Centennial events
Join us as we celebrate Eastman’s rich history and promising future with Centennial Celebration events beginning in August 2021 and continuing through 2022. Events include world-premieres of more than forty new compositions, fanfares composed by Eastman alumni, acclaimed guest artists performing alongside Eastman’s faculty and ensembles, national academic and music conferences, alumni events throughout the country, a documentary being produced in partnership with WXXI, and more! Additional information and an updated schedule of events will be forthcoming. Check back frequently for a full listing of in-person and virtual events.
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February – October 2022
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 CANCELLED
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Neil Varon, conductor
Centennial Fanfare Performance: Walter Saul: Fanfare for Eastman
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, February 4, 2022 CANCELLED
Eastman Philharmonia. Neil Varon, conductor
Centennial Fanfare Performance: Christopher Wicks: Fanfare for the Musician, Common or Uncommon
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, February 16 – Thursday, February 17, 2022
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: La Calisto
By Francesco Cavalli and Giovanni Faustini (A seventeenth-century opera based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with riotous relevance to contemporary concerns: gender, sex, love, power).
7:30 PM to 10:00 p.m.
Eastman Opera Theatre Scene Shop, 1344 University Avenue
Monday, February 21 – Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Alarm Will Sound Residency
Various Locations
Tuesday, February 22 – Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: La Calisto
By Francesco Cavalli and Giovanni Faustini (A seventeenth-century opera based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with riotous relevance to contemporary concerns: gender, sex, love, power).
7:30 PM to 10:00 p.m.
Eastman Opera Theatre Scene Shop, 1344 University Avenue
These two performances will be livestreamed.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Eastman Chorale. William Weinert, conductor
Premiere of Hannah Lash’s work
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
March 1–7, 2022
100 Concerts for 100 Years
Click here to learn more and to submit your performance
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 – Sunday, March 6, 2022
Eastman Opens the Doors Festival
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Eastman Wind Ensemble / Musica Nova Concert
Mark Davis Scatterday and Brad Lubman, conductors
Premiere of August Read Thomas, as well as Brad Lubman’s and Jeff Tyzik’s works / Centennial Fanfare Performance: Andre Meyers: This Door, This Day
Guest Artists: Augusta Read Thomas, Composer / Brad Lubman, Composer and ESM Faculty / Jeff Tyzik, Composer and Eastman Alumnus
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Eastman musicians perform all around the Rochester area.
Pop-up concerts, flash mobs, concerts in various off-campus venues.
All day.
Various venues.
Multiple events – details here
Friday, March 4, 2022
Centennial Perform-a-Thon at the Eastman School of Music
Eastman ensembles, groups, faculty, staff, students will perform around the
Eastman campus.
9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Various locations, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St.
Multiple events – details here
Friday, March 4, 2022
Eastman Studio Orchestra
The Eastman Studio Orchestra, directed by Bill Dobbins, will present their annual March concert. Professor Dobbins will be retiring at the end of June, so this will be his last concert as director. The program will consist of arrangements by masters and doctoral students from Eastman’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media department of music by Chick Corea, Clare Fischer, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Richard Rodgers, and Guy Wood, representing influential and often recorded repertoire from the American songbook and the jazz repertoire. The program will also include the world premiere of a new composition by DMA/JCM trombonist Andrew Watkins. In addition to the live repertoire, selections by the Eastman Studio Orchestra from the late 1970s, with Rayburn Wright conducting, will be screened.
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Sense of Community: Bach’s Moveable Feast
Eastman groups perform excerpts from J.S. Bach’s work The Art of the Fugue.
Collaboration with the Freiburg Music Conservatory and Artisan Works.
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (for families); 5:00-6:30 p.m. (adults / cocktails)
Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd # L, Rochester, NY 14610
Learn more and register here
Saturday, March 5, 2022
ECMS Chamber Music Showcase
3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
ECMS Chamber Music Showcase
7:30 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Community Indoor Festival: Bands, Choirs, Orchestras, and Dance!
Local ensembles join the Eastman Community Music School for an all-day festival.
10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Kilbourn and Kodak Halls, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St.
Multiple events – details here
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Centennial Indoor Festival: Biodance and Cordancia
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Will include the premiere of David Liptak’s Pierrot in America written for Cordancia and Biodance.
4:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Centennial Indoor Festival: Eastman Community Music School
ECMS multi-generational ensembles celebrate the Centennial with three premieres of works by: DiCastro, Dyscant-Miller, and Peters.
6:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Washington Square Concert Series: Tony Caramia, piano
“Music from the Dawn of Eastman: pieces published or composed in 1922.”
12:00 p.m.
First Universalist Church, 150 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Eastman Audio Research Studies (EARS)
Jamie Jordan, Eastman alumnus, and Dan Druckman will perform a new work by Matt Barber, a work by Allan Schindler as well as one other work.
7:30 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Washington Square Concert Series: Solo Piano Music from 1922: The Dawn of Eastman
Students from the studio of Professor Tony Caramia
12:15 p.m.
First Universalist Church, 150 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
Wednesday, March 19, 2022
Faculty Artist Series: Eastman Virtuosi
Featuring premieres by Cynthia Folio, Zoe Yucong Wang, and Jung Sun Kang. Performed by Eastman Faculty of Bonita Boyd, Nicholas Goluses, George Taylor, Richard Killmer and the Eastman Double-Reed Choir .
Piano soli by Rachmaninov and movements from Petrushka for two pianos by Stravinsky, performed by Faculty Joseph Rackers and Marina Lomazov.
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Ticketed event. $10 or free to UR ID holders
100 YEARS OF EASTMAN
Honor a century of music and the century to come.
Monday, March 21, 2022 – Friday, March 25, 2022
Women in Music Festival – Centennial Edition
Noontime and evening concerts, panel discussions, lectures, and Florence Price Symposium.
Various times and locations.
Please visit: esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Monday, March 21, 2022
Women in Music Festival
Please visit esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Monday, March 21, 2022
Saxology.
Charles Pillow, director
Music by: TBA
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Monday, March 21, 2022
Kilbourn Concert Series: Lorelei Ensemble
Heralded for its “warm, lithe, and beautifully blended” sound, “impeccable musicality”, and unfailing display of the “elegance, power, grace and beauty of the human voice”, Lorelei Ensemble is recognized across the globe for its bold and inventive programs that champion the extraordinary flexibility and virtuosity of the human voice.
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Ticketed event
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Women in Music Festival
Please visit esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Master class: Lorelei Ensemble
2:00 p.m.
A902, Eastman School of Music Annex, 26 Gibbs St.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Eastman Horn Choir
Premiere of work by Pamela J. Marshall
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Women in Music Festival
Please visit esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Eastman Wind Ensemble / Eastman Wind Orchestra.
Cinthia Johnston Turner (Wilfrid Laurier University, dean), Lindsay Bronnenkant, Luke Camarillo, and Mason St. Pierre, conductors
Centennial Fanfare Performance: Diana Rosenblum: Flights of Fancy/Frenzy
Music by women composers
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Women in Music Festival
Please visit esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Percussion Ensemble
Michael Burritt, director
Premiere of Joseph Schwantner and Billy Child’s works
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Special Fourth Thursday Concert: Anne Laver, organist
Song and Dance: Old and New Music by Women Composers on the Italian Baroque Organ
Anne Laver presents an organ concert with dancers from The School of the Arts, featuring the world premiere of Natalie Draper’s Pattern Dances
Part of the Eastman School of Music’s 2022 Women in Music Festival
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave
Free with gallery admission
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Women in Music Festival: Florence Price Symposium
Please visit esm.rochester.edu/wmf for schedule details
Thursday, March 31, 2022 Washington Square Concert Series: Solo Piano Music from 1922: The Dawn of EastmanStudents from the studio of Professor Tony Caramia
12:15 p.m.First Universalist Church, 150 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
April 1-3, 2022
James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency
Various events and venues
Check Eastman Concert Calendar HERE for details.
