The audience for the next Italian Baroque Organ Showcase Concert at the Memorial Art Gallery will get a treat for the eyes as well as the ears, as performers show how the instrument is used for improvisation and for accompanying performance. The performance, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, features Stephen Kennedy, director of music…
A concert in honor of K. David Van Hoesen, professor emeritus of bassoon at the Eastman School of Music and former principal bassoonist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Kilbourn Hall. The performance, which is free and open to the public, will feature chamber works and…
Eight voice and opera students at the Eastman School of Music will take center stage in the finals of the Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Kilbourn Hall. The annual event, which is free and open to the public, gives local audiences the exciting opportunity to hear rising…
Local veterans of all generations and their families can kick up their heels or just enjoy the music of the New Horizons Dance Band, thanks to a new initiative by the Eastman Community Music School ensemble. The first event in a new community outreach series to veterans will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m.…
The Eastman Horn Choir, under the direction of Peter Kurau, associate professor of horn at the Eastman School of Music, will present two concerts commemorating the feast day of St. Hubert. Both events, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at St. Andrew’s Church, and at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in the Eastman School of…
The Eastman School of Music and Bowling Green State University will present the first production in modern times of Francesco Cavalli’s 1642 La virtù de’ strali d’Amore, a groundbreaking and highly entertaining early opera. The work will be performed in Rochester on Nov. 9, shortly after its North American premiere in Ohio. Translated as “The…
Tuba Mirum, the Eastman School of Music’s tuba and euphonium ensemble, has been invited to perform at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference next summer in Cincinnati. The conference, which is held biannually, is attended by the top tuba and euphonium artists and ensembles from around the world. “It’s a great honor for the ensemble…
For the fifth time since 1992, Eastman School of Music Professor of Musicology Ralph P. Locke has won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music writing. The award is presented annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. The new honor cites his article “Liszt on the Artist in Society,” which…
After just one year in existence, the Eastman School of Music Clarinet Choir is getting invitations and going on the road. On Sunday, Oct. 28, the 15-member ensemble travels to Buffalo to perform as part of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Community Night Concert Series. The Eastman students will warm up the audience with Rossini’s “Italian…