An annual concert that supports the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and continues the legacy of one of the great vocal artists of the 20th century will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. The concert will feature this year’s scholarship recipient, bass-baritone Jamal Moore, a…
Tours Maps & Directions Rochester Accommodations Touring the University of Rochester ARRANGING FOR A TOUR OF EASTMAN To fully appreciate and experience Eastman, prospective students and their parents are invited to attend an information session and tour, hear a concert, and explore for themselves the Eastman Advantage. Information sessions and tours for prospective students are…
Living in Rochester Rochester has been named one of only ten communities in the United States to receive the All-American City Award, recognizing Rochester as a great place to live. Rochester has also been named one of the “Top 20 Most Vibrant Arts Communities in America (2017)” according to SMU’s National Center for Arts Research…
Eastman offers countless opportunities to perform. Diverse musical genres are reflected by the School’s many established ensembles. The School’s two symphonic orchestras and wind ensembles perform both the standard repertoire and lesser-known works; Musica Nova performs a variety of new music, emphasizing the greatest works of the 20th and 21st centuries, while Collegium Musicum focuses on…
A student plays piccolo trumpet in the Eastman Chamber Orchestra. Craighead-Saunders Organ, named after Eastman organ professors David Craighead and Russell Saunders, was inaugurated in 2007. String players in the Eastman Chamber Orchestra practice a new technique for performing baroque music. Eastman professor Paul O’Dette, one of the world’s great lutenists, is also an accomplished…
Around the world, members of the Eastman Community are busy expanding the boundaries of the musical arts. From rock bands to tango ensembles, from a new-age pop harpist in Korea to a classical pianist in Tunisia, from music in the kitchen to music at the Kennedy Center — Eastman students, alumni, and faculty are busy…
Introduction Beginnings Directors INTRODUCTION Industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Company, established the Eastman School of Music in 1921 as the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Through the efforts of Eastman, Howard Hanson (Eastman Director from 1924-1964), and University President Rush Rhees, the Eastman School became an innovator in…
The Eastman School of Music strives: To create a musical community that is rich with cultural, social, and intellectual diversity. To give students an intensive professional education in their musical disciplines. To prepare students with a solid foundation in music and an expansive education in the liberal arts. To develop informed and inquiring minds that…
Music Is Theater, Theater is Music Dean Douglas Lowry delivered the Eastman School of Music’s 2010 Convocation speech on Thursday, September 2, in Kilbourn Hall. Just a few short months ago — on May 16, to be exact — we sent our next generation of musical leaders out into the world. The occasion was the…
Discovering Our Musical Mythology It’s an exuberant time at Eastman. The consecration of the house right across from Kilbourn Hall, the new “Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre”, in concerts with the Eastman Philharmonia and the Rochester Philharmonic; and Meliora, the annual festival celebrating all alumni of the University of Rochester, all commemorate and advance our…