Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Composer Steve Reich crosses over to pop, for a moment (Democrat and Chronicle 03/22/2016) Reich, who is regarded as one of contemporary minimalist music’s greatest living…
After overcoming the stress of auditions, I was completely overwhelmed in deciding where I wanted to attend college. It was not until my follow-up visit as an admitted student that I was able to make my decision. My future bassoon professor invited me to Rochester to attend a studio class, where all the bassoonists were…
Stream will start approximately 15 minutes before event. Sunday, April 28 at 3:30pm – Links Scholarship Concert Monday, April 29 at 7:30pm – Eastman New Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30pm – Collegium Musicum Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30pm – Eastman Jazz Lab Band ← All ESM Live Streams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Susan Uselmann Wins Important NEH Grant for Developing New Creativity Course March 25, 2016 Eastman School of Music Assistant Professor of Humanities Susan Uselmann has won a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant called “NEH Enduring Questions”. The grant is awarded “for the development of a new course that…
Eastman students, faculty members, and staff members wearing t-shirts with the message “We’re Better Than That” for the University’s anti-racism campaign on Monday in Lowry Hall. By John Fatuzzo This past Monday, March 21, was recognized by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. Taking part in the message of…
On Wednesday, March 23, the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra presents a program of music by two great twentieth-century masters, Bela Bartok and Dmitri Shostakovich. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The program notes for each of the pieces follow. Bela Bartok (fourth form left) recording Hungarian peasant songs…
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…
Niagara Lutheran churches planning celebration of 500th anniversary (Niagara Gazette 03/20/2016) The series will conclude with a speaker event and banquet at St. Paul. Speakers will include Dr. Cameron MacKenzie, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne Indiana, Dr. Mark Schuler, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, Rev. Dr. John Nunes, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, Dr. Daniel…
Table Top Opera, a chamber ensemble of Eastman faculty members, students, alumni, and friends, will be performing its multi-media adaptation of Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) on two occasions this week: Monday, March 21 – 7 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 S Winton Rd, Rochester) Suggested donation of…
