ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Renowned bassoonist and educator George Sakakeeny has been appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester beginning in the fall of 2016. He has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras around the world, including engagements in Vienna at the historic Musikverein, with the Cleveland Orchestra at…
Eastman’s Third Annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert, “A Time to Remember…”, will take place on May 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. This year’s concert, performed by distinguished Eastman faculty members, showcases the music of Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann, Robert Kahn, and Leroy Osman, composers who perished in or survived the Holocaust, or who…
On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Eastman School of Music will host a colloquium and concert honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Milton Babbitt. Milton Babbitt (1916–2011) was one of the most extraordinary American composers and musical thinkers of the twentieth century. According to Professor of Theory Zachary Bernstein, “Babbitt was a…
One of the greatest works in the repertoire for chorus and orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, will be presented by forces from the Eastman School of Music on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The immense work brings together the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman Philharmonia,…
“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will present the final concert of its seventh season on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road (at East Avenue) in Rochester. “If Music Be the Food…” is a grass roots community project whose mission is to increase awareness…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2016 Warren and Patricia Benson Forum on Creativity to Feature Deviant Septet This year’s Warren and Patricia Benson Forum on Creativity at the Eastman School of Music will feature a symposium, workshop, and concerts that engage the artistic partnership and interests of Warren and Pat Benson in the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Susan Uselmann Wins Important NEH Grant for Developing New Creativity Course March 25, 2016 Eastman School of Music Assistant Professor of Humanities Susan Uselmann has won a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant called “NEH Enduring Questions”. The grant is awarded “for the development of a new course that…
Eastman Opera Theatre is pleased to announce the return of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”) to Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall stage in April. Considered as the first major opera masterpiece and a best-loved comic opera, Le Nozze di Figaro is a fast-paced story that revolves around the timeless themes of love…
The Office of Academic Affairs at the Eastman School of Music is very proud to announce that bassist Tyrone Allen has been awarded the 2016-17 Links Scholarship. The award, a cooperative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eastman School of Music, recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary talent and…