ROCHESTER, NY — After a grueling three days and five rounds of virtuosic solos, cadenzas, and more than a few high notes, Eastman School of Music trumpeter Brian Shaw secured an impressive second-place finish ― and a $5,000 cash award ― at the eighth annual Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition, hosted last month by…
Rochester, NY — One of North America’s most sought-after brass quintets — the Boston Brass — comes to Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.) next month for a performance that’s sure to heat up a cold December night. The concert, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, December 7, is part of the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Concert…
Change Notice – Due to a flight delay, the special lecture recital has been moved from 4pm to 8pm. ROCHESTER, NY — Nuria Schoenberg Nono — the daughter of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), the great music theorist and composer whose “12-tone” method of composition redefined music-making in the 20th century — is coming to the Eastman…
ROCHESTER, NY — The talents of voice/opera students from the Eastman School of Music take center stage in the fourth annual voice competition presented by the Friends of Eastman Opera — a volunteer group that supports Eastman Opera students, programs, and productions, and also promotes Eastman Opera Theatre in the Rochester community. The competition began…
ROCHESTER, NY ― An outstanding final-round performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 ― with the Odessa National Philharmonic ― won Eastman School of Music student Grace Lee the silver prize in the first-ever David Oistrakh International Violin Competition, held in September in the legendary city of Odessa in the Ukraine. As second-place winner, Lee…
ROCHESTER, NY ― There’s a flurry of jazz coming to Gibbs Street in mid-November. Three outstanding ― and free ― performances by the Eastman School of Music’s award-winning jazz ensembles and some exciting guest artists are sure to keep things “heated up” inside while the temperatures drop outside. All concerts will take place in Kilbourn…
ROCHESTER, NY — At the birth of America’s Roaring ’20s, a small group of visionary civic leaders in a mid-sized Western New York city came together with the dream of forming a world-class school of music. The story of how, in 1921, Rochester industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman founded the Eastman School of Music,…
ROCHESTER, NY — An intriguing new opera by Charles Strouse — one of Broadway’s most prolific composers and one of the Eastman School of Music’s most illustrious alumni — launches Eastman Opera Theatre’s new season this fall. The world premiere performances of Strouse’s new work, The Future of the American Musical Theater, will take place…
ROCHESTER, NY — With a percussion fanfare written especially for the occasion, the curtain rose for the very first time today on the Eastman Theatre’s $5 million stage renovation. In a short ceremony this afternoon in the historic Theatre, Eastman School Dean James Undercofler — accompanied by University of Rochester President Thomas H. Jackson, Rochester…