Capturing a definitive performance of one’s work can be a challenging task for even the most seasoned professional musicians. But for the Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media department (JCM) at the Eastman School of Music, the recording process has always been a crucial component of the learning process. For the past five years, the department…
Today, Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. In honor of female musicians around the world, we highlight ten outstanding Eastman women alumni (including one current graduate student) … bearing in mind that this alphabetical list represents only a tiny fraction of thousands of Eastman women who are changing the world of music. Congratulations to…
Jamie Clark and her teacher, David Ying By Sarah Forestieri Jamie Clark recalls that pivotal first moment she entered the Main Hall for her Eastman School of Music audition, “The brilliant energy bubbling within the school felt like the magic of Hogwarts. The feeling I came to learn wholeheartedly over the next four years was…
The Eastman-Ranlet Series bring the Elias String Quartet Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Taking its name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is the German form, the group has seen global success. Their program includes: Henry Purcell’s Fantasia in E Minor, Z. 741 and…
The Kilbourn Concert Series announces American cellist, Joshua Roman to perform in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. Repertoire will include Debussy’s Cello Sonata, Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 69, Louange á l’Éternité de Jésus by Oliver Messiaen, Fairy Tale by Leoš Janáček, Brothers by…
Put Eastman School of Music’s world-class string quartet-in-residence, the Ying Quartet, together in a room with Rochester’s award-winning masters of motion theatre, PUSH Physical Theatre, and what do you get? “Creative Collision is what we’re calling it,” says PUSH Co-Founder/Co-Director Darren Stevenson. “It’s something that can happen only when both groups are fully open to…
On the heels of famed violinist Leila Josefowicz gracing Eastman’s stage this fall, comes a series of Violin Masterclasses, bringing four of the top violin professors in the United States to the Eastman School of Music. These spring master classes include: Ida Kavafian on Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Miriam…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Lilya Zilberstein on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Zilberstein will be performing Scriabin’s Sonata in F# Minor No. 3, Op. 23; Rachmaninoff’s Six moments musicaux; and Beethoven’s 24 Variations on Venni Amore by Vincenzio Righini as well as Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, Appassionata. Martha Argerich…
The Fernando Laires Piano Series presents Beatrice Rana on Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. It is this young artist’s highly anticipated return to Eastman. Rana’s performance consists of: Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 25; Ravel’s Miroirs, and Stravinsky/Agosti’s The Firebird. Gramophone’s 2017 “Young Artist of the…