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By Petar Kodzas, Eastman Associate Dean and Director of Eastman Community Music School For over 30 years, the Eastman School of Music has housed a premiere residential program for high-school students who aspire to careers in music. This program was known to generations as a Music Horizons and, as the name suggests, it opened…
On the heels of famed violinist Leila Josefowicz gracing Eastman’s stage this fall, comes a series of Violin Masterclasses, bringing four of the top violin professors in the United States to the Eastman School of Music. These spring master classes include: Ida Kavafian on Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Miriam…
Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Longwood Gardens announces competitors for International Organ Competition (Philadelphia Sunday Sun 02/15/2019) Ten organists from four countries selected to compete in June…
The Eastman Saxophone Project (ESP), performing in Kilbourn Hall by Jarod Lau Saxophone ensemble performances have long been a highlight of the Summer@Eastman concert calendar for participants and audience members alike (there’s nothing quite like seeing—or hearing—forty saxophonists play “The Pines of the Appian Way” from Respighi’s Pines of Rome). This year, Professor Chien-Kwan Lin…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Lilya Zilberstein on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Zilberstein will be performing Scriabin’s Sonata in F# Minor No. 3, Op. 23; Rachmaninoff’s Six moments musicaux; and Beethoven’s 24 Variations on Venni Amore by Vincenzio Righini as well as Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, Appassionata. Martha Argerich…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Beatrice Rana on Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. It is this young artist’s highly anticipated return to Eastman. Rana’s performance consists of: Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 25; Ravel’s Miroirs, and Stravinsky/Agosti’s The Firebird. Gramophone’s 2017 “Young Artist of the…
On Friday, March 8, 2019 at 12 p.m., the Jupiter String Quartet presents a free recital at the Eastman School of Music in Hatch Hall as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. Established in 2014, the Residency aims to provide Eastman student ensembles with intense, up-close exposure to the playing and teaching…
Four Eastman School of Music alumni, Steve Gadd, Rob Paterson, Karim Sulayman, and D.J Sparr were winners in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 61st GRAMMY Awards, Sunday February 10. Steve Gadd (BM68) won the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for The Steve Gadd Band. Often cited as one of the most influential…
Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Steve Gadd among the Eastman School of Music graduates honored with a Grammy (WXXI News 02/11/2019) On Sunday, Gadd, who grew up…