Ned Rorem’s opera treatment of Our Town, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Thornton Wilder, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre April 9 through 12 in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The production is the first in upstate New York since the opera’s professional debut at the Lake George Opera in July 2006. Wilder’s…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.–James C. Doser, an award-winning educator and administrator, musician, and businessman, has been named Director of the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership. He will be responsible for overseeing all Institute activities and programs, including the Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Program, the Paul R. Judy Center for Applied Research, the Center…
The Eastman School of Music community was shocked and saddened to learn of the untimely death of prominent jazz trumpeter Lew Soloff from a heart attack on Sunday, March 8, in New York City. Mr. Soloff, who was 71, received his Bachelor of Music degree at Eastman in 1965. In a career spanning five decades,…
Rochester’s Publick Musick will be joined by Boston-based soprano Shari Alise Wilson and organist Edoardo Bellotti for two performances of music from the early Italian Baroque period on Thursday, March 19, at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled “Tota pulchra es, amica mea,” the event is part of the series Third Thursday Concerts with Eastman’s Italian…
Within a year of starting their collaboration, pianist Dariusz Terefenko and alto saxophonist Alexa Tarantino gave concerts in Dallas, Rochester, Hartford, and New York City, and issued their recent album Crossing Paths. Now, the jazz duo is taking their show further afield, traveling to Poland in March to teach and perform, and to Brazil in…
Pianist Cahill Smith, a 2014 DMA graduate of the Eastman School of Music, will make a third appearance in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m. In a program titled “Forgotten Melodies,” Smith will perform Currier’s Scarlatti Cadences, a 20th-century homage to the 18th-century composer; Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann; Medtner’s…
Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, the performing arts ensemble Kodo will perform its “One Earth Tour: Mystery” program in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Incorporating the group’s legendary drumming with virtuosic dance and instrumental performance, “Mystery” transports the audience to a place…
Two departments at the Eastman School of Music are collaborating on a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication Primo Libro di Toccate in 1615 by Girolamo Frescobaldi. The five-day event will include lecture presentations, master classes, and performances of the composer’s seminal work. When Frescobaldi published his “First Book of Toccatas” in 1615,…
Paul O’Dette, professor of lute at the Eastman School of Music, and Eastman alumnus and mastering engineer Robert (Bob) Ludwig won their categories in the 57th Annual Grammy Awards Competition. The awards were announced Sunday, Feb. 8, in Los Angeles. Ludwig took home three Grammys: Best Surround Sound Album, for his work on Beyoncé; Best…