(program running time: 80 min.)

This program showcases the results of a new collaborative project between the Eastman School of Music and George Eastman House. Six Eastman School of Music composition students were presented with an eclectic selection of films from the George Eastman House collections and asked to write new scores for them. Using a small chamber ensemble, they will present their results live, for the first time, in the Dryden Theatre. The selections range from silent comedies to meditative nature films, and more.

The featured films:
By the Sea Waves (Gregory La Cava, 1917, 6 min.) Composer Eryn Bauer, Eastman School of Music
Exelsior (Tire Commercial) (1922, 3 min.)
Key to Beauty (1917, 3 min.)
Dreamy Dud (Wallace A. Carlsen, 1916, 2 min.) Composer Yuki Katayama, Eastman School of Music
Lonesome Luke’s Lively Life (Hal Roach, 1917, 9: min.) Composer Daniel Bernardo, Eastman School of Music
Mushroom Growing (c. 1915, 4 min.)
Exelsior (Tire Commercial) (1922, 3 min.) Composer Erica Seguine, Eastman School of Music
Shades (Shade Lost (2007) and Shade Recovered (2008))/Films by Jean Detheux (11 min.)
Performed by Eastman Triana
Murmur/Film by Peter Byrne and Carole Woodlock (2008, 6 min.)
Performed by Chelsea Bonagura (soprano) and Eastman Triana
Composer Michaela Eremiasova, Eastman School of Music
Currents (2008, 6 min.)/Film by Stephanie Maxwell
Composers Michaela Eremiasova and Jairo Duarte-Lopez, Eastman School of Music