Eastman School of Music’s newly restored 18th century Italian organ will be first of its kind in North America June 2, 2005 More Information: Eastman Office of Communications, 585-274-1050 Rochester , NY — The massive 40-foot container soon to be making its way by boat across the Atlantic Ocean surely belies the musical, historical, and…
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…
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”…
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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…
“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.…
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.) Listening During Covid, Part 12: Adventures in Ethnic and National Diversity – The Arts Fuse (The Arts Fuse 06/05/2022) In our second CD, a…
Eastman’s School Historian, Vincent Lenti, recently published the third volume of his history of our school. In this excerpt from Nurturing the Love of Music: Robert Freeman and the Eastman School of Music (Meliora Press), Dr. Lenti sums the extent of Freeman’s ideas and influence, which profoundly changed the school’s faculty, administration, and campus,…
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