“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will continue its eighth season on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St., in Rochester. The concert will open with Eastman School of Music Professors Bonita Boyd, flute, and Nicholas Goluses, guitar, performing Astor Piazzolla’s “Histoire du Tango.” Professor…
Two works of loss and survival by American composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, one of today’s most celebrated creative teams for the lyric stage, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre starting Feb. 2. Eastman Opera Theatre will present two productions of works by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. Out of Darkness and…
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.) Staff Sargent Douglas O’Connor, from Potomac, to participate in Presidential Inauguration (The Connection 01/03/2017) O’Connor attended Winston Churchill High School, and continued his education at…
The University, and the city, of Montréal, Quebec by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Summer@Eastman Director Dr. Sylvie Beaudette is a native of Québec, but she has lived in the United States for more than half her life. Although she feels quite at home in Rochester, she has returned to her homeland to make and…
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music has announced the appointments of Alexander Kobrin and Alan Chow as faculty members in the Piano Department, and of Gary Versace in the Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department. “I am thrilled that Eastman’s legacy among pianists will be enhanced in the years to come by the…
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.) Lakes Area Music Festival receives grant (The Lake Country Echo 12/31/2016) The music festival was established during the summer of 2009 when Lykins (Scott) returned…
A diverse program of vocal and instrumental works by Russian composers, presented by the Eastman Community Music School and Linkages of Rochester, Inc., will celebrate Rochester’s connection to its sister city of Veliky Novgorod. The 11th annual collaborative event, titled “A Russian-American Friendship Concert,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, in the…
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.) Now hear this: UR builds a better loudspeaker (Democrat & Chronicle 12/23/2016) Eastman School of Music, which is part of UR, has both attracted top-notch…
Jazz students and faculty from the Eastman School of Music will perform on the first night of the 8th Annual JEN (Jazz Education Network) Conference, being held in New Orleans Jan. 4 to 7, 2017. JEN is an international organization that promotes and advances jazz education, performance, and development of new audiences. The annual conference…
