The Eastman School of Music is again at the center of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, hosting 15 shows featuring 13 different acts. From music by Eastman composers and performances by Eastman percussionists, pianists, and jazz musicians, to dance by award-winning troupes, Fringe-goers will find something to their liking at Eastman. This year’s festival…
Kristian Bezuidenhout, a master of a variety of keyboard instruments including the modern piano and the harpsichord, is a nominee for Gramophone Artist of the Year, considered one of the most important worldwide awards for classical musicians. As a recording artist, Bezuidenhout has recorded three volumes of the complete keyboard music of Mozart, which won…
More than two dozen top high school organists, representing the next generation of concert artists, church music directors, and University organists, will be in Rochester Sunday, July 14, through Friday, July 19, to participate in an intensive program of instruction and performance. Presented by the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the program…
Singers of all ages and abilities are again invited to take part in “Eastman Summer Sings,” the popular Eastman-Rochester Chorus series of choral music reading sessions. Now marking its 19th season under director William Weinert, professor of conducting and director of choral activities at the Eastman School of Music, the series begins Tuesday, July 2,…
From renowned drummer and alumnus Steve Gadd to current Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School students, Eastman musicians will be appearing on various stages throughout the 2013 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival from Friday, June 21, to Saturday, June 29. Eastman has been involved in the festival since it was founded in…
Double bassist Ryder Eaton and saxophonist C.J. Ziarniak have been named the recipients of this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music Scholarships. They will both start their college studies at Eastman this fall as freshman in the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. The two musicians, who are graduates of the…
The Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester is pleased to announce the next stage in the evolution of its Institute for Music Leadership (IML): noted philanthropist Paul Judy—chairman of the Chicago Philharmonic Society, life trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), former president of the CSO board, and founder of Eastman School…
Hundreds of double bassists from some 30 countries will descend on Rochester in June, and audiences will be able to hear some of the greatest names in classical and jazz bass perform in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The Eastman School of Music is hosting the International Society of Bassists from Sunday, June 2, through…
The Eastman School of Music has announced the appointment of six distinguished performers and scholars who will join its faculty beginning in the 2013-2014 year: Edoardo Bellotti ,Associate Professor of Organ, Harpsichord and Improvisation. Bellotti has been Professor of Organ, Harpsichord and Improvisation in several musical institutions and universities including the Conservatory of Trossingen and…