Tonight and next Friday night you’ll have two chances to hear new music by a talented young Eastman student composition winner, Zihan Wu. Tonight, October 21 at 7:30 p.m., the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra premieres Zihan’s Three Songs after Japanese Haiku; next Friday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m., Musica Nova unveils her Seven Scenes After…
Kicking off our Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) season on November 3-6, is Lear on the 2nd Floor (2013) – an opera inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis and libretto by Allan Havis. Directed by Steven Daigle and conducted by Timothy Long, the opera will take place in Kilbourn…
This Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. Brad Hogarth ‘10E returns as a guest conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. For the concert he’ll lead Kenneth Amis’ Driven! and an arrangement of William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony. (See below for more details about this concert.) Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Brad is the…
The Mexican American composer, percussionist, writer, educator, and arts advocate Ivan Trevino ‘06E, ‘10E (MM) has shared his music with audiences around the world, from Asia to South America to Madison Square Garden. On Wednesday, October 19, he’ll share his latest music with Eastman, when Mark Davis Scatterday conducts the Eastman Wind Ensemble, with Ivan…
The Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with The Juilliard School and Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, & Dance, is presenting the 15th Annual Upstate New York Music College Fair on Thursday, November 3, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Cominsky Promenade, on the second floor of the Eastman School of Music, and on…
The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, officially began its Centennial Celebration July 1, 2021. Eastman’s 100 years of history and 18-month-long celebration has included more than 50 new compositions, world premieres, and centennial fanfares written specifically for Eastman’s ensembles, Eastman’s illustrious faculty, and more. As part of Eastman’s centennial celebrations, the…
Looking ahead to Eastman School of Music’s October and November Eastman Presents concerts, we are pleased to present a wide range of events featuring internationally accomplished guest artists. These concerts will be held in Eastman’s magnificent concert venues: Kodak Hall, Kilbourn Hall, and Hatch Recital Hall. Mike Stefiuk, Director of Concert Operations, shares, “Few things…
This article was originally published in the Summer 2022 issue of Eastman Notes magazine. Efforts on behalf of equity and inclusion have been ongoing and continued priorities at Eastman. As we have “opened the doors” to our community for our centennial, we have also renewed our focus on these important topics. In spring 2020, Dean…
By Mason St. Pierre This Saturday, October 1 at 11 a.m., Trio Ghidorah, made up of alumni guitarists Ken Luk ’11E, ’13 (MA), ’13E (MM), ’18E (DMA), Bernardo Marcondes ’19E (DMA), and Erik Gibelyou ‘19E (DMA) will present a “Guitar Extravaganza,” the first concert in our Morning Chamber Music Series. This event is free and…