Monday, April 4, 2022
Musica Nova
Brad Lubman, conductor
Premiere of Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez’ work
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Eastman Repertory Singers / Treble Chorus
Premiere of Philip Silvey, as well as Vera Ivanova’s works
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Eastman Wind Orchestra
Featuring music by ESM alumni –
Isaacson: An Honor and a Priveledge (Centennial Fanfare premiere)
Rouse: Supplica
LoPresti: Elegy for a Young American
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Eastman Wind Ensemble. Premiere of Tonia Ko’s work
Mark Scatterday and Donald Hunsberger, conductors
Featuring Centennial premieres of works by ESM alumni Tonia Ko and Rob Paterson
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
April 15–16, 2022
Eastman School of Music — NYC Solo Piano Debut Competition
Competition and master classes
Various times
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Eastman Morning Chamber Music
Directed by Rosemary Elliott
Featuring the music of George Walker, and including his son, violinist Gregory Walker, performing his father’s Sonata No.1. Eastman Faculty members Irina Lupines, Guy Johnston, Masumi Rostad and Robin Scott will join Gregory Walker, and current Eastman students to perform a varied program of chamber works by George Walker.
11:00 a.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
April 18–20, 2022
Gateways Music Festival
Festival that connects and supports professional classical musicians of African descent and enlightens and inspires communities through the power of performance / Pre-Carnegie Hall concerts and special events
Various Locations / Rochester
Visit the Gateways Music Festival website at: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/ for details
Monday, April 25, 2022
Trombone Choir
Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind, directors
Anthony Barfield, Guest Artist, trombone
Centennial premiere by Anthony Barfield
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Tuesday, April 26 , 2022
Eastman Jazz Lab Band
Guest Artist, Carmen Bradford, vocal
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Eastman Philharmonia
Neil Varon, conductor
Premiere of David Liptak’s work / Centennial Fanfare Performance: Stanley Friedman: A Swan Song
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Eastman New Jazz Ensemble
Dave Rivello, director
Maria Schneider, Guest composer and conductor
Music by Maria Schneider, including Centennial premiere: The Great Potoo
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Musicology Symposium Series: Celebrating Alumni
Tamara Levitz (’94E PhD), University of California, Los Angeles
4:30 p.m.
NSL 404, Sibley Music Library, 25 Gibbs St.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Eastman Piano Series: Richard Goode, piano
Music of Schubert, Schumann, and Bartók
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Ticketed event
Friday, April 29, 2022
Eastman Piano Series: Richard Goode, piano Master Class
11:00 a.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Friday, April 29 , 2022
Eastman Chamber Jazz
Guest Artist, John Clayton, bassist
7:30 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra / Eastman-Rochester Chorus
Neil Varon and William Weinert, conductors
Centennial Fanfare Performance: Steve Danyew: Festival Music
Music of Mozart, Dvorak, and Brahms
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Eastman Jazz Ensemble
Bill Dobbins, conductor
Guest composer and conductor John Clayton Guest artist Byron Stripling, trumpet
Guest artist/poet Reenah Golden
Centennial Premieres: Keys are Black, Blacks are Key by John Clayton; Legacy by Bill Dobbins
7:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Class of 2022 University Commencement Ceremony
11:00 a.m.
Fauver Stadium at the Brian F. Prince Athletic Complex, River Campus
Friday, May 13, 2022
Class of 2022 Doctoral Ceremony
4:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre – 60 Gibbs Street, on the corner of Main and Gibbs in downtown Rochester
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Class of 2022 Eastman School of Music Degree Ceremony
9:00 a.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre – 60 Gibbs Street, on the corner of Main and Gibbs in downtown Rochester
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – Saturday, May 28, 2022
Eastman Community Music School Springfest
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Eastman Community Music School Springfest
September 29 – October 2, 2022
Eastman Centennial Celebration: Meliora Weekend 2022
August 2021 – January 2022
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 – 2:30pm – Kilbourn Hall
Centennial Convocation
Monday, September 13, 2021
Eastman Wind Ensemble. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
Allen Vizzutti’s Centennial Premiere “River of Light“. Quasar (Premiere)
Hanson/Scatterday: Fanfare No. 2 (Centennial Fanfare); Schwantner: From a Dark Millennium
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
Hanson: Chorale and Alleliua; Turina/Reed: La Procession du Rocio; Simon: Sweet Chariot; Danyew: Lauda; Kloth: Wings Extended (Centennial Fanfare)
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Michael Burritt, percussion
The center piece on the program is Koolish Zein, a three-movement work for solo marimba and vibraphone with percussion quartet and electronics by New Zealand composer John Psathas, written for Michael Burritt and commissioned by a consortium of universities including Eastman. Professor Burritt will be joined by Assistant Professor of Music Theory Matt Curlee ‘01E (MM) for the premiere of Curlee’s new work, Something Hiding in the Light, a piano and marimba duo with percussion quartet. In addition, the program offers premieres of All Green Lights, a percussion duo by Kyle Peters ‘17E (MM) and Michael Burritt’s newest solo work, Blue Smoke.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Voice and Opera Department: Ben Moore Residency
The work of Ben Moore has been called “brilliant” and “gorgeously lyrical” by the New York Times; Opera News has praised the “easy tunefulness” and “romantic sweep” of his songs, which have been performed by such singers as Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee, Robert White, Nathan Gunn and Audra McDonald.
