.m..…