Eastman News Highlights October 12, 2015

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.) A Concertmaster Sounds Out the City (Wall Street Journal 10/09/2015) During a Friday morning rehearsal, the New York Philharmonic’s newly installed concertmaster Frank Huang lingered onstage…

Allen Ginsberg’s Beat Poetry, Philip Glass’s Hypnotic Music Create a Portrait of Social Revolution

The seismic shifts in America’s cultural and political landscapes are reflected in words and music in Hydrogen Jukebox, a music theatre piece that will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre November 5 through 8 in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall.  Setting the counterculture poems of Allen Ginsberg to the repetitive structures of Philip…

First Year Graduate Brass Students Perform for New York Principal Brass Members

On Sunday, September 27, the Principal Brass, a quintet of principal brass players from the New York Philharmonic. performed at Eastman in the school’s Kilbourn Concert Series. A nearly sold-out Kilbourn Hall audience was treated to an impressive performance of famous French and American brass quintets and several virtuosic transcriptions. As an added bonus, Eastman…

A week in the life of a violinist

The following post was written by Mary Theresa Russek, BM ‘16, who is an undergraduate double major in Violin Performance and Music Education.  Thanks Mary! **** Senior year is wonderful! I finished my Theory, Aural Skills, and Music History classes last year, which has made a huge difference in my schedule this year. I’ve also…

Meliora Weekend’s Showcase Concert

Violist Alex McLaughlin and conductor Peter Folliard rehearse Nicolas Bacri’s Piccolo Concerto Notturno with the Eastman Viola Ensemble in Kodak Hall. (Photograph by Carol Rodland.) It’s rare to see the Eastman Student Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia share the stage in Kodak Hall, but Maestro Neil Varon wanted to feature both orchestras during this special “homecoming”…