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Eastman Virtuosi
Premiere of Composer and Eastman alumnus Jon Lin Chua’s (‘18E) work titled “…and she said…” performed by Professors Renée Jolles, violin, and Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano. Mozart Divertimento for String Trio, K. 563 performed by Renée Jolles, violin, Masumi Per Rostad, viola, and Steven Doane, cello.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Friday, October 1, 2021
A Collaborative Celebration: Eastman School of Music 100th Anniversary and Garth Fagan Dance 50th Anniversary.
Garth Fagan Dance, the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and the Eastman Saxophone Project join forces for the premiere of a composition written specifically for these groups by Eastman alumnus Baljinder Sekhon.
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
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Sunday, October 3, 2021
Morning Chamber Music. Curtis Stewart, violin
Celebrating the extraordinary talent that comes from the Eastman School of Music, the Morning Chamber Music series presents distinguished alumni who represent the rich diversity of the school. The series is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Shreedevi K. Pandya.
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Eastman Chorale, Bach Cantatas. William Weinert, conductor.
Hanson: Prayer of the Middle Ages; Hailstork: The God of Glory Thunders; Shein: Psalm 116; Argento: I Hate and I Love; Bach; TBD
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Monday, October 4, 2021
Faculty Artist Series – Charles Pillow, jazz saxophone with Bill Dobbins, piano.
Music composed by Maria Schneider, Charles Pillow and Bill Dobbins
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
EWE: Clifton Williams: Fanfare and Allegro; Theofanidis: I wander in a dream of my own making; Nelson: Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
EWO: Gandolfi: Vientos y Tangos; Omar Thomas: Of Our New Day Begun; Mennin: Canzona
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Eastman Wind Ensemble and Chorale. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
EWE: Clifton Williams: Fanfare and Allegro; (CMS conference) Theofanidis: I wander in a dream of my own making; Nelson: Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
CHORALE: TBD
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Musicology Symposium Series: Celebrating Alumni
Seth Brodsky ( ’07E PhD), University of Chicago
4:30-6:00p.m.
NSL 404 (Sibley Music Library)
Monday, October 18, 2021
Eastman Philharmonia. Neil Varon conductor and Andrea McGaugh, mezzo soprano
Frazier: Hear the Future Now (Centennial Fanfare); Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Neil Varon, conductor
Chanu: 30 break 30 (Centennial Fanfare); Berio: Rendering; Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, October 29, 2021
New Horizon’s 30th Anniversary
Celebrating 30 years of a community of music-makers flourishing in a non-competitive, collaborative, and supportive environment. Premiere of Lawrence Neeck’s work.
8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Tony Caramia, piano
“Music from the Dawn of Eastman: pieces published or composed in 1921”
Performing with Mike Kaupa, Kyle Vock, and Kristen Shine McGuire and Anthony Dean Griffey. Program will include music by Holt, Ireland, Berlin, and Gershwin.
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Monday, November 1, 2021
Eastman Wind Ensemble.
Hodkinson: Six-Pack (Symphony No. 10); Rogers: Three Japanese Dances; Tyzik: Trilogy on Themes by Howard Hanson; Lee: Fanfare for the Unspoken Heroes of Our Times (Centennial)
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
Wilson: Shortcut Home; Titlebaum: Lifelong Journey premiere; Benson: The Solitary Dancer; Husa: Divertimento for Brass and Percussion
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Eastman Chamber Jazz Concert.
