Upcoming events
Musica Nova
Brad Lubman, conductor
Miranda Cuckson, violin guest artist
Jeffrey Mumford, guest composer
ELLIOTT CARTER ASKO Concerto
JEFFREY MUMFORD through a stillness brightening
JEFFREY MUMFORD a garden of flourishing paths
JEFFREY MUMFORD fleeting cycles of layered air
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum
The Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble has been under the direction of Brad Lubman since 1997. Since that time, the ensemble consistently performs a diverse variety of music by many composers of our time, including Augusta Read Thomas, Olga Neuwirth, John Adams, George Lewis, Chaya Czernowin, Sarah Nemtsov, Daniel Kidane, Pierre Boulez, Steve Reich, Helmut Lachenmann, Kaija Saariaho, Wolfgang Rihm, Hilda Paredes, Julia Wolfe, Georg Friedrich Haas, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Oliver Knussen, Alvin Singleton, Michael Gordon, and David Lang, to name only a small list of composers.
In addition to developing ensemble skills and knowledge of the music of our time, we aim to foster the deepest possible sense of open-mindedness to as many composers of our time as possible. Former students from Musica Nova have gone on to become members of some of the most important professional ensembles, like the JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the MIVOS Quartet, and Ensemble Signal.
Michael Burritt Recital
This concert will feature a performance of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner's Fast Forward, written for Michael Burritt and commissioned by Eastman for the Centennial Celebration of the school. In Addition Burritt will perform works by Hollinden, Tompkins and his newest composition for violin and marimba with Eastman Faculty member and RPO Concert Master Juliana Athayde. Members of the award winning Eastman Percussion Ensemble will also be featured on the program.
Tickets for Eastman’s Faculty Artist Series are $10 for the general public and free to URID holders. General Admission tickets will be available for purchase at each concert. Visit EastmanTheatre.org for more information.
Emma Cardon-Wake Recital
3D Percussion performs the World Premiere of Shutter by Emma Cardon-Wake!
Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents Phantoms and Fantasies
From the eerie elegance of Danse Macabre to the haunting beauty of Phantom of the Opera, enjoy iconic scores from stage and screen (Psycho, Harry Potter, E.T.). This concert promises drama, magic, and a hint of spookiness. Come in costume, if you dare!
Eastman Percussion Ensemble
Michael Burritt, director
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 ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by Alejandro Vinao and John Psathas and this year will be giving the world premiere of works by Grammy Award winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs as well as the Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner in March 2022. The ensemble is the primary chamber experience for percussionists studying at the Eastman school and represents the upperclassman and graduate students in the studio.
Roberts Wesleyan Percussion Ensemble
Sammy DeAngelis, Director
Roberts Wesleyan Percussion Ensemble performs their debut concert for 2025 with works from Thierry de Mey, Stewart Copeland, Steve Reich, Ivan Trevino, and more! This evening will feature works for every audience member.
Eastman Percussion Ensemble: Drumming by Steve Reich
The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition, performing internationally in 2013 and 2017. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by Alejandro Vinao and John Psathas, and this year will be giving the world premiere of works by Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner.
Buffalo Philharmonic Summer Series
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is set to perform across Western New York in their annual Summer Series starting July 3, continuing their long-standing tradition of presenting accessible concerts for the community each summer. With a mix of free and ticketed events, the series highlights rising local talent, acclaimed guest artists, and regional milestones with music spanning classical masterworks, film scores, and the Great American Songbook. These performances offer audiences the special opportunity to experience live orchestral music in their own neighborhoods and at venues throughout Buffalo-Niagara.
Buffalo Philharmonic Summer Series
Ellicottville Summer Music Festival | The Magical Music of Harry Potter
Fernanda Lastra leads The Magical Music of Harry Potter in the finale of the Ellicottville Summer Music Festival, followed by a fireworks display!
Buffalo Philharmonic Summer Series
KeyBank Independence Eve at the Bisons
The BPO returns to Sahlen Field for the annual KeyBank Independence Eve Celebration! Ron Spigelman leads the orchestra under the lights and fireworks after the Buffalo Bisons vs. Rochester Red Wings game.
Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes: Star Wars Day Concert
The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes (OSFL) will conclude its 30th season with a concert themed around iconic film music on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the Corning Museum of Glass.
Titled Music in the Movies, the program will feature pianist Svetlana Smolina performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work prominently featured in classic films like Brief Encounter and Shine. The concert will also include John Williams’ Star Wars theme, celebrating “May the Fourth,” and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, known for its use in the sci-fi film Rollerball.
Under the baton of Music Director Toshiyuki Shimada, the OSFL invites audiences to dress in costume, formal wear, or come as they are. The event is sponsored by Streeter Associates, with tickets ranging from $29 to $59 for adults, $15 for college students, and free for youth under 18 with a ticketed adult.
Tickets are available at OSFL.org or by phone at 607-936-2873.
Radford University
3D Percussion performs “Refract” alongside the Radford University Percussion Ensemble. With works by Lee, Keck, Takemitsu, Curlee, and Wallin, this concert has something for everyone!
Fairmont State University
3D Percussion performs ‘Refract’ at Fairmont State University’s Wallman Hall.
MFA: Ignite Music Invitational
The Ignite Music Invitational is a Music for All Affiliate Regional Festival open to middle and high school concert band, choir, orchestra, jazz and percussion programs.
3DP will perform ‘Refract’ for their evening concert on April 5th.
ARTISANworks
3D Percussion plays ‘Refract’ at ARTISANworks
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Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes: Together We Are Sound
Hear all components of the OSFL on stage in one concert celebrating their 30th season: the professional musicians of the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Chorus of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Hertzog Concerto & Aria Competition Winner, and the Young People’s Orchestra, including the YPO and OSFL side by side under the baton of Maestro Shimada.
What’s on the Program:
Florence Price – Andante moderato for Strings
Antonio Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in E Minor
Claude Debussy – Dances for Harp and String Orchestra
Tyler S. Grant – In Your Wildest Dreams
Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances Op. 46, No. 1 and 2
Gary Brown – The Happy Throng (world premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms, with treble voice soloist, Ian Clark
Ravishing Rachmaninov with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Guest Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya leads the luxuriant Symphonic Dances of Rachmaninov. (The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra made the first recording of this 1940 masterpiece under Erich Leinsdorf.) Pianist Joyce Yang plays de Falla‘s fragrant Nights in the Garden of Spain. “Vivid and beautiful playing,” proclaims The New York Times. The concert begins with Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, her lyrical yet primal Nhanderú.
PASIC - Austin Keck featuring 3D Percussion
3D Percussion will be a guest at Austin Keck’s session “Texture Over Melody: Creating Sonic Landscapes”
Eastman @ St. Joseph's Park
3D Percussion performs arrangements in the park. Free to the general public!
Constellation's Frequency Series
3D Percussion presents Refract, a multimedia performance showcasing the unique colors that percussion repertoire has to offer. Using light as a symbolic device of timbre, 3DP takes you through our repertoire of sounds with works by Keck, Wallin, Takemitsu, Curlee and Lee. Refract features atmospheric, natural music to theatrical timbres, to interlocking rhythms, to percussion from around the world. With Refract, 3DP pays homage to the recent classics and forges a new path to create standards in our own time.
This project is supported in part by The Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music with funding support by the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research.
Furman University
3D Percussion performs alongside the Furman University Percussion Ensemble!
Ball State University
3D Percussion joins Ball State Percussion Group. The program will include premiere of Curlee, Staples, and Lee.