The Eastman Community Music School will showcase the talent and musicianship of its students during its annual celebration of the winter season on Saturday, Dec. 19. An extravaganza of concurrent performances in venues across the Eastman School of Music campus, Winterfest features ensembles and students ranging in age from middle school to adults. The day-long…
The Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series continues through spring 2016, showcasing the school’s internationally lauded soloists and chamber musicians. Supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, the recitals give local audiences the chance to catch performances by the faculty artists, whose busy schedules include frequent appearances elsewhere in the world. Performances range from tuba to voice…
Lisa Jakelski, Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, has been named a recipient of the Polish Studies Association’s 2015 Aquila Prize for the best English-language article in Polish studies. She is one of three humanities scholars to receive the award, which was announced during the Association for Slavic, Eurasian, and Eastman…
Jo Kondo, one of Japan’s most distinguished composers and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, will be in-residence at the Eastman School of Music from Monday, Nov. 30, through Friday, Dec. 4, as Howard Hanson Visiting Professor. During his stay, Kondo will attend rehearsals and a concert by the student-run…
For the first time as part of the Eastman Colloquium, 135 freshman and transfer students from the Eastman School of Music visited the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery. During the two-hour session on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Eastman faculty members Michael Anderson and Rachel Remmel and doctoral student Naomi Gregory and MAG Curator of European…
A concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, by Michael Unger, assistant professor of organ and harpsichord at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, kicks off the 2015-2016 season of Third Thursday Concerts with Eastman School of Music’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery. Titled “Sonatas, Suites, and Variations,” the program will…
Seth Monahan, associate professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music, has been named the recipient of the Society for Music Theory’s 2015 Emerging Scholar Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to music theory, analysis, or history of theory in work published in the prior three years. Monahan was recognized for his article…
The Eastman School of Music Organ Department kicks off a new season of Community Concerts at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd. The concert series features short organ recitals by Eastman students as part of the department’s ongoing initiative to bring outstanding organ music to the Rochester community.…
Potential Itzhak Perlmans can try their hand at playing the violin – or the viola or cello – at the Eastman Beginning Strings Fall Open House on Saturday, Nov. 7. Eastman Beginning Strings, a program of the Eastman Community Music School, is designed for 4-to-12-year-olds. Budding musicians and their parents can learn about lessons and…