Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik Features The Eastman Wind Ensemble with Mark Scatterday, Conductor, and Michael Burritt and Charles Ross, Soloists

GRAMMY Award winner Jeff Tyzik has released a new CD, featuring The Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor, with Eastman faculty members Michael Burritt and Charles Ross featured as soloists. Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik was released on October 19, 2018 by Summit Records, Fanfare said the release is ”…presented at the highest possible artistic level…

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GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Lee Koonce, lkoonce@gatewaysmusicfestival.org, 917-406-0046   Gateways Music Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary October 30 through November 4. The anniversary celebration will continue in August 2019 with the full Festival, featuring performances by professional classical musicians of African descent from throughout the United States. An anniversary celebration highlight will be the five-day Community Residency Program,…

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Musicians unite to benefit Rochester’s Foodlink on October 28

Media only: Jessica Kaufman, (585) 274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu Information: Mimi Hwang, Artistic Director: 585-615-0033; mhwang@esm.rochester.edu   “If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefitting Rochester’s Foodlink, will open its tenth season on Sunday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at the corner of East Avenue and Westminster Road in Rochester.…

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Eastman School of Music Announces Donald and Polly Hunsberger Endowed Conducting Scholarship

Donald Hunsberger (BM54’E, MM59’E, DMA63’E), Conductor Emeritus of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and his wife, Marjorie (Polly) (‘58E, MM’60’E) have made a generous gift to establish the Donald and Polly Hunsberger Endowed Conducting Scholarship at the Eastman School of Music. This permanent fund will provide scholarships for graduate conducting majors, with a preference for students…

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