Eleven singing actors who hope to make it to the finals of the 2009 Lotte Lenya Competition, including six Eastman School of Music students, will vie in a preliminary regional round at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall. The Lotte Lenya Competition is an internationally recognized theater singing competition sponsored by the…
Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, who received his master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music in 2001, won two Grammy Awards February 8 for the Los Angeles Opera’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. The DVD recording of the production won in the categories of Best Opera Recording, which is presented to the…
Soprano Tony Arnold, an internationally acclaimed interpreter of contemporary music, is this year’s Howard Hanson Visiting Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music. She will be in residence until April 2, coaching students, participating in symposiums, and singing with several Eastman ensembles. Her appearances will include performances of works by Eastman faculty and…
Eastman School of Music faculty and students are the featured performers in local concerts being recorded for broadcast on the nationally syndicated radio program Pipedreams. The series, which is produced and distributed by American Public Media, airs locally on classical public radio station WXXI-FM 91.5. Professors Hans Davidsson, David Higgs, and William Porter will be…
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, associate professor at the Eastman School of Music, has received a Fromm Commission, which carries a $10,000 award from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. He is one of only 12 composers selected for the commission, which is considered one of the most prestigious awards in composition. Sanchez-Gutierrez will write a work…
Concerts at Eastman School of Music this semester celebrate a vast range of musical styles and genres through an exciting line-up of guest artists and dramatic performances by world-renowned Eastman faculty, gifted students, and guest artists. On Friday, Jan. 23, Eastman alumna and Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider brings her Jazz Orchestra to the Eastman…
A new series of monthly recitals featuring vocal and instrumental performance majors from the Eastman School of Music starts this month in the stunning and historic St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church. The first concert in the “Eastman at St. Michael’s Series” will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, and features harpist Hillary…
Rochester, N.Y. — A local company is putting world-class music education in the hands of students who may not otherwise be able to attain it. First Niagara has given the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music a $10,000 gift to support music lessons and mentorship of Rochester City School District students, many of whom…
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley will appear in Rochester on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 3 p.m., performing in concert with the Clinch Mountain Boys in Eastman Theatre. Often described as “the elder statesman of bluegrass music,” Stanley is renowned for his banjo picking skills and distinctive tenor voice. Stanley and his late brother Carter first took…