Dear Members of the Eastman Community, First, on behalf of the entire Eastman School committee, I want to extend sympathy to everyone impacted by yesterday’s horrific incident at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, as well as other recent tragedies that have been rooted in intolerance. We should especially keep in our thoughts the…
The Eastman School of Music’s Women’s Chorus presents an evening of music focused on celebrating the Suffrage Movement and powerful women leaders throughout history, including repertoire celebrating the contributions of Harriet Tubman, Emily Dickinson, Malala Yousafzai, and others. The concert will be held Friday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Reformation,…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Celebrating Eastman’s Collaborative Pianists, Chiao-Wen Cheng, Irina Lupines, Pi-Lin Ni, and Priscilla Yuen, piano, Monday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The concert will include guest artists Mark Kellogg, euphonium (Associate Professor); Oleh Krysa, violin (Professor); Guy Johnston, cello (Associate Professor); and Chien-Kwan Lin, saxophone (Associate Professor). Krysa…
Four trombone students have been chosen to represent the Eastman School of Music in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 31. The Amendous Quartet is made up of Ben Dettelback, Nick Crane, Jack Courtright, and Gabriel Ramos, all Bachelor’s of music students at Eastman. Their performance…
Marina Lomazov, an internationally renowned concert pianist whose New York debut performance was called “dazzling” by the New York Times chief music critic, Anthony Tommasini, will join the Eastman School of Music as Professor of Piano in the fall of 2018. Subsequent to winning prizes in numerous competitions, including the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the William…
Rachel Roberts has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester as the inaugural director of its new Master of Arts in Music Leadership degree program. Roberts, who has been the Director of the Entrepreneurial Musicianship Department at the New England Conservatory of Music since 2009, holds degrees…
Several graduates of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 60th GRAMMY Awards: In Category 62, Best Instrumental Composition: features two Alum as part of the JACK Quartet; Christopher Otto (BA06 BM06), John Pickford Richards (BM02 MM04) for Alkaline (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet)…
Joint Concert with The Eastman Wind Orchestra and Fairport High School Concert Band Showcases Community Connections By Jessica Kaufman, Assistant Director of Content and Public Relations Mark Scatterday, professor of conducting and chair of the Conducting and Ensembles Department at Eastman School of Music, has a long history of active involvement in the Rochester community…
Appeal to Upcoming Concert with Guest Composer Austrian composer Bernhard Gander, hailed for music that contains crossover appeal to heavy metal and punk rock fans, will be a guest at Eastman School of Music’s Musica Nova for the ensemble’s concert at 8 p.m. Thursday November 9, in Kilbourn Hall. Born in Lienz, Gander studied at…
Twenty-six Eastman School of Music students are brushing up on their “ciaos” and “grazies” along with their riffs in preparation for their concerts in Italy next month. The Eastman Chamber Jazz Orchestra, directed by Dave Rivello, received an invitation to perform at the Umbria Jazz Festival, one of the biggest jazz festivals in Europe. They’ll…