David Chin conducts Eastman students in a Bach cantata at Reformation Lutheran Church. On Sunday, September 25, Eastman doctoral conducting student David Chin (MM’12) will be presenting a lecture concert on Bach’s Cantata No. 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief) at 3 p.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 North Chestnut Street. The…
By Erik Elmgren This year, the Eastman Computer Music Center (ECMC) has undergone a rebranding process and now is known as the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS). In addition to this new title, EARS has expanded to another room at the school, which will house state-of-the-art audio equipment enabling new learning and performance opportunities for…
By Dan Gross Tonight, September 22, at 7 p.m., in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall, the Rochester Fringe Festival presents Scarred by the Somme, the latest production of Table Top Opera, inspired by the centennial of World War I and the music of Claude Debussy. Dan interviewed Eastman Professor of Music Theory Matthew Brown, one of the…
Building on the foundation of the computer music center founded at Eastman School of Music in 1981 by Allan Schindler, the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) is defining a new vision for the teaching and creation of electronic music. Spatial audio, sound research tools, construction of installations, invention of new electric and electronic interfaces and…
Updated October 18, 2016 Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Lo-An Lin will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 13, as part of the Eastman Presents in New York City series sponsored by the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Lin has been hailed…
Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.) Idaho State Civic Symphony 2016-2017 season preview Idaho State Journal 09/9/2016) Pocatellan Douglas Lowry tribute concert: As a graduate of Pocatello High…
Soprano Robin Steitz By Kameron Ghanavati Robin Steitz, currently a second-year graduate student of voice at Eastman, was intrigued after hearing a performance by Dawn Upshaw. The piece Upshaw sang was compelling and detailed, sprinkled with Surrealist poetry, tonal ambiguity, and childlike thoughts. With her interest in 20th-century French poetry, Robin decided to research this…
Creating outside the box: artist Mark McDermott, dancer-choreographer Collette Fuierer, composer Dave Rivello by Dan Gross Eastman jazz faculty member Dave Rivello and his ensemble join forces with two other Rochester artists – an artist and a dancer-choreographer – to create a unique project for this year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival called “Invisible Boxes,”…
Portuguese-born pianist Fernando Laires, who launched his professional career at age 19 by performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, died Friday, Sept. 9, in Rochester N.Y. He was 91 years old. Over the course of his long and active career, he most recently had served as Professor of Piano at the University…