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Overhead view of a high crowd in downtown Rochester watching a display of giant balloons.
The Arts
September 6, 2019 | 12:33 pm

University on the Fringe

We ask a few University participants in this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival what draws them to the Fringe, and what—besides their own shows—they recommend attending.

topics: Eastman School of Music, events, featured-post-side, humanities, Institute for the Performing Arts,
people in lawnchairs on the quad in front of Rush Rhees
The Arts
June 26, 2019 | 01:49 pm

Carry on, carillon

The free summer carillon recitals on the University of Rochester’s Eastman Quadrangle continue on Monday evenings in July.

topics: events, Hopeman Memorial Carillon,
The Arts
May 14, 2019 | 04:43 pm

Studio art graduates put on a show

Works in the Class of 2019 senior art exhibition explored themes such as interpersonal relationships, environmentalism, and emotional expression.

topics: Class of 2019, Department of Art and Art History, School of Arts and Sciences,
Alex Johnson standing behind a practice carillon
Campus Life
May 14, 2019 | 01:01 pm

Carillon strikes a chord for senior physics major

With a major in physics and a minor in music, Alex Johnson ’19 is heading to Belgium after graduation to learn more about “the bells” that inspired him in Rochester. “Lots of deciding to do. There isn’t a wrong decision.”

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Class of 2019, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hopeman Memorial Carillon,
dancer in a studio.
The Arts
April 10, 2019 | 03:29 pm

Spring weekend of shows explores dance, collaboration

Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances, or “S.E.E.D.,” features original work from student choreographers and composers, alongside renowned choreographer David Dorfman and performances from Rochester faculty.

topics: Eastman School of Music, events, Institute for the Performing Arts, Program of Dance and Movement,
painting of Saint Hildegard, receiving a vision.
The Arts
March 28, 2019 | 03:02 pm

6 things you didn’t know about Saint Hildegard of Bingen

University musicologist and Hildegard biographer Honey Meconi explores the life of the 12th-century Benedictine nun who created her own language, wrote one of the first musical plays, and wrote books on health and healing.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, book authors, Eastman School of Music, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
dancer makes exaggerated motions in front of a class in a dance studio.
The Arts
March 28, 2019 | 01:18 pm

Motion captured at first-ever ToddX

Noshir Dalal ’03, an actor and motion-capture artist, presented a workshop on motion-capture techniques in film and video games as part of the workshops, panels, and talks that comprised the first ToddX events focusing on theater, dance, arts, and new media.

topics: events,
Jamie Bernstein
The Arts
March 15, 2019 | 01:30 pm

Keeping Leonard Bernstein alive for the current generation

Jamie Bernstein, writer, broadcaster, and narrator, will discuss her father’s legacy as part of a series of events celebrating “Leonard Bernstein and American Musical Theater.”

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Eastman Community Music School, Eastman School of Music, events, Humanities Center, Humanities Project, Rachel Waddel, School of Arts and Sciences,