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Eastman Musicians Accompany Screening of Silent Masterpiece
A landmark silent film will be accompanied by live musical improvisation in a program presented by Eastman School of Music musicians and Christ Church Schola Cantorum at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at Christ Church. Produced in France in 1928, The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) was directed by Carl…
Martyrdom and Memories
Is it possible that we die “not for ourselves alone, but for each other”? This is one of the questions at the heart of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, this French composer’s most ambitious work and one of the great 20th-century operas. Set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, the opera tells the true…
Musical Tales of a Winter’s Night
The great Italian writer Italo Calvino (pictured) is the inspiration for this year’s Benson Forum on Creativity, which brings together the music of Professor of Composition Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and several Eastman student composers, the Eastman BroadBand ensemble (pictured below), and the bilingual Kairos Italy Theater troupe. They are collaborating for “If on a Winter’s Night…
Twelve Eastman School of Music Students to Perform at Kennedy Center
Twelve students have been chosen to represent the Eastman School of Music in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, April 23. Their performance is part of the Conservatory Project, a series that showcases outstanding young musicians from around the country. The event presents talented artists in classical…
Violinist Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro Performs Links Scholarship Concert
Violinist Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro, this year’s recipient of the annual scholarship awarded by the Rochester, New York Chapter, The Links, Incorporated, to an Eastman School of Music student, will present a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in Kilbourn Hall. The award, a cooperative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter, The Links, Incorporated,…
Eastman News Highlights March 31, 2014
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.) Maria Schneider’s Classical Jazz: No boundaries; a daring composer defies categories (The Economist 03/08/2014) Ms Schneider stunned the classical music world in…