PLEASE NOTE: Two of the competitors were unable to attend. The release below has been updated to reflect the changes. Twenty-two of the world’s top teen-aged pianists will vie for prizes in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition next month. The week-long event of adjudicated performances, master classes, and recitals by award-winning guest artists—all…
Eastman BroadBand continues to raise its international profile with residencies at music festivals in Italy and Spain this summer. The ensemble, based at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, has performed in Mexico, Italy, and major venues in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and New York City, including at Joyce Theatre with Garth…
(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.) Out of the classroom, onto the stage (Jazz Police 06/05/2015) Long-time jazz educator, head of Jazz Studies at the University of Minnesota, renowned arranger for the…
When you’re an incoming freshman, Commencement seems a million miles away. It wasn’t on my radar. I believed my road would contain too many twists and turns for me to even think of a time when I would have to say goodbye to my friends. But like a hunter stalking its prey, time eventually catches…
A memorial tribute concert celebrating the life of baritone Derrick Smith will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 14, in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Smith, whose career included opera roles such as Porgy, Crown, and Jake in Porgy and Bess as well as acclaimed solo performances, had been on…
Four award-winning music ensembles from a historic Hong Kong school will give a free public performance in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre as part of the groups’ upcoming tour. The Ying Wa College North America Tour Concert features the school’s concert band, string orchestra, boys’ treble and male voice chamber choirs, and Chinese orchestra, which…
