The Eastman School of Music will launch Cantata! A Bach Cantata series, a unique set of choral programs, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m.. This series, produced by Eastman’s Director of Choral Activities William Weinert, showcases six recitals between September and the end of March 2014, with two or three cantatas on each…
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.) Classical | Greentopia Classical Series 2013 (City Newspaper 09/11/2013) Greentopia has the allure of Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia”: six days at High…
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.) “Pianos for Peace” Project Unites Urban Rochester Community | Zachary Preucil (Huffington Post © 08/31/2013) As of August 5, eight pianos have…
The “Eastman at St. Michael’s” series opens its 2013-2014 season with an hour-long concert featuring soprano Yunjin Kim and pianist Evelyn Lam. On Sunday, Sept. 22, at 2:30 p.m., the two performers will present works by Mozart, Messiaen, Liszt, Beach, Rachmaninov, and Villa-Lobos in the visually and acoustically stunning St. Michael’s Church. Kim is a…
From September 26 to 29, the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester presents the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Festival, “Spectrum of Sound: Aspects of Organ Music since 1940.” For the first time in its 12-year history, this annual celebration of all things organ will be devoted to music of our time,…
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.) “Pianos for Peace” Project Unites Urban Rochester Community | Zachary Preucil (Huffington Post © 08/31/2013) As of August 5, eight pianos have…
As an occasional feature of the Eastman Blog, I’ll ask various Eastman musicians or other guests about their first encounter with a particular piece or genre of music. (Yes, this is blatant theft of the New York Times’ “First Crush” feature.) In slightly late observance of the centenary of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, I asked…
The death of the remarkable Marian McPartland on August 20 deprived the jazz world of one of its great musicians, and also deprived Eastman of a dear friend. She performed here many times, encouraged outstanding talent among jazz piano students, and rewarded it with the Marian McPartland jazz scholarship. (My one encounter with her was…
Eastman School of Music’s annual Faculty Artist Series, supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, takes off in September with a variety of performances, ranging from tuba to voice and piano. The programs give local music lovers the opportunity to experience recitals by the faculty artists, whose busy schedules include frequent appearances elsewhere in the world. The performances…
