Christopher Rouse, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who taught at Eastman from 1981 to 2002, died on Saturday, September 21 in Baltimore of complications from kidney cancer. “Christopher Rouse was one of the world’s foremost composers of the last half-century,” says Jamal Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music. “With…
Meredith Monk, internationally celebrated composer, performer, director/choreographer and filmmaker will be in residence at the University of Rochester Oct. 20-23, 2019 for a multi-day program titled Dancing Voice/Singing Body: a residence with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. While in Rochester, Monk will serve as both the inaugural visiting artist for the Institute for the Performing…
The Faculty Artist Series presents bass-baritone Jan Opalach, Associate Professor of Voice, Friday, October 4th, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Professor Opalach, along with piano DMA student Peter Klimo, will be performing a program of German lieder by Liszt and Schubert. and Lizst piano transcriptions of Schubert lieder.…
From Opera in the Ozarks’ 2019 production of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio: Jeremy (right, in what he calls a “gross beard”) in a sword fight with University of Michigan sophomore Jack Merucci (left). By Jeremy Lopez Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is a long-running summer program for singers looking to receive…
The Faculty Artist Series presents composer David Liptak, Professor of Composition and Chair of the Composition Department, on Monday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Guest pianist Eunmi Ko will be performing Professor Liptak’s Constellations (2010) and Star Light (2009), along with selections from George Crumb’s…
Pianist and Eastman School of Music student Alison Chiang will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 24, at 8 p.m., as part of the Eastman Presents in New York series sponsored by Eastman Professor Douglas Humpherys. For her program, Alison Chiang has chosen two of the great sonatas in the…
The Institute for Popular Music and Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester will be hosting the Abbey Road Symposium September 27 through September 29. The interdisciplinary symposium will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the worldwide release of the Beatles’ Abbey Road, with scholarly presentations, keynote addresses, poster sessions and other special events open…
The Eastman Piano Series announces Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan to perform in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Daniil Trifonov, Musical America’s Artist of the Year, has been hailed as “a talent compelling and thrilling enough to lift you right out of your chair”…
Rehearsal photographs by Jeremy Lopez. See below for the names of the Little Red cast. By Jeremy Lopez Ian Silverman is the Eastman School of Music’s only opera stage directing student. During his time at Eastman, he has had the opportunity to direct part of the Spring 2019 opera scenes production, and will be directing…