ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Eastman School of Music 82nd annual commencement ceremony for undergraduate and master’s degree students is set for 11:15 a.m., Sunday, May 20 at the Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. (The doctoral commencement ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 19.) More than 200 students will receive their degrees,…
The Eastman School of Music concludes its 2006-07 World Music Series on Thursday, May 3 at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall, with a performance by the School’s own Gamelan Lila Muni (“orchestra of heavenly sound”), a traditional percussion orchestra of gongs, drums, metallophones, and flutes from the Indonesian island of Bali. The concert will feature…
Eastman professor emeritus Verne Reynolds celebrated his 80th birthday in July 2006, and the School at which he taught for 36 years is paying tribute to him with a special concert on May 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. A distinguished horn player and teacher, Reynolds is also a prolific composer, and the May…
“Robust energy and enthusiasm” is how the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word vim – which also happens to be the name of an Eastman School of Music student saxophone quartet that has won awards and acclaim for its outstanding musicianship. Next month, the ViM Saxophone Quartet will bring its rapidly growing artistry to the stage…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In April 2006, the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership launched something brand-new: Polyphonic.org, a professional development website for orchestra musicians. In April 2007, as it celebrates its first anniversary, Polyphonic.org is emerging as an innovative resource for information on orchestra life. It has created a network and a sense…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eastman School of Music students triumphed at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artists Competition, held last month in Toronto. Violinist Anat Kardontchik, student of Distinguished Professor of Violin Zvi Zeitlin, won First Prize in the Strings Division. Israeli-born Anat is a senior in Professor Zeitlin’s class. Her family resides in…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The Eastman School of Music concludes its eclectic Mosaic Series with violinist Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Eastman Theatre. Kremer has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation. In 1997, after almost three…
The Eastman School of Music proudly announces that four members of the Eastman community were recently given 2007 Fulbright Awards to live and study abroad: Jay Kacherski, Masters of Music in Guitar Performance Alumnus (2005) from Hopewell Junction, New York, was awarded a Fulbright grant to spend a year in Mexico City, Mexico, researching, studying…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—. Love and war, politics and religion, past and future collide in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues), a gripping version of the Romeo and Juliet story by the composer of Norma. Eastman Opera Theatre continues its 2006-2007 season with this rarely performed, but beautiful and dramatic, work. While…