Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung. The Emperor of Atlantis or Death Abdicates. Performed in German. Music by Viktor Ullmann, Libretto by Peter Kien Mahagonny Songspeil, Performed in German. Music by Kurt Weill, Libretto by Bertolt Brecht Steven Daigle, artistic director | Stephen Carr, Associate Artistic Director | Timothy Long, musical director

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, this installation in the History of Photography Gallery examines the intersecting histories of photography and space exploration. A source of artistic inspiration, scientific inquiry, and popular fascination, the moon has long been an important subject of visual culture since before the invention of photography.

This multimedia concert takes the audience on a spectacular journey through space, exploring the connections between the vastness of the universe and our significance in today’s world. It features visuals created by astronomer Kyle Kremer, original soundtrack by Mathew Fuerst and James Stephenson, and compositions by J. S. Bach, Anthony Plog, and Anthony DiLorenzo.

East marries West... Duet of sitar and Indian cello. A protégé of legendary Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shubhendra is an unmatched master of the sitar, whose playing reminds the listener of classic performances transformed for today’s era. Saskia Rao-de Haas is a brilliant cellist from the Netherlands, considered a pioneer in the music world for introducing her Indian cello to North Indian classical music.

An infinite variety of musical styles and instrumental combinations: chamber music is the backbone of music making at Eastman. Student and faculty soloists and studio ensembles cover the gamut of chamber music performance.

An infinite variety of musical styles and instrumental combinations: chamber music is the backbone of music making at Eastman. Student and faculty soloists and studio ensembles cover the gamut of chamber music performance.

Ram Shrivastava and Bruce Gilman will give a talk about Climate Change and Landscape, followed by a community conversation on the same topic. This program will engage the community, inviting participants to consider and discuss the effects of climate change on the local landscape, including changes over the past 100 years and the expected changes to local landscape going forward. This special program, while different from our others, brings important and significant content to the community. The community conversation will give the audience a chance to participate, ask questions, learn, and find ways to effect change within their own community.

Each Sunday evening, October through April, the Schola Cantorum, an ensemble of voices and historical instruments directed by Stephen Kennedy, performs the 30-minute sung liturgy by candlelight. On the first Sunday of each month, a Candlelight Concert at 8:30 precedes Compline.

Premieres of new pieces by Eastman composition students

A student-run organization devoted to the performance of chamber orchestra pieces by graduate composers.

An infinite variety of musical styles and instrumental combinations: chamber music is the backbone of music making at Eastman. Student and faculty soloists and studio ensembles cover the gamut of chamber music performance.

Focusing on the creation and innovation of new works by Eastman students, EARS features a dedicated concert series and a variety of projects, public lectures and events, international exchanges and collaborative community services in the arts.

Eastman Chorale. Caleb Hopkins, conductor. Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben Eastman Repertory Singers. Noemi Binag, conductor. Mozart: “Coronation” Mass; Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer Women’s Chorus. Philip Silvey, conductor. Music of guest composer Rosephanye Powell: Ogo Ni Fun Oluwa! (Glory to God in the Highest!), arr. William Powell; Keep Yo’ Lamps, I Want To Die While You Love Me, Ascribe to the Lord, I wanna Be Ready

Jazz fans can enjoy music year-round at Eastman, from the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble to ensembles ranging from intimate chamber groups to big bands. For decades, Eastman jazz has been synonymous with exciting performances, fresh new music and arrangements, and outstanding student performers.

Jazz fans can enjoy music year-round at Eastman, from the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble to ensembles ranging from intimate chamber groups to big bands. For decades, Eastman jazz has been synonymous with exciting performances, fresh new music and arrangements, and outstanding student performers.

Jazz fans can enjoy music year-round at Eastman, from the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble to ensembles ranging from intimate chamber groups to big bands. For decades, Eastman jazz has been synonymous with exciting performances, fresh new music and arrangements, and outstanding student performers.

