In 2003, Eastman School of Music student Patrick Laird asked his friend, percussionist Ivan Trevino, to play drums for a cello rock group he was forming. “I didn’t know what ‘cello rock ...

But in 1998, composer Mary Jane Leach started to compile all of Eastman’s works, after first trying to find the score to The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc for 10 cellos. Over the next seven years, she ...

Members of a string quartet from University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music heading to Washington, D.C, next week to perform during President Barack Obama's second inaugural luncheon.

Laird, who now lives in Brooklyn, first began playing the cello in the third grade at Harris Hill Elementary, after Dad moved here for Kodak. “Penfield schools are very supportive, they take the ...

Along the way, solos pop up for piano, cello, baritone saxophone, flugelhorn and even vocalists — a nod to Eastman's gifts as a singer, which earned him a 1974 Grammy nomination for his ...

Eastman and Russell are both known for their avant-garde, artistic autonomy, but REDCAT’s exhibition reveals both in curation and in content how much of their work depended upon a vast ...

Rochester, N. Y. /Washington, D. C. – A group of students will be representing the Eastman School of Music at an upcoming performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The Asha ...

After earning his Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1999, Rintaro Wada taught orchestra, cello, and chamber music at public schools and nearby colleges in New York State. During that ...

From March 4 through May 3, 2025, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), LA Phil Insight and Wild Up, collaborate on a festival that uplifts the legacies of Julius Eastman and Arthur ...

Dr. Charles Baker, pre-eminent cellist from southern California, passed away on July 17 at the age of 92, within a couple of months of his 93rd birthday, September 28, 1931. He grew up in Hollywood… ...

When audiences see “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” they’ll encounter actor Dermot Mulroney — just not on screen. He’s playing cello on the soundtrack. Mulroney met “Rogue One ...