Eastman School of Music announces Grammy-award winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, together with pianist Bradley Moore on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. An artist in the highest echelon of international performers, Susan Graham’s operatic roles span four centuries, from Monteverdi’s Poppea to Sister Helen Prejean…
Eastman Professor and Rochester Philharmonic Principal Horn W. Peter Kurau by Jarod Lau This summer, Summer@Eastman is excited to announce the debut of the Eastman French Horn Institute, led by Eastman French Horn Professor and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra principal Peter Kurau. Joining him will be Elizabeth Freimuth (Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Symphony…
Composer Augusta Read Thomas’ BRIO will be performed by the Eastman Philharmonia on Friday. By Andrew Bockman On Friday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m., the Eastman Philharmonia will present an exuberant program in Kodak Hall. Philharmonia is Eastman’s top orchestra, comprised of upperclassmen and graduate students, and will be led by Associate Professor Brad Lubman.…
Two student ensembles have been chosen to represent the Eastman School of Music in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. Representing the richness of the chamber music program at Eastman,one group represents a traditional chamber music idiom, the string quartet; the…
The Eastman Presents Series brings Kurosawa & Chatterjee, performing Friday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Yumi Kurosawa is one of today’s most exciting soloists on Japan’s national instrument, Koto. Her solo repertoire includes classical Japanese compositions, as well as her own innovative and enchanting original…
The following post was written by undergraduate violinist Katie Knudsvig. Thanks Katie! *********** I was floored and honored to have been accepted into the BM Program studying Violin Performance at Eastman. When I arrived here on the first day of new-student orientation in the fall of my freshman year, I had a lot of wild…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Robert Morris, Professor of Composition at Eastman School of Music, Monday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The program is entitled “The One, and the Many” and features artists Renée Jolles, violin; Margaret Kampmeier, piano; sinfonietta ensemble conducted by Edo Frankel. Robert Morris received his musical education at…
Darrett Adkins Cello Master Class Saturday, January 19, 2019 2:30 – 5:00 pm ESM 209 Darrett Adkins has commissioned and been the dedicatee of many important new works for cello, including concertos by Su Lian Tan and Philip Cashian, as well as Jeffrey Mumford’s concerto, which Adkins premiered with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. He performed the…
The classic Greek mythological tale of Orpheus, Orfeo ed Euridice, with music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) January 31, February 1, 2, and 3 in Annex 804 at the Eastman School of Music. Presented in Italian with English supertitles, Orfeo is directed by Stephen…
Eastman welcomes leading composer Augusta Read Thomas back to Eastman, where her composition Brio will be performed by the Eastman Philharmonia on Friday, February 1, 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, conducted by Brad Lubman. Thomas will be the guest composer for the Composition Department’s weekly Symposium on Thursday, January 31st, at 3:30 in…
