Christopher Shultis, Professor of Composition, Percussion and Music Theory, Emeritus, at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, will deliver the first in a series of three lectures on composer, writer, and musical philosopher John Cage at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Room 209 of the Eastman School of Music’s main building. This year…
Internationally praised guitarist Raphaella Smits will perform in the Eastman School of Music’s Hatch Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, as part of the School’s Kilbourn Concert Series. Recognized as “an uncommonly musical guitarist” (Tim Page, New York Times), Smits plays worldwide on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. She studied classical music at…
Eastman School of Music faculty members are renowned soloists and chamber musicians who fill concert halls around the world, and their recitals at the School are an important part of their performing schedules. The Eastman Faculty Artist Series, sponsored by Patricia Ward-Baker, gives local music lovers the opportunity to catch these internationally lauded artists on…
Emily Helenbrook, a freshman at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, will be heard singing on the national public radio series From the Top this Sunday, Oct. 28, airing at 5 p.m. on local station WXXI Classical 91.5/FM-HD91.5-1. An 18-year-old soprano from Alexander, N.Y., Helenbrook performs the aria “O luce di quest’anima” from…
Duo Diorama, composed of violinist MingHuan Xu and pianist Winston Choi, will give the Rochester premiere of Robert Morris’s new work . . . gradually . . . during a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Eastman School of Music’s Hatch Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.…
The audience for the Sunday, Oct. 21, concert on the Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery will enjoy a performance combining music and motion. Titled “Organ and the Body,” the first of this year’s monthly series of Third Sunday Concerts with the Italian Baroque Organ features organist Stephen Kennedy and dancers led by…
The Eastman School of Music, in conjunction with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the seventh annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Tuesday, Nov. 6th, from 5 to 7 p.m. High school and college students who are considering schools with programs in music will have the…
(Rochester, New York) –“If Music Be the Food…” , a concert series benefiting Rochester’ Foodlink, will open its fourth season with an exciting program of music for organ, strings, brass, and percussion at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road (at East Avenue) in Rochester, on Sunday evening, October 21, 2012 at 7:30 PM. “If…
