Eastman Opera Theatre Announces 2022-2023 Season

Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to announce its 2022-2023 season. The season offers a remarkably diverse lineup including: Lear on the Second Floor (2013), an opera by Anthony Davis inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear; Alcina (1735) by Georg Friedrich Händel; and Florencia en el Amazonas (1996) by Daniel Catán, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel…

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Summer Organ Academy 2023

July 9-14, 2023 Eastman’s Summer Organ Academy is open to pre-college and undergraduate students. Each day includes private and group instruction from world-renowned performers and pedagogues, as well as daily access to a great variety of instruments. Participants have the opportunity to perform in masterclasses focusing on repertoire, sacred music skills, improvisation, and technique. Pre-college…

Utech Hymnody Symposium: Nov. 1, 2019

The George W. Utech Congregational Hymnody Fund was established at the Eastman School of Music in 2011 through the generosity of Mrs. Krestie Utech in memory of her husband George, who was a published writer of hymn texts. The Utech fund supports “the writing, composition, and promotion of texts and music for Christian congregational singing”…

Pedal Clavichord

Eastman’s pedal clavichord was built by Joel Speerstra of the Göteborg Organ Art Center in Sweden, and is modeled on Johann David Gerstenberg’s 1766 pedal clavichord in the Leipzig University collection. The instrument is an excellent teacher in its own right and a wonderful tool for the development of healthy keyboard technique, involving appropriate use…

“The darkness of war and the hope of life”: Pianist Alexander Kobrin Performs Benefit Recital

“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist,” wrote the 19th-century composer Robert Schumann. To shed a bit of light during one of the darkest events of the 21st century, an Eastman professor will be presenting a recital this month to benefit displaced Ukrainian music students.…