These 19th century phonographs in the Collection Charles Cros, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, were photographed by Sarah Fuchs Sampson, a PhD student in musicology. Beginning in 1891, anyone with a private telephone line in France could subscribe to the Théâtrophone — and listen to live performances of opera in the comfort…
Eastman School of Music saxophonists will be performing both as invited guest artists and as competition participants at the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Thursday, March 20, through Sunday, March 23. The Eastman Saxophone Project, created in 2010 as a conductor-less saxophone ensemble, will be featured…
The works of Italo Calvino, one of the most important Italian writers of the 20th century, are the inspiration for a collaborative music-literature-theater project spearheaded by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Elena Bellina of the Eastman School of Music. Together with the bilingual New York City–based troupe Kairos Italy Theater and its Artistic Director Laura Caparrotti, the…
Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.) Student Developed App Helps Singers (WHAM TV 03/07/2014) An app developed by University of Rochester students could help singers in voice training.…
Sunday, March 9, is the 104th birthday of one of America’s most popular classical composers, Samuel Barber (1910-1981). His String Quartet, Op. 11, which contains his most famous piece, the “Adagio,” was recently recorded by Eastman’s quartet-in-residence, the Ying Quartet, along with music by longtime Eastman director Howard Hanson. You can hear David, Philip,…
Voice students who want to perfect how they sing their vowels could get help from a new simple, free application developed by a group of University of Rochester students who developed it as part of their Human-Computer Interaction computer science class. Ehsan Hoque, an assistant professor in computer science who recently joined the University and…
