Hand-Drum Singers at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. Photo credit: Esther Vincent, Peterborough, Ontario Daystar/Rosalie Jones is the founder and Artistic Director of DAYSTAR Dance Company, founded in 1980, the first dance company in the U.S. created with all-native performers and specializing in the portrayal of the personal and tribal stories of Indian America. The…
More Information: Media only: Katey Padden (Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator), (535) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi on Saturday, January 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The concert will feature performances by Professor of Guitar, Nicholas Goluses; guitar, Professor of Voice, Anthony Dean Griffey;…
More Information: For Media Inquiries: Katey Padden (Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator), (585) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Faculty Artist Series presents George Sakakeeny, Professor of Bassoon, on Wednesday, January 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Sakakeeny will be joined by pianist Chiao-Wen Cheng, oboist Erik Behr, clarinetist Michael Wayne, Flutist…
Organist Nathan Laube brings The Art of the Fantasy to the Memorial Art Gallery on January 16. The world-renowned musicians on Eastman’s performance faculty teach and perform throughout the world, but our Faculty Artist Series allows Rochester music lovers to hear them in solo recitals and chamber music right here in Rochester. Our winter/spring…
On Wednesday, January 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman Presents and The Barbara B. Smith World Music Series welcome the Zhou Family Band. Hailing from Lingbi in the Anhui Province of central eastern China, The Zhou Family Band takes pride in being the loudest orchestra at any festival! Playing traditional wind and…
An Eastman Scholarship Celebrates a Great American Singer Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. has provided financial aid to more than 35 students at the Eastman School of Music, and spotlighted talented recipients in an annual benefit concert. This year’s William Warfield Scholarship Benefit Concert will be held…
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.) Eastman Opera to present double-bill (Monroe County Post 12/23/2019) Eastman Opera Theatre will continue its season with the double-bill of Salieri’s “Prima la musica e…
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.) Kobrin brings depth and tonal glow to Zankel recital (New York Classical Review 12/20/2019) Kobrin has been teaching for most of this century, and is…
Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. has provided financial aid to more than 35 students at the Eastman School of Music, and spotlighted talented recipients in an annual benefit concert. This year’s benefit concert will be held in the School’s Kilbourn Hall on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 3…
2019 at Eastman is drawing to a close, as always a year of great student and faculty performances, brilliant guest artists, camaraderie, fun, and incredible music. Here are some favorite photos of 2019 moments, including comments by Eastman’s Senior Creative and Design Manager, Michelle Martorell. EWE at Severance Hall On May 7, the Eastman Wind…