The Eastman School of Music announces that Professor of Violin Oleh Krysa will perform three Faculty Artist Series concerts this fall, celebrating his 80th birthday, as well as 60 years as a professional violinist and 55 years teaching. The concerts will include various colleagues and a variety of music. Krysa says, “I am thrilled to bring…
Five years have passed since the scarlet coats of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band last appeared on stages in the Northeast of the United States. However, on Friday, October 7, 2022, the band returns and will play a free concert in Rochester, at Eastman School of Music, featuring 6 alumni who are touring…
During September and early October, Eastman’s Associate Professor of Cello Guy Johnston ’03E is performing as a concerto soloist with The Hallé and directing the Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival in his native England. Like many other British natives, he was profoundly affected by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September, and offered us…
The Eastman School of Music is excited to announce The Morning Chamber Music series for 2022-2023. All three concerts will take place in Hatch Recital Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. These concerts will feature alumni guests: the guitar trio Ghidorah; cellist Jeffrey Ziegler; and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather. Each guest will perform alongside current Eastman…
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce that DMA student Jinhong Li will be presenting a solo piano concert on October 21, 2022, at 8 p.m. in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Jinhong Li is the winner of the Sixth Annual Eastman Piano Competition, which is sponsored by members of the Eastman piano…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists, inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe. The next Wellness at Eastman seminar will be on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 6 p.m: Musicians’ Hearing Health Q&A: Evaluations,…
The Eastman School of Music is excited to announce that Emmy-winning and celebrated composer and alumnus Jeff Beal has been appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Artist. Beal, along with his wife, vocalist Joan Beal (‘84E), founded the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media in 2016. Under the direction of Mark Watters, Emmy-winning composer…
Eastman’s centennial continues throughout fall 2022, including several exciting concerts by the acclaimed Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE), under its director Mark Davis Scatterday. On Wednesday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans will perform alongside the EWE as guest narrator for Joseph Schwantner’s New Morning for the World: Daybreak of…
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the details of the 2022-2023 Eastman Presents season. Concerts in each of the five series feature some of the world’s greatest artists performing in the three jewels at the Eastman School of Music: the acoustic and historic splendor of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; Kilbourn Hall,…