Spirited scenes of turn-of-the-century Parisian life, the sweeping whirl of the Viennese waltz, and beautiful and lyrical melodies have made The Merry Widow one of the most popular and enduring operettas of the past century. Eastman Opera Theatre brings Franz Lehár’s masterpiece to the Eastman Theatre stage for four performances beginning Thursday, April 3. Perhaps…
Award-winning organist Timothy Tikker will perform at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Memorial Art Gallery as part of the Italian Baroque Organ Showcase Concert Series. The recital will feature the American premiere of “Menorah,” a work by English composer Peter Bannister. Tikker also will perform 16th and 17th century works by Johann Jakob…
Local residents will have the opportunity this weekend to get close-up views of the work being done on Rochester’s newest instrument, a 15-ton, 2,000-pipe organ being installed in Christ Church, 141 East Avenue. From 1 to 3 p.m. this Saturday, March 8, visitors can attend an open house and see the appearance of the organ…
From a new work by an internationally celebrated composer to new works written by Eastman School of Music students, numerous premieres will highlight the fourth annual Women in Music Festival. And using words, instruments ranging from a carillon to a marimba, and even dance, more than 70 artists will celebrate women’s achievements and contributions in…
The Afro-Brazilian ensemble Ologundê brings its exciting and dazzling synthesis of music, dance, and martial arts to Kilbourn Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. Performing as part of the World Music Series at the Eastman School of Music, the ensemble will present a diverse repertoire which includes candomblé, a synthesis of religious performance rituals;…
Pieter Wispelwey, the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize for promising young musicians, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, as part of the Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music. Equally comfortable playing metal- and gut-stringed modern cellos or four and five-stringed baroque cellos, Wispelwey performs a repertoire ranging…
Tenor saxophonist Rich Perry will be the guest artist with the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dave Rivello, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. Perry has been living and performing in New York City since 1976. In…
Musicians from Marlboro, the touring extension of the renowned Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, as part of the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Concert Series. The touring program spotlights exceptional young musicians from the summer festival and seasoned artists in chamber music programs of rarely-heard works and…
The beautiful pictures from the High Baroque that surround the Italian organ in the Memorial Art Gallery create the perfect backdrop for the next Organ Showcase Concert at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. “Musical Pictures from the High Baroque” will explore the importance of visual images to Baroque composers. From Biblical stories to Greek classical…
Eastman School of Music alumna Maria Schneider (MM ’85) won a Grammy Award February 10 in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her work “Cerulean Skies.” The win is the second Grammy for the jazz composer, who won the 2005 award for Best Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden, the first Grammy-winning recording with…