Published on Nov 29th, 2021
Sep 21st- Sep 27th: Howard Hanson delivers the ESM’s first wartime Convocation address
On Monday, September 21st, 1942, Director Howard Hanson addressed the student body at Convocation in Kilbourn Hall, marking his first Convocation address in wartime.
Sep 14th- Sep 20th: Accessioning of the SML’s first Scriabin Concerto manifestation
On September 14th, 1924, the M. P. Belaieff edition of the piano reduction score of A. N. Scriabin’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, opus 20, was formally accessioned in the Sibley Music Library
Sep 7th- Sep 13th: Howard Hanson met President Eisenhower at the White House
On Monday, September 10th, 1956, Howard Hanson met President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Oval Office at the White House, marking the first time that an Eastman School Director had met the President of the United States.
Aug 31st- Sep 6th: Howard Hanson has a close call at sea
In 1924, while in transit to Rochester to assume his position at the Eastman School of Music, Howard Hanson had a close call at sea on board the White Star liner S. S. Arabic.