Outside of George Eastman, Howard Hanson is the most visible historical presence on the campus (and inside of George Eastman, it’s too dark to see anyway). Rightly so: hired by Eastman himself, Hanson served as director for 40 years and, as school historian Vincent Lenti in a video produced by James Goodman of the Democrat and Chronicle, his “influence is still felt here.”
On April 10 and 12, the Rochester Philharmonic, along with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, will perform Hanson’s Merry Mount in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, a warm up for their May 7 Spring for Music appearance at Carnegie Hall.