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.) Wellington organist wins international prize (stuff.co.nz 10/15/2015) As his fingers played the organ keys, Thomas Gaynor was transported back to the 1700s, imagining what it might…
by Andrew Psarris Wonderful musical opportunities are everywhere in Rochester, but one such opportunity is unique. If you like to listen to music and give back to the world, then “If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, is for you! This week’s concert will open its seventh season with an exciting…
By Kevin Holzman The Eastman Wind Orchestra will present a blockbuster second concert of the season on Wednesday, October 21 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, conducted by Mark Davis Scatterday, Kevin Holzman, and Eric Laprade. Featuring guest composer Frank Ticheli, the Wind Orchestra will open the concert with Ticheli’s virtuosic, jazz-inspired…
Quintensity: Jimmy Abrahamson, Naomi Harrow, Amelia del Cano, Katelyn Fridmann, Andra Bane By John Fatuzzo On Sunday, October 18 at 3 p.m., Quintensity, a woodwind quintet of Eastman undergraduate students, will be performing in the Conservatory of the Eastman Museum as part of the museum’s Performance Plus live music series, a collaboration with the Eastman…
October 8 – 11, 2015, marked the first year of Meliora@Eastman: the combining of two alumni traditions, the University of Rochester’s Meliora Weekend and Eastman Weekend. The long weekend was filled with interesting events on the Eastman campus. Our blogger Andrew Psarris was our “roving reporter” for Meliora@Eastman and will file several posts on different…
Eastman School of Music faculty and alumni will gather on Saturday, Oct. 24, to present a “Celebration of the Life of Lynn Blakeslee.” Scheduled for 3 p.m. in the School’s Hatch Recital Hall, the event will feature recordings of the internationally acclaimed violinist with the ensemble Streichquintett Mozarteum, in which she was the first violinist,…
William VerMeulen, Principal Horn of the Houston Symphony and Professor of Horn at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, will conduct three residencies at the Eastman School of Music during the 2015-2016 academic year. Called “one of today’s superstars of the international brass scene,” Professor VerMeulen has forged a career as soloist, chamber musician, master…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.–A multidisciplinary Romeo & Juliet production that will be simultaneously broadcast to an outdoor audience, a program that engages the community in the creation and production of new music, and research on how alternative ensembles have shaped music-making to reach new audiences are among the projects awarded grants by the Paul R. Judy Center…
