When the Eastman Wind Ensemble takes to the Kodak Hall stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, they’ll present a program that includes works by Mozart and Stravinsky. It’s a link to the ensemble’s beginnings six decades ago: a 1951 concert, featuring Stravinsky, which gave birth to the wind ensemble idea, and its 1953…
Four Eastman School of Music student musicians will become part of a historic event when they perform at the Presidential Inaugural Luncheon on Monday, Jan. 21. Violinists Che Ho Lam and Markiyan Melnychenko, violist Kelsey Farr, and cellist Hyeok Kwon were selected after a School audition process to represent Eastman during inaugural activities at the…
The Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series continues through spring 2013, showcasing the school’s internationally lauded soloists and chamber musicians. Sponsored by Patricia Ward-Baker, the recitals give local audiences the chance to catch performances by the faculty artists, whose busy schedules include frequent appearances elsewhere in the world. Performances range from tuba to voice…
Boston-based Dinosaur Annex, which boasts more than 35 years on the new music scene, performs on the stage of Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Dedicated to bringing cutting-edge works to the public through live performing, commissioning, and recording, Dinosaur Annex has given hundreds of premieres.…
Unexpected, eclectic, adventurous, genre-defying, informal, energetic, cross-cultural, versatile, innovative – critics have used many adjectives to describe Brooklyn Rider. The audience- and critic-pleasing string quartet brings its gripping performance style to the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Composed of four classically trained musicians – violinists Johnny Gandelsman…
“William Warfield: A Legacy in Music,” the annual concert supporting the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and spotlighting its talented recipients, will feature soprano Joel Callonia Dyson, a junior at the Eastman School of Music, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Since it was founded in 1977, the Fund has…
Sean (Yusheng) Xue is a senior saxophonist at Eastman. Coming from China, he understands the differences between the application process of the two countries and the extra work that international applicants have to do. Here are his tips of how to make your application process as an international student easier and more successful. Read this…
The following guest post was written by one of our current undergraduate percussionists. We hope you enjoy this insider’s perspective on being a student at Eastman! As a prospective student, it can be difficult to get a gist of what it’s really like to be a student at Eastman. My name is Ariel Jackson and…
Eastman Community Music School will hold its annual Homecoming, a tradition that began in 1998, from Thursday, Dec. 20, through Saturday, Dec. 22. Originally a one-day extravaganza of concerts in venues across the Eastman School of Music campus, the event showcases the talent and musicianship of students of all ages and has grown in popularity…
