Enjoy the music of the 90s accompanied by spectacular lasers and Planetarium effects.

Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, Associate Dean of Equity & Inclusion, Student leaders of the Black Student Union at Eastman. -Guest performance by award-winning violinist and Eastman alumna Kelly Hall-Tompkins ‘93E The Black Student Union at Eastman has put on a Black History Month Showcase recital since the beginning of its organization in 2018. The goal is to promote music by black composers and showcase the black students at Eastman.

Candlelight Concerts preceding Compline on the first Sunday of the month, October-April. Concerts begin at 8:30 pm, with Compline at 9:00 pm. A reception follows Compline on these first Sundays.

The Collegium Musicum performs music from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, with repertoire ranging from solo cantatas to madrigals, oratorios, operas, concertos, and other orchestral works.

New music is heard, excellence combined with performer enthusiasm for new music offers frequently in concert halls and alternative performance spaces throughout Rochester. Eastman’s reputation for performance a great benefit to composers. Eight concerts a year of music by composition students.

New music is heard frequently in concert halls and alternative performance spaces throughout Rochester. Eastman’s reputation for performance excellence combined with performer enthusiasm for new music offers a great benefit to composers. Eight concerts a year of music by composition students.

A student-run organization devoted to performance chamber orchestra pieces by composition graduate composers. New music is heard, excellence combined with performer enthusiasm for new music offers frequently in concert halls and alternative performance spaces throughout Rochester. Eastman’s reputation for performance a great benefit to composers.

The Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) is a platform for research, experimentation, and realization of new music and sound art. It offers state-of-the-art electronics, digital audio workstations, sound computing facilities, and a space for the diffusion of multi-channel works.

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.

The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition and has performed at the international convention as a result in the 2013 and 2017. The group was also the featured ensemble at the 2009 Paris Conservatory international Percussion Festival, made its Kennedy Center Debut in 2012, and has performed at numerous local festivals.

The Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet, now in its third decade, has attained a position of prominence through its brilliantly communicative performances and fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world.

One of the world’s premier wind quintets, Imani Winds is renowned for its culture - crossing repertoire, its creation of new music, and the vigor, daring, and integrity of its playing. Since 1997, the group has vastly expanded the repertoire for wind quintet, commissioning music from prominent classical and jazz composers, collaborating with great artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Wayne Shorter, and thrilling audiences with music that ranges from Mendelssohn to Miles Davis to something brand new.

This seven-member brass ensemble of principal players from Britain’s top orchestras has been called ‘dazzling polished’ by BBC Music Magazine. Making its Eastman debut, Septura performs its own arrangements of some of the world’s most beloved classical works.

The winner of the 2021 Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, among several other accolades, Canadian pianist Bruce Liu is a major new keyboard talent. He demonstrates a penetrating insight and maturity well beyond his years and brings a joyous freshness and spontaneity to his revelatory performances. For his Eastman debut, Liu presents a program of thrilling Chopin masterpieces.

Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor Mason St. Pierre, graduate conductor

Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor Luke Camarillo and Mason St. Pierre, doctoral conducting assistants

Enjoy the ECMS Krustenjerna Scholarship Flute Choir, performing under the direction of Sophia Gibbs Kim, as they help us usher in the spring with beautiful music!

Come hear a virtuoso recital featuring violinists from the studio of Eastman professor Renée Jolles.

A second installment of masterpieces for piano performed by students from the studio of Professor Douglas Humpherys.

General Recitals are for any students who are ready to share a performance with their peers and family! All General Recitals will be held in Howard Hanson Hall with two performances for each date below.

Showcase recitals are for students of any age or level who are prepared to give their best performance in one of Eastman’s beautiful performance halls!

A spin on our popular Showcase Recitals, get ready for the Chamber Music Showcase Recital! This performance will feature ECMS’ Chamber Ensembles, with students that have been working on the delicate art of performing without a conductor.

The New Horizons Program began in 1991 at the Eastman School of Music under the guidance of Roy Ernst, now Professor Emeritus from that school. Since that time, the idea has been adopted throughout the U. S. and in Canada, resulting in the forming of more than 100 organizations.

Eastman faculty members are world-renowned soloists and chamber musicians; their recitals in Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall are an important part of Rochester's concert calendar. The Faculty Artist Series is generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker.

Eastman faculty members are world-renowned soloists and chamber musicians; their recitals in Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall are an important part of Rochester's concert calendar. The Faculty Artist Series is generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker.

Eastman faculty members are world-renowned soloists and chamber musicians; their recitals in Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall are an important part of Rochester's concert calendar. The Faculty Artist Series is generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker.

Eastman faculty members are world-renowned soloists and chamber musicians; their recitals in Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall are an important part of Rochester's concert calendar. The Faculty Artist Series is generously supported by Patricia Ward-Baker.

Friends of Eastman Opera is a volunteer group that supports Eastman Opera students, programs, and productions as well as promotes Eastman Opera Theatre in the Rochester community.

The Greater Rochester Choral Consortium was organized in 1996 in order to anticipate and avoid scheduling conflicts among choral groups in the Greater Rochester area. It has since grown to 28 member groups varying in size and makeup, embracing some 800 singers of all ages.

Music of Hans Abrahamsen: Märchenbilder, Winternacht; Kate Moore: The Dam

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.

The Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series (RCORS) is a collaboration among the Rochester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the Eastman School of Music, WXXI, and various local churches.

“Nature’s Voices” — music of birds, forests, gardens and more by Sweelinck, Frescobaldi, Byrd, Bull and contemporaries – and some poetry.

Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble - Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, Baroque violins; Avi Stein, organ and harpsichord; Charles Weaver, theorbo. “Violini a due: An Italian Journey” — A dazzling tour of Italy, exploring sublime and dramatic works spanning the 17th century, illuminating numerous regions and styles, from the birthplace of the virtuoso violin through its rich development, from Castello to Corelli.

Every Tuesday, Eastman students, faculty, and alumni present a 25-minute lunchtime concert at Christ Church. Performances feature the Craighead-Saunders Organ and Hook & Hastings Organ. Each free program begins at 12:10 p.m.