ROCHESTER, NY – Grammy Award-winning tenor Robert Swensen will join the voice faculty of the Eastman School of Music as an associate professor of voice in July. Mr. Swensen formerly was chairman of the voice area at his alma mater, the University of Arizona School of Music and Dance, and had also served as assistant…
ROCHESTER, NY – Several young string players from the Eastman School of Music have been quietly stealing center stage in recent months, showcasing their tremendous talent and training. The students, all undergraduates, have received high honors at a variety of international competitions – leading to some exciting performance opportunities. British cellist Guy Johnston, 19, who…
ROCHESTER, NY – A young woman from New York City who initially studied to be a software engineer is the talented jazz pianist who’ll be featured in the third annual "Marian McPartland/Eastman Jazz Series" to be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, May 10, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.) at the Eastman School of Music.…
ROCHESTER, NY — New music will wear a coat of many colors when four Eastman School ensembles together present their final concert of the season at 8 p.m., Thursday, May 3, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). The performance — which will be webcast live by the American Music center’s NewMusicBox — includes music for…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman Trombone Choir, directed by Professor John Marcellus, recently learned that it won first place in the 2001 International Trombone Association Remington Trombone Choir Competition. The competition, held in February, is named for Emory Remington, who taught trombone at Eastman for nearly 50 years and is recognized as one of the…
ROCHESTER, NY – The award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble and the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble salute the School’s graduating class of 2001 and honor departing New Jazz Ensemble director Jim Doser in their final concert of the season at 8 p.m., Friday, April 27, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.). It is free and open to…
ROCHESTER, NY – A bit of Hollywood comes to Rochester later this month when John Williams, the Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning musician best known for composing the music for many of the biggest films in movie history, pays a visit to the Eastman School of Music. He will guest conduct the School’s premier orchestra, the…
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester audiences will have the chance to hear and see the magical music, dance, and costumes of Bali again this year when the Eastman School of Music’s Balinese Gamelan Lila Muni ("Beautiful Sound") and Gamelan Kembang Salju ("Flower in the Snow") present an evening of sacred, secular, traditional, and new Balinese music…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman Opera Theatre will complete its season of 20th-century opera productions with American composer Kirke Mechem’s comic opera Tartuffe. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, April 5-7, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 8, in the Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.). Based on Molière’s farcical play of the same name,…
ROCHESTER, NY – Again this summer, the Eastman School of Music (located in Rochester, NY) will offer an exciting array of summer institutes, classes, and workshops for college students, music teachers, and professional musicians through its annual Summer Session, which runs from June 25-August 3. Led by nearly 50 Eastman faculty members and prominent guest…