Bassist and Eastman alumnus Ike Sturm: “Eastman was such a rich place for me.” By Dan Gross Eastman alumnus Ike Sturm is a bassist, composer and bandleader in New York City. He also is the Music Director for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter’s Church (the “Jazz Church”). He has performed with Alarm Will Sound,…
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…
A young woman is charged with caring for two children in an isolated, enormous manor house. Is she being challenged by two malevolent spirits for control of her wards? Or is she descending into paranoia? The questions are left unanswered in The Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten’s dark opera that will be presented by…
Kicking off this weekend’s concerts: the Eastman Wind Ensemble, directed by Mark Davis Scatterday By Erik Elmgren The University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music will be welcoming alumni back to town and holding special events starting Thursday, October 6, for the school’s annual Meliora Weekend. Between the alumni reunions, distinguished guest appearances,…
Eastman doctoral student composer Nick Morandi By Erik Elmgren Eastman’s student-run new music group, OSSIA New Music, will present the first concert of its 20th season this Thursday, October 6, at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. This concert features an eclectic mix of pieces by many prominent living composers. Also featured on the concert is…
Brad Lubman conducting Musica Nova in 2015. Photograph by Kurt Brownell By Dan Gross Tonight at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman Musica Nova gives its first concert of the fall semester. A highlight of the program (described in detail below) will be performances of music by Frank Zappa — “Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat,” “Outrage…
By Dan Gross Don’t Blame Anyone is the first opera by Eastman faculty members to premiere at Kodak Hall in 60 years. This piece combines music, puppetry, dance, and theatre into a two-act opera, and is a collaboration of performers from the United States and Mexico. (It will also be performed at Teatro Diana in…
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…
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.) Bassist Katie Ernst brings a singular voice to Chicago jazz (Chicago Tribune 09/29/2016) (Katie Ernst Music)… Ernst, who was born in Naperville,…
ESP (Eastman Saxophone Project) meets PRISM: From left to right: Myles Boothroyd, Jeremy Howell, Jon Wintringham, Michael Matthews, Harrison Clarke, Zach Stern, Chien-Kwan Lin, Clancy Ellis, Matthew Levy, Erik Elmgren, Zach Shemon, Timothy McAllister, Drew Viavattine, Taimur Sullivan, Stephanie Venturino, Tyler Wiessner, Aiwen Zhang, Gabe Piqué, Nicki Roman, Chaithu Natarajan, Ye Wang, Khanh Nguyen, Siobhan…