From the Top, the preeminent showcase for young musicians heard weekly on WXXI-FM 91.5, comes to Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre to tape a radio broadcast on March 19 at 7 p.m.. The popular NPR program hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley will feature the amazing performances and captivating personal stories of extraordinary young classical…
PLEASE NOTE: Vic Juris is unable to come; the Feb. 14 Jazz Cafe performances will still take place with Eastman faculty members joining the Eastman students. Guitarist Vic Juris will give two performances in Sproull Atrium in Miller Center on Friday, Feb. 14, as part of the Eastman School of Music’s Jazz Café series, which…
A concert of music from the Middle Ages will provide a preview of the enhanced experience that visitors to the Memorial Art Gallery’s Medieval Gallery will enjoy later this year. “Echoes of the Middle Ages,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the Gallery’s Fountain Court, features a selection of medieval songs that have been…
A concert in memory of Tatiana Tchekina, who was assistant professor of accompanying at the Eastman School of Music, will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Kilbourn Hall. Originally scheduled as the Eastman faculty recital of violinist Oleh Krysa, Professor Tchekina’s husband and duo-partner, the concert is free and open to the…
Roger Vignoles, internationally recognized as one of the world’s most distinguished piano accompanists and musicians, will present two master classes at the Eastman School of Music on Thursday, Feb. 6. Both are free and open to the public and will feature art song repertoire. Held in Hatch Recital Hall, the classes will take place from…
Eastman School of Music graduates Bob Ludwig, Maria Schneider, Martha Cluver and Eric Dudley won awards in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards competition Sunday night, Jan. 26, in Los Angeles. Earlier in the week, Eastman graduate Kent Knappenberger was announced as the recipient of the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation’s inaugural Music Educator Award and…
Kent Knappenberger, who received his Master of Music degree at Eastman School of Music in 1989, is the recipient of the first annual Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation. Knappenberger was one of 10 finalists, chosen from more than 30,000 initial nominations, for the inaugural award. He will receive the…
Comala, a cantata which earned composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon designation as a Pulitzer Prize in Music finalist in 2011, will receive a special presentation at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Eastman BroadBand, the Pittsburgh-based Alia Musica new music ensemble, and Rochester’s PUSH Physical Theatre are collaborating on…
“If Music Be the Food…,” a concert series benefiting Rochester’ Foodlink, will continue its fifth season with an exciting program of music on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at 7:30 PM, at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St., Rochester. The concert will open with Telemann’s Cantata on Psalm 100, performed by Jan Opalach, bass-baritone, Peter DuBois,…