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Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu A Gateways Orchestra concert in New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall will highlight the 2022 Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, according to plans announced today. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November,…

Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Elizabeth Cree, released for on-demand streaming starting July 9.This suspenseful and highly theatrical opera, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts ‘94E and a libretto by Mark Campbell, is based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd. This production will be…

Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator: (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Mozart Mayhem, released for on-demand streaming starting May 28.Mozart Mayhem will bring an inventive, immersive twist to scenes and arias from three of the composer’s most beloved operas:  Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Die…

This year there will be one commencement ceremony for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students, held on Sunday, May 23rd, at 9:00 a.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The Sunday ceremony is for students receiving their Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts, and Master of Music degree. Ceremonies for students receiving…

Katie Wyatt, President and CEO of El Sistema USA 919-451-0077, katie@elsistemausa.org   Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, and El Sistema USA® (ESUSA) have recently deepened their partnership with several key personnel appointments and intersectionality initiatives. Both the Eastman School of Music and the Gateways Festival, in partnership with Eastman, joined ESUSA…

The Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series (RCORS), together with the Eastman School of Music, is pleased to host organists David Higgs and Anne Laver in a virtual concert at Christ Church Rochester on East Avenue on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Both members of the Organ faculty at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,…

The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Alexander Kobrin, Associate Professor of Piano, on Tuesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m., presented through Livestream as a virtual performance. The program consists of Mozart’s Sonata in F Major, K. 280; Four Mazurkas, Op. 24, by Chopin; and Schubert’s Sonata in C Minor, D. 958. Called the “Van Cliburn…