EROI Festival 2009 focuses on Mendelssohn and the Contrapuntal Tradition, Oct 29–Nov 1

THE DIAPASON, Sept 2009

Eastman School of Music, with the Organ Historical Society and the Westfield Center, presents EROI Festival 2009: Mendelssohn and the Contrapuntal Tradition, October 29–November 1 in Rochester, New York.


Presenters include Celia Applegate, John Michael Cooper, Laurence Libin, Wm. A. Little, Russell Stinson, Nicholas Thistlethwaite, R. Larry Todd, Jacques van Oortmerssen, and Christoph Wolff; concerts by the Eastman Chorale, Christ Church Schola Cantorum, Hans Davidsson, Delbert Disselhorst, David Higgs, William Porter, and Eastman students.


For information: www.esm.rochester.edu/EROI.

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