Seven Eastman School of Music musicians will “back up” Gov. David Paterson for the relaunching of the “I Love NY” campaign on Tuesday, May 6. Quartet Aura, a string quartet, and the Miles Brown Trio, a jazz trio, will travel to New York City for a media event promoting the variety of sites, attractions, and…
Students, faculty, and staff of the Eastman School of Music will commemorate the life of hornist Gretchen Snedeker, a graduate student who died in a car crash earlier this month, with a concert that will include recordings of some of her own performances. The memorial event, at 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, will be held…
After almost five decades on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, Professor of Percussion John Beck will present his final faculty recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in Eastman Theatre before he retires this spring. Admission to the event is $10, at the door only (free to UR ID holders). In addition…
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, a stirring, dramatic oratorio that is one of the most popular of all choral works, will be presented by the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman School Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Friday, May 2, in Eastman Theatre. The performance is free and open to the public. Elijah is considered Mendelssohn’s greatest work,…
The Eastman School of Music concludes its 2007-2008 World Music Series with a performance by the School’s own Gamelan Lila Muni, an ensemble of percussion instruments from the Indonesian island of Bali. Translated as “orchestra of heavenly sound,” Gamelan Lila Muni presents a large variety of traditional and contemporary Balinese music on such instruments as…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Building on the community legacy and vision of founder George Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company is providing $10 million to the University of Rochester to support the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. The project, which includes the addition of a building for teaching and performance spaces, will complete Eastman’s original plan for the University’s…
Fifteen exceptionally talented young singing actors from the United States and Europe will compete for prizes of more than $25,000 in the finals of the 2008 Lotte Lenya Competition, which will be held at the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, April 12. Traveling to Rochester from as far away as Berlin and…
Video and live performance works by 43 collaborating artists from across the community—including Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY College at Brockport, the Visual Studies Workshop, and William Smith College—will highlight the 12th annual ImageMovementSound Festival. The program, along with two interactive…
Prominent percussionists will join Eastman Contemporary Percussion at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Kilbourn Hall to present a program covering half a century of percussion ensemble music. The event is free and open to the public. The concert features the ensemble’s founder, John Beck, professor of percussion at the Eastman School of Music, for…