Celebrate the Grand Opening
of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
The New Sound Begins
The Vision Continues
The Eastman School of Music is celebrating the grand opening of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre with an exciting schedule of events and concerts. Come see what the transformed hall looks like and sounds like during the grand opening week. On Oct. 8, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) performs to a sold-out crowd with the world premiere of Geo, written by Eastman School of Music Dean Douglas Lowry
in honor of George Eastman.
On October 9, the Eastman Philharmonia is the first Eastman School of Music ensemble to perform in the transformed hall. Click here for details on the performance.
Or, join us at one of the dozens of spectacular concerts you’ll find throughout the year — many of them free. Whether you want to listen to jazz bands, wind ensembles, symphony orchestras, choral groups, or opera, you can hear it all in Kodak Hall! Click here for Kodak Hall Concert Listings. For information on all the concerts offered by Eastman School of Music, go to the Eastman Concert Calendar. If you would like to learn about Eastman concerts every month, go to the registration page to sign-up for monthly concert e-mails.
Project Details
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre Opens to the Public
Opening of Kodak Hall Slide Show
New Images — Inside Kodak Hall
Quotes on the Opening of Kodak Hall
Kodak Hall Renovations Fact Sheet
Background, Image Galleries, News Coverage
Eastman School of Music on TV & Online
In celebration of the grand opening of Kodak Hall, two fifteen-second videos and one thirty-second video were created. Watch them below.
Overall Project Highlights
Opened in 1922, the Eastman Theatre was built by Eastman Kodak Company founder George Eastman as a center for music, dance, and silent film with live orchestral accompaniment—“for the enrichment of community life,” as inscribed on the façade. Its rich history includes performances by the greatest musicians of our time, including Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Beverly Sills, Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, and Renée Fleming, a Rochester native and Eastman School graduate.
In 2004, the first phase of a major renovation project to the Eastman Theatre was completed to replace the stage and improve acoustics for concerts, opera, and other performances.
In 2007, plans were announced for additional renovations to the theatre and the construction of a new building for teaching and performance spaces. Highlights in the theatre include reducing the number of seats for the addition of box seats, improved acoustics, and the expansion of the inner lobby/gallery area. The new building, adjacent and connected to the theatre, will feature a 222-seat recital hall, faculty teaching studios, a rehearsal room, a recording control room, and an atrium.