Rolande Falcinelli

by sarah | Mar 27, 2014

Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006) was a French born organist, pianist, composer, and educator. Falcinelli studied at the Paris Conservatory, and her teachers included Marcel Dupré.  Falcinelli studied and performed  Dupré’s works throughout her life, once playing a...

Women in Music Festival: The Kaplan Duo

by Liane Curtis | Mar 26, 2014

The second concert (Mar. 25) of the Eastman Women In Music Festival (the Festival includes several venues that are near Eastman, but not part of Eastman): The Kaplan Duo delighted us with their noon hour recital at Nazareth College.  I’ve known the pianist Nanette...

Suzanne Sorkin

by sarah | Mar 26, 2014

Today’s events at the Rochester Women in Music Festival feature works by Suzanne Sorkin.  Sorkin (b. 1977) has been in featured in festivals throughout the United States and is actively commissioned (including from  the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard...

Schneider Crosses Over to Classical–and Wins a Grammy

by SMBrown | Mar 25, 2014

Maria Schneider has a knack for choosing to work in musical genres where women have traditionally been least represented and recognized—and then flipping the script to win all kinds of renown and accolade. As a jazz composer and big-band leader, Schneider has been...

Concert 1: Eastman Festival of Women in Music

by Liane Curtis | Mar 24, 2014

Today was the first day of the Tenth Annual Festival of Women in Music at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY).  The Festival was founded and is organized by pianist and Eastman Faculty member Sylvie Beaudette.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but to my knowledge,...

Eastman Women In Music Festival

by sarah | Mar 24, 2014

Liane will be live blogging this week from the Eastman Women In Music Festival—a wonderful annual event full of lectures, masterclasses, and many, many concerts featuring women’s work in music.  The event encourages developing musicians to explore the works of...