Currently, she studies with world-renowned soprano Ruth Ann Swenson. Dueppen, who has done a wide array of opera and concert performances, has degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Houston School Of Music. She will be played by Abigail Dueppen, who was last year’s Gretel. Musetta, Marcello’s vivacious and fickle girlfriend, sings a waltz during the festive Christmas Eve scene that is one of many melodies that will linger in audience members’ minds. The Lakes Area Music Festival will feature “La Boheme” opera by Giacomo Puccini in two performances and a classic symphony concert inspired by Franz Joseph Haydn in the coming week. Lakes Area Music Festival hosts upcoming concerts (Also reported by Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 13 WHAM) Sister Edwina, who attended the Eastman School of Music and played the flute, oversaw music at Notre Dame and at one time oversaw the school plays and musicals. Patrick’s Church in Elmira and a reception will follow from 1-3 p.m. On Saturday, she will be honored with a special Mass at 11 a.m. She is one of the founding sisters of Notre Dame High School and spent 43 years teaching there. At age 100, the native Elmiran is still at it. Sister Mary Edwina Butler has spent a lifetime teaching music and French. Mass, reception honors Notre Dame’s Sister Edwina, 100 from The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and studied in Berlin, Germany on a Fulbright Award. At his side when death overtook him were his wife, Cornelia and son, Douglas.īorn in Richmond, Va., Paul Freeman received his Ph D. Paul Freeman, founder and conductor emeritus of the Chicago Sinfonietta and a widely known guest conductor, died Wednesday, July 22 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 79.

Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students.

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