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Friends of Eastman Opera Announce Winners of Annual Voice Competition
Eastman School of Music students Hsin-Mei (Tracy) Chang, Elizabeth Smith, and Matthew Grills were named the winners of this year’s Friends of Eastman Opera voice competition, held November 19 in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Chang, a soprano, was awarded first place in this year’s event. She received the Lynne Clarke Vocal Prize in the amount…
Online Speed Lessons: A Leg Up on the Competition
ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Wondering how to interpret the flute solo in Ravel’s Bolero? Or not sure about the tempo for the second trombone in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5? The Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership today unveiled online Speed Lessons, designed to help students gain insights into the orchestral repertoire for their instrument. In…
Musicians unite to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink
The benefit concert series “If Music Be the Food…” will open its third season with a concert at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Street (at East Avenue) in Rochester, on Sunday evening, November 20, at 7:30 PM. The concert series involves Eastman School of Music faculty and students, members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and…
Eastman Faculty Member Rachel Remmel Receives Grant from the Spencer Foundation
Eastman School of Music faculty member Rachel Remmel has been awarded a research grant of $31,920 from the Spencer Foundation and will spend the 2011-2012 academic year writing a book that explains the architectural origins of the graded school model that is used in most American schools today. She will spend time in Boston, Philadelphia,…
