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.) An American Outsider, Part I (National Review, 05/22/2017) The composer George Walker George Walker greets me at the door, smiling and dapper. I figured he…
The Fuego Quartet, a saxophone quartet composed of graduate students from the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, was awarded a Gold Medal in the 44th annual Fischoff Competition. Sponsored by the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association, the competition is the largest and one of the most prestigious chamber music competitions in the nation.…
The 36th annual Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition for Eastman School of Music voice students and for piano and accompanying students was held in Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, May 13, in the school’s Kilbourn Hall. The adjudicator for the competition was Graham Johnson, one of the world’s leading vocal accompanists and song scholars. His career…
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.) Sound Bites: Kathryn Lewek / The rising soprano shows off her sparkling high notes as Salzburg’s Ginevra next month (Opera News May 2017) Kathryn Lewek’s unusually…
LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE: www.esm.rochester.edu/live/kodak The annual commencement for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Sunday, May 21, with composer and pianist Jake Heggie giving the commencement speech and composer and librettist Gene Scheer receiving the School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, Associate Professor of Music Theory Seth Monahan…
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.) Remembering Jazz’s Greatest Year With the Living Legends of 1959 (Billboard 05/05/2017) Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz bassist of all time, never planned to play…
[iframewide height=”400″ src=”https://livestream.com/accounts/1852707/events/7085807/player”] Friday May 5 at 8pm – Eastman-Rochester Chorus and Eastman Philharmonia Monday May 8 at 8pm – Eastman Wind Ensemble ← All ESM Live Streams
This year’s series of Third Thursday Concerts with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery concludes with a program featuring baroque cello and organ, on Thursday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. The program will present works from the earliest stage of the cello’s history, with works by Italian Baroque composers Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690),…
By Erik Elmgren The Eastman Chorale, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, and Eastman Philharmonia present a joint concert this Friday, May 5, 2017 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert will feature two pieces for chorus and orchestra by Brahms, conducted by Professor William Weinert, and the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé, conducted by Eastman…