Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.)
Eastman-trained opera singer shames those who body-shamed her in Europe
(RochesterFirst 08/30/2019)
SALZBURG, Austria (WROC) — Kathryn Lewek, an American-born operatic soprano, took some criticism on a German site, Die Welt, for her role in a production of Orpheus, but the criticism wasn’t about her singing.
The Eastman School of Music graduate (2006 undergrad, 2008 graduate) spoke to News 8 Friday during intermission of her final performance at the Salzburg Festival. Lewek describes the criticisms, which started on August 14th after a performance, as “body shaming.” …
3. Collaborative Pianists Faculty
(Rochester Business Journal 08/29/2019)
Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artists Series presents the Collaborative Pianists Faculty on Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. Five Eastman collaborative pianists will play Lowell Lieberman’s “Daydream and Nightmare, Op. 94,” Amy Marcy Beach’s “Summer Dreams, Op. 47,” Astor Piazzolla’s “La Muerte Del Angel” and more.
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church has announced its 2019-20 concert lineup
MDJOnline.com 08/29/2019
Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.: Rising Stars! Eastman Organists’ Recital is a collaboration with the Eastman School of Music, the premier music school in the U.S. for organists. Jennifer Shin and Alden Wright, candidates for the doctor of musical arts degree in organ performance, will play.
Stephen Morris Quartet
(The Little Theatre 09/01/2019)
Jazz quartet led by Drummer/ Educator/ Composer / Jazz Masters student at The Eastman School of Music … Wednesday, October 9 | 7:00PM
ARTS BRIEFS
(Key West Florida Weekly (press release) 08/29/2019)
The Hermitage Artist Retreat appoints development director
Bruce Rodgers, the executive director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, announced that Sara Krusenstjerna has been named development director. […] Ms. Krusenstjerna holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester, and a … (Also reported by Florida Weekly and Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Four St. Charles East musicians attend prestigious summer music academy
(Chicago Daily Herald 08/29/2019)
This summer, four talented, young musicians from St. Charles East High School spent two weeks in Door County, Wisconsin, studying at Birch Creek Music Performance Center.
Jeff Campbell is the program director of the Jazz I & II programs. Campbell is professor and chairman of jazz studies and contemporary media at the Eastman School of Music. As a jazz bassist, he has performed with Marian McPartland, Gene Bertoncini, Rich Perry, Trio East, Harold Jones, the Eastman Jazz Quartet featuring Harold Danko, and has appeared on McPartland’s Piano Jazz program on National Public Radio.
Cheyenne Organ Concert Series set to begin Oct. 13
(Wyoming Tribune 08/27/2019)
Nathan Laube, an acclaimed international star as a concert performer, recording artist, clinician and lecturer, will be the solo performer of the 27th Organ Concert Series …
Laube is associate professor of organ on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and international consultant in organ studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom.
Let’s change the ‘girls play flute, boys bash drums’ stereotypes
(Phys.Org 08/29/2019)
In 2019, surely we are past the days in music class where boys are shunted to drums and trombone while girls are pushed toward flute and choir? Not necessarily so. […]
In the 1980s, scholar Ellen Koskoff of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, published an influential volume of essays that surveyed women’s experiences in music, both globally and historically. Koskoff’s volume points to gendering of musical pursuits as a pan-global experience. … (Also reported by The Conversation CA)
(AllOTSEGO (press release) (blog) 09/28/2019)
… Rolling Stone’s former photography director; John Covach, director of the Institute for Popular Music at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester; …
Fringe Festival kicking off Sept. 10
(Monroe County Post 08/27/2019)
The Eastman School Music will present the following shows at Fringe: “Songs by David Temperley” at 8 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 2 p.m. on Sept. …
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