Eastman Community Music School’s String, Harp, and Guitar Department invites you to join them in celebrating 2014 World Violin Day—a chance for future violinists of the world to learn about and try the most prominent instrument in the orchestra. World Violin Day will take place on Saturday, December 13, and will feature a beginning strings…
Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) students and ensembles will be showcased during Winter Festival Day on Saturday, Dec. 20. The daylong celebration, which features a series of concurrent performances in several venues on the Eastman School of Music campus, begins at 9:30 a.m. The performances will feature a wide array of music styles and ensemble…
Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Grammy nods for Eastman musicians (WHAM-TV 12/06/2014) An Eastman School of Music professor, along with an alumnus of the school, have been nominated for a Grammy…
Paul O’Dette, professor of lute at the Eastman School of Music, and Eastman alumnus and mastering engineer Robert (Bob) Ludwig have received nominations in the 57th Annual Grammy Awards competition. Both are previous Grammy award winners. This year, O’Dette is a nominee in the Best Opera Recording Category. Ludwig is in the running for three…
ROCmusic, a community-based program that provides after-school tuition-free music and string instruction to children in the City of Rochester, will present a one-hour Winter Holiday concert titled “ROC the Night Away” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the David F. Gantt R-Center, 700 North St. The concert, which is free and open to the…
