The Eastman School of Music is excited to announce The Morning Chamber Music series for 2022-2023. All three concerts will take place in Hatch Recital Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. These concerts will feature alumni guests: the guitar trio Ghidorah; cellist Jeffrey Ziegler; and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather. Each guest will perform alongside current Eastman…
Eastman’s centennial continues throughout fall 2022, including several exciting concerts by the acclaimed Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE), under its director Mark Davis Scatterday. On Wednesday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans will perform alongside the EWE as guest narrator for Joseph Schwantner’s New Morning for the World: Daybreak of…
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the details of the 2022-2023 Eastman Presents season. Concerts in each of the five series feature some of the world’s greatest artists performing in the three jewels at the Eastman School of Music: the acoustic and historic splendor of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; Kilbourn Hall,…
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), jointly present Eastman Theatre Centennial Concert, to be held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Saturday, September 24, at 8:00 p.m. This joint concert commemorates the stunning Eastman Theatre celebrating its centennial year. This coincides with Eastman School…
Eastman School of Music faculty members, students, and alumni will play a part at several different venues in and around downtown Rochester during the eleventh annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, running from September 13-24, 2022. The schedule of Fringe Festival shows taking place at Eastman venues includes: Friday, September 16 Eastman Percussion Ensemble: Theater…
Aubrie J. Willaert, ’05E (MM) Named Executive Director of Advancement for Eastman School of Music We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Aubrie J. Willaert ‘05E (MM) and DMA (ABD) as the new Executive Director of Advancement for the Eastman School of Music effective August 1, 2021. The role is a homecoming for Aubrie, an Eastman alumna who earned…
Dear Members of the Eastman Community, In my weekly messages to the community, I am privileged to share notes of accomplishments, positivity, and joy. I write today, not to celebrate accomplishments, but to acknowledge that members of our community are hurting—deeply. The senseless death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is heartbreaking and appalling. The outrage…
Congratulations, Eastman graduates! Eastman School of Music celebrates the Class of 2020. We hope this virtual toolkit will add to the celebration for you, family, friends, and proud alumni. Celebrate this momentous occasion with us by using the hashtags: #Eastman2020 #UR2020 #eastmanconnects
Dear Members of the Eastman Community, I write with an update on the planned Eastman Philharmonia tour of China. I initially chose to proceed with this tour to preserve a transformative opportunity for eighty students. But even after I announced my decision last week, my colleagues and I continued to actively explore multiple avenues to…
Eastman School of Music is proud to announce several new full-time and visiting faculty appointments for the 2019-2020 academic year: Lisa Caravan, Assistant Professor of Music Education Lisa Crawford, Professor of Harpsichord Andrew Harley, Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano John Kapusta, Assistant Professor of Musicology Nathan Laube, Associate Professor of Organ Joseph Rackers, Visiting Professor…