Dynamic, creepy, and committed: the cast of Eastman Opera Theatre’s Les Enfants Terribles By Kameron Ghanavati Photographs by Nic Minetor Les Enfants Terribles officially opens this weekend at Eastman to a sold-out audience. And rightfully so, given the intricate staging juxtaposed with transcendent music and intimate performances by the cast. I was able to attend…
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.) Lesson of a lifetime (Delano.lu 01/29/2018) When prolific American composer and musician Richard Lane passed away in 2004, his protégé, Demosthenes Dimitrakoulakos,…
Bernard Herrmann, shown in Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much This Monday, January 29, Eastman offers the opportunity to go to a concert and to the movies, when the Empire Film Music Ensemble, collaborating with the Eastman School of Music’s Beal Institute of Film Music and Contemporary Media, presents an evening of music by…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi, a trio of Eastman School of Music faculty members, Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Made up of Masumi Per Rostad, viola (Associate Professor), Alexander Kobrin, piano (Assistant Professor), and Alan Harris, cello (Distinguished Professor), the trio is performing…
The Faculty Artist Series presents: bass-baritone Jan Opalach, Associate Professor of Voice together with the Lilac String Quartet, including Haley Schricker and Julia Churchill, violins; Ethan Durrell, viola; Jordan Gunn, Violoncello; and Edward Rothmel, piano at the Eastman School of Music, Sunday, March 4, at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The program is set to…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents George Li on Monday, March 5 at 8 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program includes Beethoven’s Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2, Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.…
The Eastman School of Music is proud to celebrate the 95th birthday year of composer and pianist George Theophilus Walker in a special alumnus recital on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall at Eastman, followed by a champagne toast and reception in Wolk Atrium for the audience. The recital, comprised of…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Jonathan Rezlaff, Associate Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music, and Russell Miller, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire at Eastman, Sunday, February 25, at 3 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall. The concert, titled “Un après-midi de mélodie française”, features works by Caplet, Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Dutilleux, Kosma,…
Eastman Presents OAE: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with violinist Nicola Benedetti, performing Friday, February 16, at 8 p.m., in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The program includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, and Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 6. Three decades ago, a group of London musicians took…
Lindsay Baker by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Lindsay Baker began working with Eastman’s Voice and Opera Department in 2001. She was the Production Stage Manager for Eastman Opera Theatre until 2011; she also taught acting seminars and offered dramatic coaching to voice majors. Lindsay has been an adjunct Instructor of Opera since 2016; she…