The 36th annual Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition for Eastman School of Music voice students and for piano and accompanying students was held in Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, May 13, in the school’s Kilbourn Hall. The adjudicator for the competition was Graham Johnson, one of the world’s leading vocal accompanists and song scholars. His career…
LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE: www.esm.rochester.edu/live/kodak The annual commencement for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Sunday, May 21, with composer and pianist Jake Heggie giving the commencement speech and composer and librettist Gene Scheer receiving the School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, Associate Professor of Music Theory Seth Monahan…
This year’s series of Third Thursday Concerts with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery concludes with a program featuring baroque cello and organ, on Thursday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. The program will present works from the earliest stage of the cello’s history, with works by Italian Baroque composers Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690),…
The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, and Jon Rarick have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 40th annual Student Awards competition. The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble was recognized in the Outstanding College Performance Large Jazz Ensemble category for its March 2, 2016, concert…
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OWEN BRODER’S PROJECT: Heritage: American Roots For the Eastman School of Music: Jim Doser, 585-274-1470, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu For ArtistShare®: Prawit Siriwat, publicity@artistshare.com UPDATED May 1, 2017 The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and ArtistShare® have announced that Eastman alumnus, saxophonist/composer Owen Broder, has been selected as the first Eastman/ArtistShare New…
Donald Hunsberger, Professor Emeritus of Conducting and Ensembles at the Eastman School of Music, has received the College Band Directors National Association’s (CBDNA) Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also Conductor Emeritus of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, having served as its music director from 1965 to 2002. Under Hunsberger’s leadership, the ensemble continued its development as…
Emmy winner will direct new programs in contemporary media and film music Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor Mark Watters, whose vast resume includes music for motion pictures, television, DVD, video games, and special events such as the Olympics, has been named the inaugural director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media at…
Following last week’s Eastman Presents announcement, the Eastman School of Music has revealed the lineups for its Kilbourn Concert Series and Eastman-Ranlet Series, along with the newly renamed Fernando Laires Piano Series and Barbara B. Smith World Music Series. The upcoming 2017-2018 season of these four concert series includes 17 concerts ranging from solo and…
Media Contact: Jim Doser, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu, (585) 274-1470 Providing support for innovative musical projects, opportunities for professional development, and entrepreneurial ideas has taken a leap forward at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. Two new grant programs join two existing programs to expand career enhancing opportunities for Eastman’s students and alumni. The Institute…