The Rape of Lucretia, Benjamin Britten’s 20th century treatment of a tragic ancient tale of power, corruption, violence, and virtue, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre Thursday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. “Lucretia’s story is relevant today; we don’t have to look far into our…
The signature ensemble of the famed Boston Early Music Festival opens the new season of the Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music with two performances, at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Hatch Recital Hall. Directed by Eastman Professor and lutenist Paul O’Dette and virtuoso violinist Robert Mealy,…
The University of Rochester YellowJackets kick off the new season of “Eastman at St. Michael’s” this Sunday, Sept. 23, with a program that includes songs and stories from the group’s 2011 trip to Kenya, and performance of music for peace during the 4 p.m. Mass. “Eastman at St. Michael’s” is a series of monthly recitals…
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…