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.)
Classical MPR Names Melissa Ousley New Host Of Minnesota Orchestra Broadcasts
(Broadway World 08/12/2019)
Ousley holds a bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan …
Eastman School of Music and URMC bring music to those who need it most
(RochesterFirst 08/01/2019)
This is Patrick Peralta. He’s playing in Strong Memorial Hospital, to a room of tense family members, some of whom are waiting for their own family members to come out of surgery.
Peralta is a doctoral candidate in classical guitar performance at Eastman School of Music. He’s participating in the Eastman Performing Arts Medicine program, with support from Friends of Strong. …
Black orchestra members are few but their unity will inspire you
(Democrat and Chronicle 08/01/19)
The festival was founded in 1993 by concert pianist and now-retired Eastman School of Music associate professor Armenta Hummings Dumisani to connect and support classical musicians of African descent. It formally associated with its longtime sponsor, the Eastman School of Music …
Tanglewood 2019 Review: The Brightness of Light
(OperaWire 07/30/2019)
Renée Fleming Braves Intense Heat, Soars In World Premiere of Kevin Puts’ Masterful Work
The second piece on the program was the world premiere of Kevin Puts’ piece “the Brightness of Light.” Based on a shorter piece commissioned in 2015 by the Eastman School of Music, “Letters from Georgia O’Keefe,” the expanded work is close to being a one-act opera. Puts himself dubs it an “orchestral song cycle.”
VC Artist Itamar Zorman Appointed to Eastman Music School Teaching Faculty
(The Violin Channel 07/23/2019)
The Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York has this week announced the appointment of VC Artist Itamar Zorman to its violin teaching faculty – effective from the commencement of the 2019-2020 academic year. …
Gateways brings black classical musicians together
(City Newspaper 08/05/2019)
The biennial, six-day celebration known as the Gateways Music Festival has brought black classical musicians together since 1993. The festival was founded by pianist and former Eastman School of Music professor Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. Rochester has hosted the Gateways since 1995, and the 14th iteration of the festival, presented in conjunction with the Eastman School, runs from August 6 through 11.
(Rochester Business Journal 08/01/2019)
Eastman School of Music and the Gateways Music Festival are introducing two new events during the six-day run. The festival is premiering a …
KEYBANK ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL KEEPS GROWING: A top US fringe + largest NYS …
(Benzinga 07/29/2019)
A new Fringe partnership with Gateways Music Festival has resulted in “A Celebration of the Life of Paul J. Burgett Through Music” at the Eastman School of Music‘s Hatch Recital Hall on Saturday, September 14. Burgett was a beloved board member of both organizations, and a driving force in the success of these and so many other wonderful community initiatives. Also new to Fringe this year: the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2019-20 season opener, “Scheherazade …
HSU piano festival features instruction, performances
(Eureka Times Standard 07/31/2019)
This year, faculty includes Olga Kern, Alexander Kobrin, Tian Ying, Barry … master class with Humpherys, piano professor, Eastman School of Music; … master class with Kobrin, piano professor, Eastman School of Music
Fringe Fest guide covers revealed
(Monroe County Post 08/07/20190
University of Rochester dance faculty will collaborate with Eastman School of Music composers to debut “Nanosecond” and “My Life in Sweaters” in “Time to Change” …
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