Jazz guitarist, Gene Bertoncini, will perform on the Eastman Chamber Jazz Concert, reuniting on stage with longtime Eastman friends Jeff Campbell, Rich Thompson, Bill Dobbins, and Bob Sneider.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Eastman Philharmonia. Neil Varon, conductor
Stern: Lift Up Your Heads O’ Ye Gates (Centennial fanfare); Mozart: Marriage of Figaro – Overture; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical“; Chopin: Concerto for Piano in E minor
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Friday, November 12, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Michael Wayne, clarinet.
An Homage to Stanley Hasty and Peter Hadcock
Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy arranged by Stanley Hasty as a staple of his studio; Rebecca Clarke’s Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale recorded by Peter Hadcock; as well as Arthur Benjamin’s Tombeau de Ravel that Hadcock performed at Eastman for Hasty’s 25th anniversary concert.
7:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Renee Jolles, violin, and Chiao-Wen Cheng, piano
Celebrating Another Centennial: 100 Years of Women Suffrage in the United States
Featuring compositions by: Gabriela Lena Frank, Jennifer Higdon, and Amy Beach
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Alexander Kobrin, piano
Beethoven’s Last Three Piano Sonatas (1820-1822). Celebrating the 200th anniversary of these piano masterpieces.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
3rd Thursday Concerts – Kola Owolabi, organ
The Third Thursdays with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery concert series returns this November with a performance by Kola Owolabi, Professor of Organ at the University of Notre Dame.
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Memorial Art Gallery
Friday, November 19, 2021
Eastman Trombone Choir 80th Anniversary Concert. Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind, conductors
Featuring guest soloist Michael Davis, trombone and Donald Hunsberger, conductor.
Repertoire includes music of Ethan Cypress and Michael Davis
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
Danyew: Magnolia Star; Reed: Russian Christmas Music; Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and Living; Balzun: Eastman Centennial Fanfare (Centennial Fanfare)
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Faculty Artist Series: Marina Lomazov, piano
World Premiere of Three Rhapsodies by Carter Pann.
Commissioned by the American Composers Forum with funding from The Thelma E. Hunter Fund, to commemorate the Eastman Centennial celebration.
Program will revolve around American composers who pioneered bringing other genre references into a classical style medium: short works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, Bolcom (ragtime), and Carter Pann, who was a student of Bolcom. Schumann’s Kreisleriana will feature in the first half of the concert.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Monday, December 6, 2021
Eastman Jazz Lab Band.
Eastman alum, saxophonist Tom Christensen,will be soloist/guest artist with the Eastman Jazz Lab Band. Program to include a variety of music including some originals, some from the pen of Joe Henderson, and a few surprises.
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.
Monday, December 6, 2021
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Neil Varon, conductor
Heinick: Centenary Fanfarade (Centennial Fanfare); Verdi: Forza del Destino – Overture; Nielsen: Flute Concerto; Bologne: Symphony No. 2; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Eastman Wind Ensemble. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor. Featuring Stephen Williamson, Principal Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hanson: Dies Natalis; Diamond: Hearts Music; Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 – Due to scheduling challenges- this release is postponed until Spring-TBA
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: Postcard from Morocco (Online Stream)
Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to premiere Postcard from Morocco, released for on-demand streaming starting August 13. Postcard from Morocco is by Eastman alumnus Dominick Argento ‘58E (PhD) and John Donahue. This production will be directed by Steven Daigle and music directed by Timothy Long.Learn more by visiting the Eastman Opera Theatre website.
Beal Institute for Film Music and Media
Faculty and former faculty. Donald Hunsberger will conduct excerpts from the silent film classic, The Phantom of the Opera from 1924.
Also on the program will be music by David Rivello, Jeff Beal and Mark Watters.
Time: TBD
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibb St.
Friday, January 28, 2022 CANCELLED
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Premiere of Rob Paterson’s work / Centennial Fanfare Performance: Sydney Hodkinson: Meliora!
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Saturday, January 29, 2022 CANCELLED
Eastman Morning Chamber Music. Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Celebrating the extraordinary talent that comes from the Eastman School of Music, the Morning Chamber Music series presents distinguished alumni who represent the rich diversity of the school. The series is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Shreedevi K. Pandya.
Time: TBD
Hatch Recital Hall, 433 East Main St.
Monday, January 31, 2022 CANCELLED
Eastman Wind Orchestra
Centennial Fanfare Performance: Michael Isaacson: An Honor and a Privilege
7:30 PM to 9:00 p.m.
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.