ROCHESTER, NY — There are some exciting changes in store for the Eastman School of Music’s Community Education Division (CED) — the non-collegiate division of the School that offers more than 1,100 students of all ages and ability levels a wide variety of opportunities to learn and perform music. CED to be renamed ‘Eastman Community…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman School of Music closes its 2003-04 season with a concert showcasing both the Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Eastman Philharmonia. The performance at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 2, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception that pays…
ROCHESTER, NY — The adventurous — and talented — pianists from the studio of Professor Nelita True at the Eastman School of Music will put their endurance and musicianship to the test as they present a unique “Beethoven Marathon” at the School. Throughout the month of April, the students will present a concert series showcasing…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s not everyday that you get the chance to hear a live performance of Beethoven’s choral masterpiece Missa Solemnis. But Rochester audiences will have that chance at 8 p.m., Friday, April 16, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.), thanks to the Eastman-Rochester Chorus. The monumental work — considered one of the most…
ROCHESTER, NY — Spring graduation ceremonies may pale in comparison to an upcoming performance opportunity for three select Eastman School of Music students who will represent the School in The Conservatory Project — an exciting new initiative through the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Chosen as a founding participant, Eastman leads off…
ROCHESTER, NY — Finals for the seventh annual Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers, which recognizes versatile young musical theater artists, are set for Saturday, March 27, 2004, at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. The first round will begin at noon in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.) with a break at approximately…
ROCHESTER, NY — Small-town Tennessee comes to the Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) this spring as Eastman Opera Theatre presents Carlisle Floyd’s American classic Susannah. Performances of the opera will be at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 1, through Saturday, April 3, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 4. Susannah is the compelling tale of an…
ROCHESTER, NY — When the Eastman Wind Ensemble makes its eighth Asian concert tour this spring, it will be an educational and challenging musical experience for the 52 performing students, and an exciting and entertaining experience for the audiences. So promises Music Director and Conductor Mark Scatterday, who took over the helm of the famed…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman School of Music is welcoming spring with a double header of residencies by award-winning jazz artists Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Cunliffe. Both artists will be featured in upcoming concerts this month with Eastman’s jazz faculty and students. All concerts, detailed below, are free and open to the public. Bob Brookmeyer…