Sunday, March 8, is International Womenâs Day. In honor of female musicians around the world. To observe the year 2020, we wanted to highlight 20 outstanding women among thousands of Eastman female alumni, students, faculty members, and friends. It turns out there are so many possible choices we had to have 22 this time! As…
A benefit recital for Eastman School of Musicâs RenĂ©e Fleming Endowed Scholarship Fund will feature the schoolâs alumni and current students and a guest artist, who will join the retired director of the University of Rochesterâs Wilmot Cancer Center in a New York City performance that also marks the active octogenarianâs birthday. George Abraham, whose…
This is the second in a series of posts from students playing in the Philharmonia’s premiere performances of Kevin Puts’s Letters from Georgia on November 12 in Kodak Hall and on November 14 at Alice Tully Hall in New York. This post is by Martha Chan, who will play first flute in the concerts. By…
The poster for the Alice Tully Hall performance on November 14, 2016. Tomorrow night the Eastman Philharmonia, under Neil Varon, gives the world premiere of Kevin Puts’ Letters from Georgia in Kodak Hall, with soprano Renee Fleming as the soloist. The following Monday, all of them will travel to New York to repeat the concert…
Renee Fleming with the Eastman Philharmonia in 2011 This Saturday, November 12, marks the world premiere of Letters from Georgia, a new orchestral song cycle by Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts (BM ’94, DMA ’99), who won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his first opera, Silent Night. Based on passages from the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe,…
On Saturday, November 12, in Rochester, NY, and Monday, November 14, at Lincoln Center, the University of Rochesterâs Eastman School of Music Philharmonia Orchestra will present the world premiere performances of Letters from Georgia â a new song cycle by Kevin Puts. Puts, a Pulitzer Prize- winning alumnus of Eastman (BM â94, DMA â99), wrote…
The Eastman School of Music announced the Eastman Philharmonia, conducted by Neil Varon, will take the stage with RenĂ©e Fleming at Lincoln Centerâs Alice Tully Hall on November 14, 2016. The performance will include a new composition by Eastman alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Kevin Puts, written specifically for Ms. Fleming and the Eastman Philharmonia.…
Itâs a rare occurrence when a young person has an opportunity to be directly encouraged and taught by a person who is not only a leader in their field, but also whose celebrity transcends that field. Imagine having a basketball lesson with Michael Jordan, a discussion about entrepreneurship with Mark Zuckerberg, or a tennis lesson…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.âRenĂ©e Fleming, the worldâs most sought-after and beloved soprano, has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. âI am thrilled that RenĂ©e Fleming will be joining the University of Rochesterâs fabulous Eastman School of Music as a Distinguished Visiting Artist,â said Joel Seligman, President and CEO of…
Renee Fleming is shown after receiving an honorary doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in February 2011. Soprano RenĂ©e Fleming (MM ’83) is constantly lauded as the pinnacle of the diverse, multifaceted, artist Eastman inspires us to be. For the âMusic that Changed Meâ feature in the Christmas 2014 BBC Music Magazine, she talked…