Legendary jazz composer and arranger Bill Holman will join the Eastman Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bill Dobbins, and the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dave Rivello, as a guest artist on Thursday, Oct. 24. Holman will direct both groups in a program of his original compositions and arrangements in Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn…
Edoardo Bellotti will present a concert of 17th-century organ music inspired by the concept of a “cosmic organ” at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, October 20, at the Memorial Art Gallery. The program features works by Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Muffat, Kerll, and Froberger. The “cosmic organ” appears in Musurgia Universalis, an encyclopedic presentation of musical theory and knowledge…
Alexander Peña has been appointed director of RocMusic, a music education outreach program that offers group instruction for economically disadvantaged children and teenagers from Rochester. RocMusic currently serves more than 60 students ages 6 through 18, providing tuition-free classes for six hours per week in singing, reading and writing music, and instrumental study. The program…
Here are some select clippings showing the variety of recent hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Sad news: Dean of music school dies, eight days after becoming emeritus Norman Lebrecht Arts Journal Blog 10/02/2013 Douglas Lowry, who stepped down as Dean…
The following tracks feature Eastman’s world-famous faculty artists and world-class students in a wide variety of musical performances: from opera to jazz, from solo performer to full orchestra. Take a listen! Taking Music Further (2006) Richard Strauss, Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare, performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday DMA ‘89, conductor [2:47] Peter Tchaikovsky, Symphony…
The Eastman School of Music’s Philharmonia and Eastman Rochester Chorus will perform Gustav Mahler’s astonishing Symphony No. 2, “The Resurrection,” on Friday, Oct. 18, under conductor Neil Varon. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre and will be dedicated to the memory of Joan and Messinger Dean Emeritus Douglas…
Douglas Lowry, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean Emeritus of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, died Wednesday, Oct. 2. A composer, conductor, and academic leader who was keenly attuned to the shifting music world and its challenges for music schools and students, he was 62. “Doug was a remarkable University leader. …
World-renowned flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway will perform on NPR’s From the Top at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014, when the program will be recorded live in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The duo will perform alongside an ensemble of wind performers. WXXI and the Eastman School of Music are bringing From…
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.) Eastman Students Offer Free Preview of Carnegie Recital at Kleinhans (Broadway World 09/19/2013) Eastman School of Music doctoral candidate and pianist Cahill…
The Eastman School of Music will celebrate the life and work of its legendary violinist Zvi Zeitlin on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall with a concert featuring an array of colleagues and friends, including pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Anna Gourfinkel, and violinists Charles Castleman, Mikhail Kopelman, and Dylan Kennedy. The event…