Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento, who will be celebrating his 85th birthday on October 27, has made a commitment through a charitable remainder trust which will endow a professorship at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music at $1.5 million. In honor of Argento, who received his Ph.D. in composition at Eastman in 1958,…
The Eastman School of Music is excited to be at the center of the first-ever First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 19 to 23. Eastman musician will be performing in both on-campus and off-campus venues, and guest artists and ensembles will appear in Eastman venues. Here’s a wrap-up from the Festival website of specific events…
A roster of award-winning composers and musicians will be returning to their alma mater when the Eastman School of Music pays homage to composer, trombonist, conductor, and teacher Rayburn Wright on Friday, Oct. 12. Wright was a big band musician, an arranger and writer for Radio City Music Hall and for movies and television, a…
The 150th anniversary of the birth of Claude Debussy has already been celebrated this year in major music centers on both sides of the Atlantic: Brussels, Paris, Montreal, and London. This fall in Rochester, audiences can look forward to enjoying “the kaleidoscopic work of Debussy, one of the most innovative composers who ever lived,” said…
Bonita Boyd, professor of flute at the Eastman School of Music, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Flute Association (NFA). Boyd was honored earlier this month at the organization’s annual convention, where flutists from around the world whose lives and careers were touched by Boyd performed in a special concert. Describing her…
Today he’s considered one of the greatest composers of all time, but during his lifetime Johann Sebastian Bach was celebrated and renowned throughout Europe as an organist. This fall, the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) is partnering with the American Bach Society to present a musical and scholarly exploration of the many connections between the…
Two major festivals centering on famous composers, one celebrating the sesquicentennial of Claude Debussy’s birth and the other showcasing the organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach, highlight the fall concert season at the Eastman School of Music. But it’s not just classical music that folks can enjoy. Early music, new music, world music, jazz —…
The Eastman School of Music has announced the relocation of fall concerts and events scheduled for the School’s Kilbourn Hall. Planning is underway for new venues, and new locations will be noted online. Concert patrons should check calendars on the web sites of the Eastman School and University of Rochester for new locations. Dean Douglas…
Leonardo Colafelice, 16, of Bari, Italy, was awarded first prize after the final round of the 2012 Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition last night (Saturday, August 4) following a stellar performance of the Allegro ma non tanto movement from Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 in D Minor. As top winner of the week-long event for…