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Culture
Collaborative choir concert involves all ages, presents wide variety of music
Eastman School of Music's Kodak Hall hosted the Greater Rochester Choral Consortium's Prism Concert including 19 choirs and over 800 singers.
Culture
Art Awake brings unique art, new life to abandoned parts of city
the 6th annual Art Awake festival will open on April 20th but planning for the event has been underway for months. Details about the history of Art Awake and plans for the future.
Culture
Eastman production of “Orlando” sells out
The Eastman School of Music’s winter opera, “Orlando” by George Fredric Handel, was a hit, with last weekend’s showings at the Eastman Opera Studio sold out days beforehand.
Culture
Brooklyn Rider renders new perspective on classical music
[caption id="attachment_50242" align="alignnone" width="300"] Courtesy of rochester.edu[/caption] The string quartet was once the dominant type of performance group within Western…
Culture
American Idol premiere disappoints recent, longtime fans alike
[caption id="attachment_48022" align="alignnone" width="300"] Courtesy of blog.newsok.com[/caption] The twelfth season of American Idol premiered last Wednesday, Jan. 16. Because there…
News
UR pushes ahead with fourth year of flu research
UR researchers are seeking subjects for a flu study that is part of a larger collaborative effort with other universities aimed at making the flu epidemic less prevalent.
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‘Observations’ series aims to fuse scientific method with humanities
“Observations” —a series of lectures that explores the scientific process and the cultural significance of science — commenced on Thursday, Nov. 8.
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UR professors assess possible causality between Hurricane Sandy and climate
Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank, a contributor to NPR, believes that Hurricane Sandy will not necessarily have any lasting impact on global climate change.
News
Rochester schools struggling
Rochester city schools are struggling to combat subpar graduation rates and low standardized test scores, but a UR professor points to reasons for cautious optimism.
Features
Eastman group Music Nova highlights new-age music genre
Musica Nova works to bring new-age music to the public.