Grant Le has been named this year’s recipient of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music (XRIJF/ESM) Jazz Festival Scholarship. The scholarship program is sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and is funded by proceeds from the annual festival. XRIJF has donated almost half a million dollars to the Eastman…
Eastman School of Music musicians — current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) — will be appearing throughout the 2018 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year’s festival runs June 22 through 30 at 17 venues, including the school’s Hatch, Kilbourn, and…
The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music recently announced a new scholarship: The Nathan J. Laube Organ Scholarship will support undergraduate and graduate organ majors in the Department of Organ, Sacred Music, & Historical Keyboards at the Eastman School of Music. The scholarship, named after Eastman Assistant Professor Nathan J. Laube, has been established…
Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) will host an “Open House” on Sunday, June 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Eastman School of Music. Students of all ages are invited to a hands-on experience of ECMS. Learn more about the school, explore musical possibilities, and even sign up for lessons, classes, and ensembles. The…
The Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ concludes its 2017–18 season with The Golden Age of the Trombone, a concert celebrating the inventive instrumental music of Baroque Europe. The performance takes place Thursday, May 17, at 7:30pm in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery. Inspiration for the program derives from…
The annual commencement for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Sunday, May 20, with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu giving the commencement speech as well as receiving the Luminary Award. The Sunday ceremony, which starts at 11:15 a.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, is…
Six Eastman School of Music voice students and six piano and accompanying students will compete in the school’s 34th annual Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12 in Kilbourn Hall. This year’s adjudicator is acclaimed countertenor David Daniels. The annual competition, which highlights the German art songs that figure prominently in…
The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, Jonathan Fagan and Jon Rarick (students of Bill Dobbins, Harold Danko, and Dave Rivello) have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 41st annual Student Music Awards. “Eastman’s Jazz and Contemporary Media department has a sustained history of excellence…
The Faculty Artist Series presents pianist Bill Dobbins, Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, Friday, May 4, at 8 p.m., in Hatch Recital Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Dobbins will be playing selections from his own composition: Preludes for Piano, Volumes 1 through 4. Bill Dobbins is professor of jazz studies at…