Renee Fleming with the Eastman Philharmonia in 2011 This Saturday, November 12, marks the world premiere of Letters from Georgia, a new orchestral song cycle by Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts (BM ’94, DMA ’99), who won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his first opera, Silent Night. Based on passages from the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe,…
Arranger and bandleader Boyd Raeburn in the 1940s, photographed by William Gottlieb By Dan Gross Eastman Chamber Jazz, led by Jeff Campbell, will be playing the music of Boyd Raeburn tonight, November 8, at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The Raeburn Band did not have much commercial success, but it played some very interesting music.…
The Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series launches its 2016-2017 season with a recital by American concert organist Scott Dettra at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, East Avenue, Rochester. Dettra combines an active performance schedule with his post as Director of Music and organist at the Church of the Incarnation in…
It’s definitely autumn in Rochester, and this afternoon, November 3, autumn came to Eastman when several faculty members joined for a brief performance of Vernon Duke’s “Autumn in New York” in Howard Hanson Hall: Associate Professor of Musicology Michael Anderson as vocalist; Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Media Dariusz Terefenko at the piano; Associate…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—American conductor David Zinman, whose career has been distinguished by a wide-ranging repertoire, a commitment to contemporary music, and the introduction of historically informed performance practice, has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. “We are thrilled to welcome David Zinman back to Rochester,” said…
By Erik Elmgren This week, the Eastman Opera Theatre will present Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw (performance dates and times are listed at the end of this post). The performances will feature two rotating casts of Eastman School of Music undergraduate and graduate students. Benton Hess, Distinguished Professor of Voice, serves as music…
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.) Tamar Greene brings multiple personalities to ‘Working’ roles (The Philadelphia Tribune 10/28/2016) One of the members of the ensemble is Tamar Greene, who last appeared…
An Interview with Stephen Carr, stage director of Eastman Opera Theatre’s Turn of the Screw By Erik Elmgren Starting next week, The Eastman Opera Theatre will present Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Kilbourn Hall. The production will be sung in English with projected English supertitles and a small chamber orchestra. The performances…
Baroque trumpet virtuoso Brian Shaw presents the next Third Thursday Concert on Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The program explores the solo trumpet repertoire of the Italian Baroque, from the mid-17th century to the early 18th century. Shaw’s program includes music by trumpeter Girolamo Fantini…