The Eastman School of Music supports a variety of student, faculty, and guest artist performances, which help to create a rich organ culture in the greater Rochester area. Scroll through the list of events below to see what events are happening this month.
Organ Events Around Town
Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series (RCORS)
Eastman’s Department of Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards teams with the Rochester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, as well as local churches, to bring world-famous concert organists to Rochester for recitals and master classes several times each year.
Tuesday Pipes
Every Tuesday, Eastman students, faculty, and alumni present a 25-minute lunchtime concert at Christ Church. Performances feature the Craighead-Saunders Organ and Hook & Hastings Organ. Each free program begins at 12:10 p.m.
Going for Baroque
Every Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., an Eastman organ student demonstrates the sounds of the Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery in a brief mini-recital.
These demonstrations are free with gallery admission.
Third Thursdays
On the third Thursday of each month, from September through May, the Eastman School of Music and the Memorial Art Gallery present varied concert programs by faculty and guest artists featuring Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ. These programs are free with Gallery admission after 5pm. Made possible by the Rippey Endowed Trust.
All concerts begin at 7:30pm.
Please arrive early as seating is limited and available on a first-come basis.
Candlelight Concerts
Concerts at Christ Church preceding Compline on the first Sunday of the month, October-April. Concerts begin at 8:30 pm, with Compline at 9:00 pm. A reception follows Compline on these first Sundays.
Community Concerts
Eastman students present hour-long recitals at local churches in Rochester and nearby towns. These monthly concerts are open to the public, and a free-will offering will benefit the Eastman Organ Department student travel fund.
