ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman Wind Ensemble — America’s leading wind ensemble and pioneering force in the symphonic wind band movement throughout the world — is poised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding with an international conference on wind music, a gala concert, and a multi-CD set of new recordings. The conference, titled…
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester jazz fans have the first chance to experience the newest music by the Eastman Jazz Trio/Quartet – and purchase the group’s debut recording – at a special concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 7, in Kilbourn Hall (26 Gibbs St.). The concert, part of the Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist…
ROCHESTER, NY — A benefit concert presented on Sunday by the Eastman School of Music has raised more than $9,000 for disaster relief in New York City. An audience of nearly 1,500 people came to hear the Eastman Philharmonia, the premier student orchestra of the Eastman School of Music, and a community chorus of more…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s a new season of outstanding music at the Eastman School of Music, and the School proudly presents a second year of a new concert series designed to highlight its distinguished faculty. The Faculty Artist Series, which began earlier this month with a performance by the Eastman Brass, includes 14 concerts throughout…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s not everyday that you get to hear live concert music performed at Webster Park, a picturesque spot on the shore of Lake Ontario in Webster, New York (northeast of Rochester). Yet Robert Morris, a progressive concert-music composer and chair of the composition department at the Eastman School of Music, has conceived…
New York, NY — What originally began as a "thank-you" concert for an alma mater now has been expanded into a tribute concert for a grieving city. Before last week, when lives were irrevocably changed, Robert H. Smith, Jr., a 1998 master’s degree recipient in piano from the Eastman School of Music, had organized a…
ROCHESTER, NY – In the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., the Eastman School of Music will present for the Rochester community a benefit concert featuring the powerful Mozart Requiem. It will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, September 23, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) and is free…
Rochester, NY – Acknowledging the burgeoning need for skilled leaders in sacred music and the increased demands faced by organists in the 21st century, the Eastman School of Music has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering one of the world’s most comprehensive and integrated programs in organ and sacred music. The School – with its rich…
ROCHESTER, NY – A love of music will bring together approximately 50 high school students from a youth band in Rehovot, Israel – one of Rochester’s 10 sister cities – and 48 high schoolers in the Eastman School of Music’s acclaimed Music Horizons summer program. The two groups will spend a day together immersed in…