ROCHESTER, NY — Award-winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse — perhaps best known for his smash hit musical Annie — will return to his alma mater, the Eastman School of Music, next month to address the School’s graduating class of 2003. The annual commencement ceremony for undergraduate and master’s degree students will begin at 11:30…
ROCHESTER, NY — The stages of the Eastman School of Music will reverberate with the music of internationally acclaimed composer Luciano Berio — including a New York premiere — as the School celebrates the innovative Italian musician with a festival in his honor. An unparalleled leader in the thinking, development, and creation of music from…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman School of Music concludes its 2002-2003 World Music Series 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, which features sacred and secular Balinese music — as…
ROCHESTER, NY — A classic by Shakespeare — with a decidedly modern twist — comes to life this spring as Eastman Opera Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, an opera by Benjamin Britten. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 3 through Saturday, April 5, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 6, in Eastman…
ROCHESTER, NY — Formed just last fall, the Eastman Youth Jazz Ensemble has been selected as one of the top 15 bands from around the nation — and one of only two from New York State — in the Eighth Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln…
Rochester, NY — To address cultural and social differences in music education, and to enrich students’ musical experiences by providing a well-grounded exposure to the world’s musics and how they are interrelated, the Eastman School of Music will begin offering a Certificate in World Music and a Diploma in Ethnomusicology in fall 2003. Under the…
Rochester, NY — For more than four decades, the acclaimed Eastman Brass — described by the Los Angeles Times as displaying “stylish elegance, flawless intonation, remarkable accuracy, and ensemble precision that rivals that of any string quartet” — has impressed and delighted audiences throughout the world with its varied and imaginative repertoire. Now, this renowned…
ROCHESTER, NY — It has the making of a modern-day Cinderella story: A young singer who dreams of life as an opera star is plucked from relative obscurity and is given the chance to perform with an acclaimed orchestra under a prominent conductor in one of the America’s most prestigious concert halls. Yet, for Eastman…
New York, NY — The far-reaching impact of an Eastman School of Music education and the relationships forged while at that school will play out musically on Saturday, March 22, at 2 p.m., when nearly a dozen Eastman alumni from the greater New York area bring their talents to Weill Recital Hall for a fundraising…