Distinguished American pianist and classical music legend Peter Serkin will perform with the Eastman School of Music’s Philharmonia orchestra under conductor Neil Varon on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Recognized as an artist of passion and integrity, Serkin is one of the most thoughtful and individualistic musicians appearing…
Audiences will have the rare opportunity to hear the entire Eastman School of Music organ department faculty perform during a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the University of Rochester Press and publication of a book edited by an Eastman musicologist. Edoardo Bellotti, David Higgs, Stephen Kennedy, Nathan Laube, and Anne Laver…
“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will continue its sixth season of music programs on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. The concert will both open and conclude with vocal music by Johannes Brahms, performed by Kathryn Cowdrick and Robert Swenson, both Professors…
Today’s marketplace has forced all musicians to become entrepreneurs, none more so than chamber musicians. Next month, some of the music world’s leading innovators will offer their advice on meeting the challenges of today’s music marketplace at a day-long workshop sponsored by the Eastman School of Music as part of the national Chamber Music America…
“William Warfield: A Legacy in Music,” the annual concert supporting the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and spotlighting its talented recipients, will feature soprano Alicia Rosser, a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in the School’s Kilbourn Hall. The William Warfield Scholarship Fund was formed in 1977 to…
Organist Anne Laver will perform baroque works with a connection to the Eternal City at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, as part of the Third Thursday Concert with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ series at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled “All Roads Lead to Rome” – a reference to the city’s role as the hub of…
The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) and Linkages of Rochester, Inc., will celebrate the connections between Rochester and Rochester’s Sister City of Veliky Novgorod with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, in Kilbourn Hall. Held on the day after Russians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar, the Russian Friendship Concert features Eastman…
Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) students and ensembles will be showcased during Winter Festival Day on Saturday, Dec. 20. The daylong celebration, which features a series of concurrent performances in several venues on the Eastman School of Music campus, begins at 9:30 a.m. The performances will feature a wide array of music styles and ensemble…
Paul O’Dette, professor of lute at the Eastman School of Music, and Eastman alumnus and mastering engineer Robert (Bob) Ludwig have received nominations in the 57th Annual Grammy Awards competition. Both are previous Grammy award winners. This year, O’Dette is a nominee in the Best Opera Recording Category. Ludwig is in the running for three…