Jazz fans can enjoy music year-round at Eastman, from the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble to ensembles ranging from intimate chamber groups to big bands. For decades, Eastman jazz has been synonymous with exciting performances, fresh new music and arrangements, and outstanding student performers.

Student composer piece; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. As Quartet-in-Residence at the Eastman School of Music, the ensemble will perform three Eastman-Ranlet Series concerts during the season.

Neil Varon, conductor; Sophie Thompson, soprano. Dvořák: Carnival Overture; Britten: Les Illuminations; Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Berlioz: Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust: Dance of the Sylphs; Rakoczy March; Minuet of the Will-o-the-Wisps; Concerto TBD; Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor; Lindsay Bronnenkant and David Baker, assistant conductors Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody; Eric Whitacre: October; Viet Cuong: Moth Eastman Wind Ensemble. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor; Lindsay Bronnenkant and David Baker, assistant conductors Nicholas Goluses, guitar; Stephen Goss: Concerto of Colours; David Liptak: The Sacred Harp

Eastman Wind Orchestra. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor; Lindsay Bronnenkant and David Baker, assistant conductors Hanson: Chorale and Alleluia; Carter Pann: Hold this Boy and Listen; Ron Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday Eastman Wind Ensemble. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor; Lindsay Bronnenkant and David Baker, assistant conductors; Brian Shaw, trumpet. Roberto Sierra: Rhapsodia; David Liptak: Soundings

The Great Romantics. Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 7; Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82 (Forest scenes); Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 5. Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

George Sakakeeny, bassoon; Michael Wayne, clarinet; Marina Lomazov, piano. Program will include Glinka’s Trio Pathétique. Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

Works by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, and Mendelssohn, featuring Chaio-Wen Cheng, piano, and Erik Behr, oboe. Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

Celebrating the Art of the Song Recital Single works by composers from the Baroque to the 21st century: Henry Purcell, Pablo Esteve, Sammy Fain, Richard Strauss, and many others. Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (arr. Goluses); Falla: Homenaje pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy; Sor: Fantasie, Op. 58; Theodorakis: Three Epitafios (arr. Goluses); Bill Dobbins: Fantasia (world premiere; written for Nicholas Goluses). Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

Featuring Charles Pillow, Clay Jenkins, Mark Kellogg, Bob Sneider, Gary Versace, Bill Dobbins, Dariusz Terefenko, Jeff Campbell, and Rich Thompson. Generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker

Family Days - August 16th & 23rd. Head out to Stokoe Farms this August for their first annual Sunflower Festival. A wave of color will brighten the skies with over 200,000 Instagram worthy blooms. Fridays are Family Day! Bring the kids and their friends to enjoy a day on the farm with sunflowers, activities, animals and more, all with discounted admission.

Latin-pop songstress Gina Chavez is a 10-time Austin Music Award winner and NPR Tiny Desk concert series performer known for passionate, bilingual songs that traverse cumbia, bossa nova, vintage pop, reggaeton, and folk. With dynamic vocals and sharp social commentary, Chavez and her band take audiences on a journey through the Americas, expertly blending sounds with tension and grace.

Enjoy a great weekend of folk music, singing, dancing, workshops, food and fun at the 48th Annual Turtle Hill Folk Festival, presented by the Golden Link Folk Singing Society at the Rotary Sunshine Campus, 809 Five Points Rd., in Rush, NY on September 6, 7, and 8, 2019. The Festival will feature evening concerts by Debra Cowan, Annie & The Hedonists, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio, Scott Cook and Richie & Rosie. Advance tickets available at www.goldenlink.org, with discounts for Golden Link members. Advance tickets range from $15 for a member day-only ticket to $72 for a non-member All-Weekend pass. Tickets are available online, by mail, or in person at the weekly Golden Link sing-arounds. See below for all ticket prices.

Created in collaboration with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Harlem 100 celebrates one of the most influential artistic movements of our country and pays homage to the presentations made famous in the Apollo Theater, the Cotton Club, and other celebrated venues of the Harlem Renaissance.

