Meredith Monk By David Raymond The multi-talented, profoundly creative artist Meredith Monk visits the University of Rochester this week with her vocal ensemble for a multi-day residency titled Dancing Voice/Singing Body. Monk and her vocal ensemble are the inaugural visiting artists for the Institute for the Performing Arts at the University’s School of…
Rosephanye Powell By Jeremy Lopez ALP Communications Intern This fall, the Eastman Women’s Chorus has the unique opportunity of singing under the baton of a composer on their main concert of the semester. On October 19th, Rosephanye Powell will be joining the ensemble to conduct a concert featuring her own compositions and arrangements…
October 15, 2019 Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The internationally renowned, award-winning Ying Quartet is back in its prominent position within the Eastman-Ranlet Series, with its performance on Sunday, November 17, at 3 p.m., at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The program will include Schumann’s…
Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585) 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu More Information: Margaret-Mary Owens, 813-502-7272, mowens9@u.rochester.edu Third Thursdays at the Memorial Art Gallery opens its season with a dramatic musical tale of two aristocratic ladies whose lives unfold through a series of French songs and dances from the eighteenth century. Come and experience…
Media only: Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator Katey Padden, (585- 274-1052, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu) Eastman Opera Theatre is thrilled to launch its season with the double-bill premiere of Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Mahagonny Songspiel in Kilbourn Hall, November 7-10. This double-bill will be directed by Stephen Carr, Associate Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre with musical direction…
The Kilbourn Concert Series presents singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. Critically acclaimed vocalist and songwriter, actor and dancer, Kat Edmonson has played major stages across the United States, Europe, and Japan. She’s appeared in major motion pictures, performed on radio and…
The Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with The Juilliard School and Ithaca College, presents the 14th Annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School of Music on Thursday, October 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. High school and college students who are interested in studying music will have the opportunity to…
An incredible night of music will occur at the Eastman School of Music’s Musica Nova concert Thursday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The program will include the world premiere of guest composer and vocalist, Kate Soper’s Missing Scenes: The Winter’s Tale as well as Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite (2012), Elliott Carter’s ASKO…
“If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefitting Rochester’s Foodlink, will open its eleventh season on Sunday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at the corner of East Ave and Westminster in Rochester. Admission to the concert is non-perishable food items or cash or check donations. The program…