Opera was a source of national identity and pride in 19th-century Italy. Church organists were even encouraged to bring the sounds of the opera into the sanctuary, where it could be available to all, including those who couldn’t afford an opera ticket. Organists of the period incorporated the musical style and gestures of operas into…
Jazz pianist and Eastman School of Music professor Bill Dobbins was surprised no one had ever talked to legendary composer/arranger Bill Holman about his life and music. So Dobbins traveled to the California home of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, where he recorded Holman’s reflections on his career and his thoughts on…
Rochester, N.Y.— The opening of National Sawdust in 2015 created a new model for classical music venues: a concert and rehearsal space, recording studio, and arts incubator in one facility. Issues around growing this new model’s board, including recruitment and accountability, are traced in Volume II of The Eastman Case Studies. Eastman Case Studies Developed…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music has announced the appointments of Chelsea Burns and Orit Hilewicz as faculty members in the Music Theory Department, and of Mara Culp as a faculty member in the Music Teaching and Learning Department. They will begin teaching at Eastman during the 2017-2018 academic year. “I am…
Media Contact: Erik Elmgren, eelmgren@u.rochester.edu The critically acclaimed New York City-based JACK Quartet returns to the Eastman School of Music to present a concert with OSSIA New Music and Musica Nova on Wednesday, February 15, at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The free concert, featuring works by Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, and…
Music inspired by visual and literary arts will be performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble on Friday, Feb. 3. Dancers from the University of Rochester are collaborating with the ensemble to present a multi-sensory experience exploring themes of creation and degeneration. With a program ranging from chamber to symphonic works, the concert underscores the talent,…
Students and recent alumni of the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music will now have an opportunity to join a very special family of professional artists. Eastman and ArtistShare have announced an exclusive partnership to recognize and support the career and artistic development of exceptional Eastman students and alumni. ArtistShare, founded in 2001 as…
The Office of the Registrar of the Eastman School of Music has issued a “Save the Date” for the School’s 92nd Commencement Ceremony in May. The Doctoral Ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony, at which students will receive their…
Participants address the evolving music field by discussing, strategizing on challenges ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Music school administrators must adapt to new and more rapidly evolving challenges than their predecessors, from developing fundraising strategies, to ensuring that curriculums prepare students for the changing music marketplace, to marketing their schools to global audiences. Eastman School of Music will hold…