By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, will present its final concert of the 2015-2016 season on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:00pm in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. Karel Husa on the campus of Ithaca College The…
Trumpet soloists James Thompson (above) and Douglas Prosser By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, presents its third concert of the spring semester tonight, Friday, March 18, 2016 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. The…
The EWO concert’s four composers: Eric Whitacre, Joseph Schwantner, Karel Husa, John Mackey By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, will present its second concert of the spring semester tonight, Monday, February 22, 2016, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert is free…
The Eastman Wind Orchestra performs Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Stucky’s Threnos this Wednesday in Kodak Hall. By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, will present its first concert of the spring semester on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The program…
By Kevin Holzman The Eastman Wind orchestra presents “A Salute to Donald Hunsberger”, conducted by Mark Davis Scatterday, Eric LaPrade, and Kevin Holzman, this Wednesday, November 11, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall. Admission is free. Few people have impacted the history and development of an ensemble and its repertoire more than Donald Hunsberger. The…
By Eric Laprade The Eastman Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Mark Davis Scatterday, presents their third concert of the 2015-2016 season on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert will feature a pair of prominent works by composers Olivier Messiaen and John Mackey. Messiaen’s Et exspecto…
By Kevin Holzman The Eastman Wind Orchestra will present a blockbuster second concert of the season on Wednesday, October 21 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, conducted by Mark Davis Scatterday, Kevin Holzman, and Eric Laprade. Featuring guest composer Frank Ticheli, the Wind Orchestra will open the concert with Ticheli’s virtuosic, jazz-inspired…
A mentor to me is anyone who has your trust and who has advised you on something important to you. There are hundreds of mentors I have had in my time here at Eastman, from deans, to professors, to staff members, to community members, to fellow students. First is my teacher, Jim Thompson. I have…
Composer Steven Stucky with Mark Davis Scatterday and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, December 2011 Tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall, I have the pleasure of playing again with the country’s favorite wind ensemble. The program will be opened by Eastman’s Harmonie—a chamber ensemble of wind players — who will be playing the Serenade…
Come out this Wednesday, January 28, at 8 p.m. for the Eastman Wind Ensemble’s first concert of the new semester. The program features Michael Daugherty’s Raise the Roof, a powerful timpani concerto that crosses many styles and idioms. It is replete with standing trombone players, lead trumpet solos, and unrelenting timpani, played by Eastman student…