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…
For several years, Eastman has had a partnership with the Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany, and it’s recently been re-energized. As part of a two-year grant from the German government to support collaborations between the schools, the partnership culminates in a concert to be presented on Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 p.m. in Room…
The Third Thursday concert series with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ returns this month with a special collaboration of Eastman faculty, students, alumni, and guests. Entitled 18th-Century Concertos for Organ and Strings, the concert takes place on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30pm in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery. The program offers a rare…
Mendelssohn’s majestic Elijah will be performed Friday, May 4, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre with the combined talents of the Eastman-Rochester Chorus (ERC), Eastman Chorale, and the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra (ESSO). Conducted by William Weinert, Professor of Conducting and Ensembles at Eastman School of Music, the title role will be…
The Eastman Presents Series brings Che Malambo, performing Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m., in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. An Argentinian based company, Che Malambo excites audiences through precise footwork and rhythmic stomping, drumming of the bombos, and singing and whirling boleadoras (lassos with stones on the end). Presenting a thrilling, percussive dance and…
The Eastman Presents Series highlights Patti LuPone’s “Don’t Monkey with Broadway”, Sunday, April 29 at 8 p.m., in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. This legendary Broadway singer will be joined by members of Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus for select numbers in this one-night-only performance. Singer and actress Patti LuPone’s storied career in Broadway and Hollywood…