Third Thursdays with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery On the third Thursday of each month, from September through May, the Eastman School of Music and the Memorial Art Gallery present varied concert programs by faculty and guest artists featuring Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ. These programs are free with Gallery admission after…
THE HOOKS, HASTINGS, AND A TALE OF TWO ORGANS I. HOOK & HASTINGS: A THUMBNAIL HISTORY During the first decade of the 19th century, William Goodrich, regarded as the founder of the Boston organ-building industry, began building organs as a fulltime career. A musical but largely self-taught craftsman whose major textbook was the several 18th…
This project will provide both Eastman and the Rochester community with an organ suitable for the music of J.S. Bach, and help give life to the largest, best preserved late Baroque organ in Northern Europe.” – Hans Davidsson, EROI project director, Eastman professor of organ 2001-2012 The organ, named after two legendary Eastman professors, David…
A broad array of instruments is available for weekly lessons, performances, and regular practice. Some of these instruments are owned by ESM/University of Rochester, while others are available to ESM students through collaborative agreements with local institutions. Students who have church jobs also practice on the instruments in their churches. Organs of the Eastman School…
Every Tuesday, Eastman students, faculty, and alumni present free organ concerts at Christ Church in downtown Rochester. Come out on your next lunch break! Christ Church is home to two of Rochester’s most prized instruments. The Craighead-Saunders Organ is a scientific process reconstruction of an instrument that still exists today in Vilnius, Lithuania, created by…
The Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series (RCORS) is administered by the Rochester AGO Chapter, collaborating with the Eastman School of Music, WXXI, and several local churches. Together we bring to Rochester some of today’s leading concert organists to perform on our wide array of pipe organs. Past performers have included Olivier Latry, Cherry Rhodes, and…
The original version of this article appeared in the printed edition of the Winter 2022 Eastman Notes magazine. Since it appeared, we’ve been able to update a number of commissioned titles and other facts, which are reflected in this online version. It officially began last fall, and it is still going strong. Eastman’s centennial celebration…
About the Horn Studio The Eastman Horn Studio has a long and prestigious legacy dating back to the 1924 when Wendell Hoss was the inaugural Professor of Horn. His successors included Arkadia Yegudkin, Frederick Bradley, Morris Secon, Milan Yancich, and Verne Reynolds. W. Peter Kurau has served as Professor of Horn since 1995, and the…
Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WWSF) has provided financial aid to more than 35 African American students at the Eastman School of Music, 15 African American high school classical singers across the United States, and spotlighted talented Eastman recipients in an annual benefit concert. This year’s benefit concert…
Eastman Conducting Graduates The Conducting & Ensembles department boasts many accomplished alumni, and prepares students for careers in performing, teaching, academia, and many other fields. Choral Conducting From the studio of William Weinert: Daniel Bara (DMA01) Director of Choral Activities, University of Georgia David Chin (MM12, DMA17) Artistic Director, Bachfest Malaysia Senior Research Fellow, Bach-Archiv,…