Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce the creation of a new Center of Equity and Inclusion, now formally named and dedicated to the late George Walker ’56 (DMA, ’12 (Honorary). The George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music will open and have a formal dedication on…
Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to continue its season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, April 7-10 in Kodak Hall. This production is directed by Lindsay Warren Baker, Instructor of Opera with musical direction by Timothy Long, Music Director for Eastman Opera Theatre. This Tony Award-winning musical intertwines the plots of…
Featuring 10 Performances in Celebration of Eastman’s Centennial The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces 10 performances for the Spring 2022 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning concert venues. “Always a beacon in the entirety of concerts presented at Eastman, the Faculty Artist Series features a…
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, jointly present Awadagin Pratt: Black in America, to be held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Awadagin Pratt: Black in America is described by Pratt himself: “Fusing music performed by Pratt, original still and…
For Women’s History Month in March – and in observance of today’s International Women’s Day – we’ve chosen several women from the long list of outstanding women in Eastman history … representing the past, present, and future. (And remember that you can enjoy the work of many more women composers, performers, and scholars during Eastman’s…
As part of the Eastman School of Music’s Centennial celebration, and in observance of Women’s History Month, the school is bringing back the Women in Music Festival March 21-25, 2022. This year’s weeklong festival includes noontime and evening concerts, a daylong symposium devoted to Florence B. Price (the first African American woman to be recognized…
The Eastman School of Music, as part of its Centennial Celebration, will ceremoniously usher in the next 100 years with a ribbon-cutting event, on Friday, March 4, 2022, at 9:00 A.M, in Lowry Hall at Eastman, located at 26 Gibbs Street. Led by University of Rochester President Sarah Mangelsdorf, and Jamal Rossi, the Joan and…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu ROCmusic, a collaborative and innovative arts-outreach program that engages children and their families in the experience of making and appreciating classical music, has renamed its “Readiness Beginning String Division” to the “Ginny Morris Readiness String Program” in thanks to the Ginny Morris Memorial…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Two of Eastman’s top jazz ensembles will kick off the Spring season with incredible performances, Eastman Jazz Lab Band and Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble perform March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. As the season continues there will be guest appearances by…