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May 16th – 22nd: Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount
On Monday and Tuesday, May 16th and 17th, 1955, Howard Hanson’s opera Merry Mount was produced at the Eastman School’s annual Festival of American Music.
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May 9th – 15th: Eastman String Quartet & the “new” Sibley Music Library
On May 9th, 1960, the members of the Eastman String Quartet returned from their nine-week tour that had taken them to Southern Europe, the Near East, and Northern Africa.
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Paws for Stress Relief @ SML
Join us on Tuesday, May 5 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Alec Wilder Reading Room, Sibley Music Library.
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May 2nd – 8th: Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer & Ruth Watanabe
On Saturday, May 5th, 1973, the renowned Thad Jones appeared as guest conductor and soloist with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble
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Open Study Halls
Monday, May 4 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Tuesday, May 5 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM Alec Wilder Reading Room, Sibley Music Library.
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April 25th-May 1st: The first American Composers’ Concert
On May 1st, 1925, a “Concert of New Works by American Composers” took place in the Eastman Theater, marking the first of what would be named the American Composers’ Concerts at the Eastman School
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April 24th-30th: An eclectic operatic double-bill at the Festival of American Music
on April 27th and 28th, 1959, the Eastman School’s Opera Workshop staged The Hunted, a chamber opera in one act by composition postgraduate Martin Mailman.
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April 18th-24th: Clark Terry with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble
On Wednesday, April 23rd, 1980, trumpeter Clark Terry was the featured guest soloist with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble. Professor Rayburn Wright, BM ’43, was the conductor.
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April 17th-23rd: Tribute to Rayburn Wright: three decades of Eastman Jazz
On April 21st, 1990, a special concert promoted as “Three Decades of Eastman Jazz: A Tribute to Rayburn Wright” celebrated the life and career of the late Rayburn Wright, who had died several weeks earlier.
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April 11th-17th: Jack End @Festival of American Music & EJE
On Tuesday, April 16th, 1946, a young faculty member and his student ensemble were invited to the stage at that year’s Festival of American Music
