The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 has ranked the Eastman School of Music as one of the top undergraduate music programs in the country in “Fiske Picks: Music Schools That Should Be On Your Radar.” The Eastman School was cited for its longstanding reputation as a leading institution as well as its ties to the…
The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation has made a $1.5 million commitment to the University of Rochester and its Eastman School of Music to support the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. In recognition of the Foundation’s support, the atrium in the new addition being built next to the Theatre will be named…
The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation has made a $1.5 million commitment to the University of Rochester and its Eastman School of Music to support the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. In recognition of the Foundation’s support, the atrium in the new addition being built next to the Theatre will be named…
Twenty-three teen-age pianists from six countries are coming to the Eastman School of Music this month, hoping to return home with prizes from the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. And for the first time since the competition was launched in 1997, the finalists will play the deciding concerto round not with second piano accompaniment,…
Sri Lankan chants, Bulgarian accordion melodies, and hammered dulcimer compositions will fill Kilbourn Hall for Mitzie Collins’s popular annual World Music Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 18. For the 16th year, Collins, a faculty member of the Eastman Community Music School, has gathered a group of musical friends to produce a program as part…
Sing at the Eastman School of Music this July in air-conditioned comfort! Singers of all ages and abilities are again invited to take part in “Eastman Summer Sings,” a popular series of choral music reading sessions held Tuesday evenings in July at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall beginning July 6. Each program features one choral masterwork, the…
Saxophonist Erik Stabnau of Brighton and guitarist Alex Patrick of Penfield are the recipients of the ninth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music Scholarships and will attend the Eastman School this fall as first-years in the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. As part of the 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival,…
The 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival prominently features Eastman School of Music students, faculty, and alumni in the nine-day celebration in downtown Rochester. Held in the area surrounding Eastman’s campus on Gibbs Street, colloquially known as “Jazz Street” during the festival, the 2010 XRIJF will envelop Rochester’s East End in bebop, hardbop, latin, swing, and…
André J. Washington’s recent graduation from the Eastman School of Music culminated four years of intense study but not his education overall: the flutist was awarded a 2010 Fulbright Research Grant and will be continuing his schooling in France. Selected from the largest applicant pool to date, Washington will use his national award to study…