Chamber music study is integral to an Eastman education. For this end-of-year concert, students prepare and present masterpieces of the chamber repertoire.

Based on the New York Times best-selling book by Koni Yamada, an ensemble of dancers create a magical world the whole family can enjoy where ideas grow and take flight.Produced by Inlet Dance Theatre, one of Ohio’s most innovative contemporary dance companies, What Do You Do with an Idea follows a child and his idea.

It’s Christmas Eve 1945, and only a handful of WVL Radio’s actors have braved the blizzard to perform that evening’s broadcast of It’s a Wonderful Life and keep the radio station afloat.

BIODANCE/Missy Pfohl Smith and W. Michelle Harris return to Fringe to create The Fragile Corridor, an all-new show with percussion phenomenon Michael Burritt. A gorgeous, live, cinematic mix envelopes the virtuosic dancers, musicians and audience in a completely immersive experience.

Paul Burgett (1946-2018), beloved friend of the Rochester Fringe Festival, Gateways Music Festival and all things Rochester, viewed the world through the lens of music. For Paul, music had the power to heal and to bring people together. This performance features some of the music Paul loved most – from classical to jazz – played by Gateways Music Festival's Brass Collective, a national touring group featuring musicians Courtney Jones and Herb Smith (trumpets), Eric Davis (French horn), Isrea But

Percussion soloist and Eastman alumnus Cameron Leach debuts his newest solo show, "Elision," mixing electronic soundscapes with acoustic percussion instruments in a program made exclusively of newly commissioned works. French marimba music, Biggie Smalls samples and retro synthesizer sounds meet Leach's signature combination of onstage athleticism and theatrical musicianship, making for an exciting performance. "Elision" features new works by Paul Pinto, Vera Stanojevic, Emmanuel Séjourné, David

“Little Red’s Most Unusual Day” is an operatic retelling of the “Little Red Riding Hood” story, in a way you have never seen before! This family-fun production introduces children to the world of opera by including iconic music from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and several Offenbach operettas. “Little Red” is part of John Davies’ Opera Tales Series and has been performed across the country. This immersive production will feature students and alumni from the Eastman School of Music.

“Little Red’s Most Unusual Day” is an operatic retelling of the “Little Red Riding Hood” story, in a way you have never seen before! This family-fun production introduces children to the world of opera by including iconic music from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and several Offenbach operettas. “Little Red” is part of John Davies’ Opera Tales Series and has been performed across the country. This immersive production will feature students and alumni from the Eastman School of Music.

Temperley is a professor of music theory at Eastman School of Music, but in his spare time, he has written more than 100 songs. The style is a unique blend of rock, classical, and cabaret, with engaging melodies, witty and touching lyrics, and intricate piano accompaniments. The songs will be sung by Alicia Ault, a recent Eastman voice graduate and up-and-coming soprano in the Toronto music scene, with Temperley at the piano.

The Memory Palace podcast brings a night from America’s past to the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. The show has carved out a unique place in this new art form, even landing its host a gig as the Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drawn from a decade of The Memory Palace including a few tales old and new drawn from Rochester’s own history, Nate DiMeo will present an unforgettable evening of stories, music, and pictures.

Based on a ballet by Cole Porter, TableTopOpera’s "Within the Quota" looks at 100 years of U.S. immigration policy. The chamber group reworks a transcription of Porter’s score by William Bolcom and Richard Rodney Bennett and – in collaboration with George Eastman Museum – accompanies it with an array of historical and contemporary images and film clips. The ensemble has previously created multi-media projects with noted comic-book artist P. Craig Russell, photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin, and fil

Time for Three — violinist Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violinist Charles Yang, and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer — is a group that happily and infectiously defies any traditional genre classification.

