Eastman News Highlights February 8, 2016

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.) Vivek Jayaraman Named Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony Orchestra (Broadway World 2/2/2016)  Jayaraman received a Master’s degree in Orchestral Performance from Manhattan…

“Adventurous Italians” at the Memorial Art Gallery

Eastman School of Music’s 10th anniversary celebration of its Italian Baroque Organ continues with a Third Thursday concert titled “Adventurous Italians” on Thursday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. In this concert, Publick Musick returns to the Memorial Art Gallery for a performance with one of Rochester’s hidden treasures: Eastman’s magnificent Italian Baroque Organ, the only…

“ALL MUSIC WAS BRAND-NEW ONCE”: an interview with Peter Kolkay of Dark in the Song

Bassoonist Peter Kolkay (MM ’00) returns to Eastman for this summer’s NewBassoon Workshop by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator No matter how many chamber music concerts you’ve attended, you’ve probably never heard anything quite like Dark in the Song. This “contemporary bassoon collective” of five top-notch American bassoonists has essentially created its own repertoire since…

Maternal Love and Loss: Q&A with Stephen Carr, Stage Director of Eastman Opera’s Suor Angelica and Mese Mariano

By John Fatuzzo This weekend, Thursday, January 28 to Sunday, January 31, the Eastman Opera Theater will present a double-bill of Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Umberto Giordano’s Mese Mariano. While the Puccini is a well-known work and the Giordano is rarely performed, both of the one-act operas present stories of maternal love and loss;…