After three rounds of intense competition, five finalists were selected Thursday night, Aug. 5, from the field of 22 musical virtuosos in the 2010 Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition: Yen-Yu Chen, 16, Taiwan Joseph Mohan, 17, Akron, N.Y. Chang-Yong Shin, 16, Korea Rieko Tsuchida, 15, Japan Allen Yuan, 17, Farmington Hills, Mich. For the…
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 has ranked the Eastman School of Music as one of the top undergraduate music programs in the country in “Fiske Picks: Music Schools That Should Be On Your Radar.” The Eastman School was cited for its longstanding reputation as a leading institution as well as its ties to the…
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 has ranked the Eastman School of Music as one of the top undergraduate music programs in the country in “Fiske Picks: Music Schools That Should Be On Your Radar.” The Eastman School was cited for its longstanding reputation as a leading institution as well as its ties to the…
The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation has made a $1.5 million commitment to the University of Rochester and its Eastman School of Music to support the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. In recognition of the Foundation’s support, the atrium in the new addition being built next to the Theatre will be named…
The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation has made a $1.5 million commitment to the University of Rochester and its Eastman School of Music to support the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. In recognition of the Foundation’s support, the atrium in the new addition being built next to the Theatre will be named…
Twenty-three teen-age pianists from six countries are coming to the Eastman School of Music this month, hoping to return home with prizes from the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. And for the first time since the competition was launched in 1997, the finalists will play the deciding concerto round not with second piano accompaniment,…
Selected Coverage July 2010: Download PDF here July 2010 Highlights Jazz on the Pond WROC-TV — July 8, 2010 A local family is extending an invitation for you to come to a big jazz concert in their backyard. It’s called Jazz on the Pond. This year’s guest is 10 time Grammy winner and music icon…
Sri Lankan chants, Bulgarian accordion melodies, and hammered dulcimer compositions will fill Kilbourn Hall for Mitzie Collins’s popular annual World Music Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 18. For the 16th year, Collins, a faculty member of the Eastman Community Music School, has gathered a group of musical friends to produce a program as part…
Sing at the Eastman School of Music this July in air-conditioned comfort! Singers of all ages and abilities are again invited to take part in “Eastman Summer Sings,” a popular series of choral music reading sessions held Tuesday evenings in July at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall beginning July 6. Each program features one choral masterwork, the…