Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The New Director of the Eastman School of Music
- 2 The Early Freeman Years: Administration and Faculty
- 3 The Early Freeman Years: New Leadership
- 4 Relocation or Renovation: The Next Chapter
- 5 The 1975–78 Renovation
- 6 The Freeman Years Continue (I)
- 7 Downtown Development and a New Home for the Sibley Music Library
- 8 The Freeman Years Continue (II)
- 9 The New Student Living Center
- 10 The Final Years of the Freeman Administration
- 11 A Parallel Story: Education for the Community, 1921–96
- 12 The Post-Freeman Years
- Appendix 1 Members of the Eastman School of Music Faculty, 1972–96
- Appendix 2 Members of the Community Education Division Faculty, 1980–96
- Appendix 3 Winners of the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Appendix 4 Honorary Degrees Conferred by the Eastman School of Music, 1929–2017
- Appendix 5 The Cost of Attending the Eastman School of Music as an Undergraduate Student
- Appendix 6 Winners of the William Warfield Scholarship
- Appendix 7 Winners of the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition
- Sources
- Index
10 - The Final Years of the Freeman Administration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The New Director of the Eastman School of Music
- 2 The Early Freeman Years: Administration and Faculty
- 3 The Early Freeman Years: New Leadership
- 4 Relocation or Renovation: The Next Chapter
- 5 The 1975–78 Renovation
- 6 The Freeman Years Continue (I)
- 7 Downtown Development and a New Home for the Sibley Music Library
- 8 The Freeman Years Continue (II)
- 9 The New Student Living Center
- 10 The Final Years of the Freeman Administration
- 11 A Parallel Story: Education for the Community, 1921–96
- 12 The Post-Freeman Years
- Appendix 1 Members of the Eastman School of Music Faculty, 1972–96
- Appendix 2 Members of the Community Education Division Faculty, 1980–96
- Appendix 3 Winners of the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Appendix 4 Honorary Degrees Conferred by the Eastman School of Music, 1929–2017
- Appendix 5 The Cost of Attending the Eastman School of Music as an Undergraduate Student
- Appendix 6 Winners of the William Warfield Scholarship
- Appendix 7 Winners of the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition
- Sources
- Index
Summary
The summer of 1990 was the occasion for the first of what was eventually seven summer tours of Japan by the Eastman Wind Ensemble. These tours were sponsored by Sony Music Foundation, which provided funding for the costs, and by Eastman Kodak Company, which provided funding for publicity. About a month before the Wind Ensemble's departure for Japan in 1990, Freeman received the following gracious message from Tai Ohnisi, president of CBS/Sony Communications:
I believe that the message of excellent music performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble shall strengthen the ties between the people of both of our countries and will offer an opportunity for the Japanese public to understand the true qualities of music presented by the concept of the Ensemble.
The Eastman Wind Ensemble and their conductor, Donald Hunsberger, left Rochester on Monday, May 28, 1990, arriving in Narita (Japan) the following day. The tour involved fifteen concerts in thirteen Japanese cities: Chiba, Fukushima, Seitoku Gakuen, Ichinomiya, Sagamihara, Kohchi, Hiroshima, Osaka, Izumo, Wakayama, Tokyo, Urawa, and Akita. Hunsberger had prepared two programs for the tour. “Program A” consisted of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Hunsberger), the First Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst, Music for Prague by Karel Husa, Lads of Wamphray by Percy Grainer, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Renshaw), The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Hunsberger), Country Band March by Charles Ives, and Star Wars Trilogy by John Williams (arr. Hunsberger). There were also five encore selections, including two marches by John Philip Sousa.
“Program B” included Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich (arr. Hunsberger), Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger, “… and the mountains rising nowhere” by Joseph Schwantner, “The Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome by Richard Strauss (arr. Hunsberger), Crown Imperial by William Walton (arr. Renshaw), Concerto for Trombone by Launy Grøndahl, and “When You Wish Upon a Star” arranged by Schmidt. In addition, there were four prepared encores.
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- Nurturing the Love of MusicRobert Freeman and the Eastman School of Music, pp. 136 - 156Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2021