The Roto-Twist, an “intriguing object” in the Eastman Mobile Acousmonium. All photographs by Oliver Schneller. By Erik Elmgren The Eastman Audio Research Center, formerly the Eastman Computer Music Center, has been pushing the boundaries of electroacoustic music study since their rebranding earlier this year. Their next project, the “Eastman Mobile Acousmonium” or EMA for short,…
Eastman School of Music faculty members, students, and alumni will join the worldwide observance of Yom HaShoah by performing a Holocaust Remembrance Concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, in Kilbourn Hall. Titled “A Time to Remember . . .”, the concert features music written by those who perished or survived the World War II…
Eastman Cello Institute faculty: Alan Harris, Kathleen Kemp, Cora Swenson Lee by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Distinguished Professor Alan Harris knows a thing or two about longevity at the cello: he has been performing and teaching at celebrated universities and music festivals virtually non-stop since 1959. He first arrived at Eastman in 1965, performing…
Eastman Opera Theatre’s spring production is something of a rarity: Cendrillon, a retelling of the Cinderella story by Jules Massenet. This opera by the popular composer of Manon and Werther was a great success at its 1899 premiere, but gradually fell out of the repertoire. In recent years it has made a comeback; the Metropolitan…
UPDATE: The Evening Concert at 8 p.m. will be available to view via live stream: https://www.esm.rochester.edu/live/ . Streaming begins approximately 15 minutes before the start of the concert. Fourteen versatile singer-actors from Israel, France, Mexico, Canada, and across the United States are coming to the Eastman School of Music to compete in the finals…
Download presentation PDFs from recent celebrations: 2018 Faculty Creativity & Scholarship presentation 2017 Faculty Creativity & Scholarship presentation
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.) Contemporary composer: August Read Thomas (Gramophone 03/20/2017) . . . This leads on to the criticism – disguised as observation – that her music is…
We have several EDDI sponsored artists coming to Eastman this semester. Here is a break down of what we have to look forward to: Mieko Kanno, violinist and music theorist Monday April 3rd, 3:30pm Hatch Hall – Public Lecture “Quiet is Beautiful” Thursday April…
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination for Racial Discrimination. This year the University of Rochester’s “We’re Better Than That” committee held a meeting in Ciminelli Lounge to discuss the committee’s mission, goals, resources, and future plans and the Eastman community came together to show their support:
Conductor David Chin and his distinguished composer friend The 332nd birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach was earlier this week, but you can celebrate it this weekend with a performance of Bach’s grandest work, the Saint Matthew Passion. The concert, which brings together more than 40 Eastman students and recent graduates, was coordinated by, and will…