Jon Batiste is a globally celebrated musician, educator, bandleader and television personality whose musical skill, artistic vision and exuberant charisma has made him a triple threat and the newly “crowned prince of jazz.” Jon delicately balances a demanding schedule on screen and on stage —which includes his role as Bandleader and Musical Director with the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Known for their exciting and emotional blend of ballet, modern and jazz, their program includes Koresh’s latest work Inner Sun, in collaboration with composer John Levis and poet Karl Mullen. Inspired by the parallel between the earth's core and that of the human body and spirit —this work celebrates the human spirit’s ability to create the warmth and power that drives our journeys.

Join Eastman’s faculty artists for two delightfully informal weekend performances.

Oliver Knussen: Ophelia Dances (1975); Helen Grime: A Cold Spring (2009); Michael Gordon: Lovebead (1997); Olga Neuwirth: Lonicera Caprifolium (1993)

The Ogden Photo Contest is open for people from kindergarten through to adults. This years theme is Favorite Place in Ogden.

Ossia takes its name from the score marking that indicates a musical alternative. This ensemble provides alternatives for the performance of new music at the Eastman School of Music, throughout the Rochester area and beyond. Ossia produces professional-quality concerts of contemporary music, and in so doing, helps the student members learn the musical and entrepreneurial skills needed to mount successful performances.

Repertory Singers. Esther Ting, conductor Vivaldi: Magnificat Women’s Chorus. Philip Silvey, conductor Elizabeth Alexander: Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light; Elaine Hagenberg: O Love; Diana V. Saez: Plena; Gwyneth Walker: I Will Be Earth; Sonja Whitmore: More Abundantly

While the earliest films were simple shots of real life as it happened, bringing images of faraway places and actions to the masses, the term “documentary” was not coined until 1926. Early forms of this new genre often used staged or re-created action to propel the narrative and reflect the director’s vision. This program explores the elusive nature of documentary films in the silent period, including a surrealist look at a remote region of Spain, an atypical travelogue of the southern coast of France, and two city symphonies, one of Berlin and one of New York City.

An infinite variety of musical styles and instrumental combinations: chamber music is the backbone of music making at Eastman. Student and faculty soloists and studio ensembles cover the gamut of chamber music performance.

For more than eighty years, Warner Bros. animation has been bringing joy to all ages. The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series in particular gave rise to some of the most iconic animated characters—Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and more.

Featuring guest presenters Carl P. Daw Jr., Robin A. Leaver, Crista Miller

If ever a film was meant to be seen on the big screen, this is it. Now a cultural icon, this adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel was one of the first films to be named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Judy Garland gives an endearing performance as the young Dorothy Gale, who is swept away by a tornado to the Land of Oz. A triumph of costumes, makeup, and set design, and featuring Harold Arlen’s Oscar-winning song “Over the Rainbow,” this film captures the fear, imagination, and wonder of childhood in fantastic Technicolor.

Eastman faculty members, students, and friends performing. Made possible by the Rippey Endowed Trust.

Catherine Turocy, choreographer; Caroline Copeland, dancer; Lisa Crawford, harpsichordist; Stephen Kennedy, organist. French Baroque Music and Dance — Exploring the Senses. Made possible by the Rippey Endowed Trust.

An 18-member ensemble of undergraduate and graduate students who perform a variety of concerts throughout the year. The group’s repertoire ranges from original works for tuba ensemble to transcriptions of popular music.

Kjirsten Gustavason, Interpretive Programs Coordinator at Peebles Island Resource Center, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, will present a lecture that will cover women’s undergarments and clothing in 1905 and how they reflected and effected everyday life for women of the time..

Chamber music study is integral to an Eastman education. For this end-of-year concert, students prepare and present masterpieces of the chamber repertoire.

Yesterday and Today is the high energy and entertaining interactive Beatles experience featuring brothers Billy, Ryan and Matthew McGuigan and a rock band. No wigs, no accents, the focus is on the audience experience and the memories they carry for these legendary songs. The performers ask the audience to write down song requests and share their personal connection to the song before the show and at intermission which drive the show; no two shows are ever the same!