Brian Shaw Baroque Trumpet

Concert Highlights ‘Organ and Baroque Trumpet’ at the Memorial Art Gallery

Baroque trumpet virtuoso Brian Shaw presents the next Third Thursday Concert on Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.  The program explores the solo trumpet repertoire of the Italian Baroque, from the mid-17th century to the early 18th century. Shaw’s program includes music by trumpeter Girolamo Fantini…

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The Eastman School of Music Philharmonia and Soprano RenĂ©e Fleming Present the World Premiere of ‘Letters from Georgia’ by Pulitzer Prize Winner Kevin Puts

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…

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Legendary Bassoonist K. David Van Hoesen Dies

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…

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