Hard to believe that 2023 has come to a close! As we reflect on a year of incredible music-making, inspiring educators, the loss of a few Eastman giants, and the resilience of our community amidst a turbulent world, our photographers are sharing their “behind-the-lens” perspectives on campus activities. Featured here are photographs and comments by Lauren…
On Friday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with RocMaidan and the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union (UFCU), presents “La La Land in Concert.” The 2016 Academy Award-winning film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone was directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) and features a shimmering…
Since its establishment in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WWSF) has provided financial aid to more than 50 African American classical singers, including students from the Eastman School of Music and high school-aged performers. The WWSF Board of Directors invites you to attend its 47th annual benefit concert on Sunday, January 21, 2024,…
The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces an exciting lineup of performances for the Spring 2024 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning halls. Please note that the following concert dates and details are subject to change. For the most up-to-date event listings,…
Originally published in the Fall 2023 issue of Notes, Eastman’s alumni magazine. New Music at the Eastman School of Music was built into the school’s foundations by its first director, Howard Hanson, a celebrated composer. His American Composers Concerts, which began in 1925 to perform the works of living, American composers, gave way to a…
Each year, the Eastman School of Music and the Beal Institute of Film Music and Contemporary Media present a unique departmental recital. On January 20, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall, Visual Music 6.0 presents current Beal Institute students in a live-to-picture staging of their original compositions. Each composer will conduct the performance of…
Guest article by Summer@Eastman Marketing Assistant Reginald Bowens, DMA Candidate for the Degree of Jazz Performance in Piano Pictured: Reginald Bowens performing in his final student recital for the DMA degree in Hatch Recital Hall on October 24, 2023. Photographer: Cleveland Willis I am Reginald Bowens, a third-year doctoral scholar in the Jazz Studies and…
The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is excited to announce that säje, the two-time GRAMMY®-nominated vocal jazz ensemble featuring newly appointed Associate Professor of Jazz Voice Sara Gazarek – will make their Rochester debut in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. säje (rhymes with beige) is,…
The December 8 concert by the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman School Symphony Orchestra under William Weinert will present an exciting rediscovery: a rare performance of a large-scale choral work by a fascinating and important female composer. Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944) was not an obscure figure during her lifetime, but her road to…