ROCHESTER, NY — Prominent American musicologist Philip Gossett — whose multiple interests lie in 15th-century sacred music, 19th-century Italian opera, sketch studies, aesthetics, textual criticism and performance practice — will pay a special visit to the Eastman School of Music this month. In addition to giving an opera master class on how to embellish the…
Rochester, NY — When you’re about to launch a new concept that radically departs from tradition within an already conservative industry, all the stars need to be in alignment. Fortunately, that’s exactly what Eastman School of Music Professor Richard Grunow has aligned — musical stars — providing "sound models" for an innovative approach to teaching…
ROCHESTER, NY — Two new faces, which no doubt will become familiar to Rochester concertgoers in the months and years to come, will take the Eastman Theatre podium in the coming weeks to lead two of the Eastman School of Music’s premier ensembles. Mark Scatterday makes his official debut as conductor of the renowned Eastman…
ROCHESTER, NY — Interested in singing in a chorus? Performing world music? Playing in a jazz ensemble? Area student musicians who are may now do so through the Eastman School of Music’s Community Education Division (CED), which is offering three new performance opportunities for the first time this fall: the Eastman Children’s Chorus, Youth Gamelan…
ROCHESTER, NY — Students aren’t the only musicians returning to the Eastman School of Music this fall. More than 200 graduates of the School are expected to “come home” to Rochester this month for the School’s biennial Alumni Weekend, September 13-15. Together, they’ll launch a new year at Eastman with a special weekend filled with…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s been quite a summer for three talented students from the Eastman School of Music, each of whom won major competitions held recently in Philadelphia, New York, and in Manchester, England. ORGANIST WINS TOP HONORS AT NYACOP After an intensive, year-long competition that culminated in July at the American Guild of Organists…
ROCHESTER, NY — On the heels of completing his Ph.D. in music theory at the Eastman School of Music, William M. Marvin has been appointed assistant professor of theory at his alma mater. Dr. Marvin’s work in theory has included a Schenkerian approach to tonality in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, examining tonal design and…
ROCHESTER, NY — Igor Lovchinsky, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant who now lives in Gahanna, Ohio, was chosen as the first-place winner last night in the Eastman School of Music’s Sixth Annual Young Artists International Piano Competition. The competition, part of Eastman’s Summer Piano Festival, is for talented young students ages 14-18; this year, nearly two…
ROCHESTER, NY — Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Cowdrick, described by Opera News as a singer who "brightly infused every scene with her singing, dazzling fioratura, and her sexy, warm, comedienne personality," has been named assistant professor of voice at the Eastman School of Music, effective July 1. Since an Adler Fellowship with the Francisco Opera launched her…