Concerts at the Memorial Art Gallery

Sunday Baroque Organ Concerts

Sundays @ 1 pm and 3 pm in the Fountain Court / included in MAG admission

Going for Baroque is a weekly series of mini-recitals. It offers the opportunity for students from the Eastman School of Music to perform along side professional musicians on the Italian Baroque organ on the second floor of the museum.

Third Thursday Concerts
with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ

Third Thursdays @ 7:30 pm in the Fountain Court, included in MAG admission

• October 20, 2016: ‘The Orient Express: Venice to Istanbul’ with Il Giardino d’Amore (baroque strings) a group of young Polish musicians, based in Vienna.
• November 17, 2016: Organ and Baroque Trumpet with Brian Shaw (right)
• December 15, 2016: An Italian Baroque Christmas | a mixed program featuring Eastman School of Music faculty and students: organ, instrumentalists, and vocalists.
• January 19, 2017: Publick Musick – Isabella Leonarda program (strings and soloist)
• February 16, 2017: Organ and Opera
• March 16, 2017: Organ Recital
• April 20, 2017: Organ and Baroque Cello

Series made possible by the Rippey Endowed Trust

Earlier in 2015

Edoardo Bellotti plays Phantom of the Opera

Thursday, October 29, 2015 9:30 pm to 11:15 pm
WORLD FAMOUS organist, Edoardo Bellotti will be
playing to the silent film Phantom of the Opera on the ONLY Italian
Baroque Organ in North America! See it in the Fountain Court.

Performing History:
The Italian Baroque Organ and Its Cultural Intersections

October 22–25, 2015 in the Fountain Court

A four-day festival of concerts, masterclasses and paper sessions marks the tenth anniversary of the installation of Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at MAG. complete schedule

Thursday, October 22, 7.30 pm: “An Italian Perspective” SOLD OUT!
Performer: Roberto Antonello (Treviso, Italy), organ

Friday, October 23, 7.30 pm: “From Madrigal to Toccata: Girolamo Frescobaldi” SOLD OUT!
Performer: Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music), organ and harpsichord

Saturday, October 24, 7.30 pm: “Domenico Zipoli’s Missa a San Ignacio” SOLD OUT!
Performers: Christ Church Schola Cantorum, Rochester (director: Stephen Kennedy), Nathan Laube (organ), Publick Musick (baroque instrumental ensemble)

Sunday, October 25, 1 pm: “Going for Baroque” tickets not required*
Performers: Eastman School of Music organ students Ivan Bosnar, Jacob Dassa & Jacob Fuhrman
*Admission is free, but seating is limited!

Sunday, October 25, 3 pm: “Going for Baroque” tickets not required*
Performer: Annie Laver (Syracuse University), organ
*Admission is free, but seating is limited!

Sunday October 25, 5:30 pm: “A Tenth Anniversary Celebration Concert” SOLD OUT!
Performers: David Higgs (Eastman School of Music), Hans Davidsson (Royal Danish Academy of Music), William Porter (Eastman School of Music, McGill University), organ

Sponsored by the Humanities Project, University of Rochester School of Arts and Sciences