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Layered classicClassic pearls never go out of style.

This holiday season, hot looks includelong layered strands of pearls and pearlswith link chains orleather.

“With a nod toCoco Chanel,layer pearlswith open-linkgold chains fora classic yetmodern state-ment,” saysNancy Mann,CEO of Mann’sJewelers inBrighton.Pearls nolonger haveto be a for-mal fashionstatement. Long pearls can be pairedwith a T-shirt and jeans for the casuallook.

Coming Monday: Our annual 10 under$20 gift feature.

Grammy watchThe Ying Quartet, which won a

Grammy for best chamber music per-formance in 2007, has been nominatedagain.

Autumn: In Moving Pictures, fromBilly Childs Ensemble and which fea-tures the Ying Quartet, is up for bestlarge jazz ensemble album. Ying is thequartet in residence at the University ofRochester’s Eastman School of Music.

Also nominated for a second Grammyis Eastman alumnus Bill Cunliffe. He wonlast year for best instrumental arrange-ment and is nominated this year for bestinstrumental composition for his work“fourth stream ... La Banda.” ❑

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“ ”People grow throughexperience if they meetlife honestly andcourageously. This ishow character is built.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The Eastman Theatre was already one ofthe most visually stunning buildings indowntown Rochester, with its dramaticcurve sweeping around the street corner.Its classic 1920s architecture shinesespecially at night, when golden,cinematic lighting illuminates the theater.

But the University of Rochester has added evenmore drama with a new wing for its Eastman School

of Music, the final stage of a $46.9 million projectthat also included the renovation of the EastmanTheatre, which was completed last summer.

The new six-story building adds a distinctvisual element to downtown — with a glass-windowed atrium, adjacent to the EastmanTheatre. The project completes George East-man’s vision for the school: Original build-ing plans in 1920 included an extra recitalhall, but at the time there was not enoughspace to build it.

To celebrate the Eastman East Wing, theschool is hosting a week-long New East-man Evolution Festival that starts Mon-day.

Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, president of theRochester Downtown DevelopmentCorporation, thinks the building will

lead to an increased level of activitydowntown.“It also cements even further how impor-

tant this whole central arts area is to the entireregion,” she says. “We have a real arts district

right now and this just adds to the equation.”The building’s exterior features an im-mense curved façade that faces Main

Street. The architectural curve is meantto complement the Eastman Theatre’s

shape. “We were trying to find the onevisual symbol that combines the old

with the new,” says Douglas Lowry,dean of Eastman, one of the most

prestigious music schools in thecountry. The design was picked

from about 50 different render-ings from Chaintreuil JensenStark Architects, most ofwhich imagined the buildingwith a flat exterior.

Included in the building is

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Doug-lasLowry,dean of theEastmanSchool of Music,helped oversee the$46.9 million reno-vation project.

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a 222-seat technologicallyenhanced recital hall, namedthe Hatch Recital Hall, aswell as a large ensemblerehearsal room, six newfaculty studios and a state-of-the-art recording controlroom. Wolk Atrium is thebuilding’s open gatheringspace that includes a newbox office and gift shop,brand-new, first-floor rest-rooms and a distinctivechandelier as its center-piece.

The building is connectedto the Eastman Theatre onevery level through sets ofdouble doors and transitionhallways. And there is anentrance next to the EastEnd parking garage, shorten-ing chilly walks to the thea-ter in the winter months.

The hope, UR says, is thatthe Wolk Atrium will be thefocal social area before andafter concerts and duringintermissions.

The Blue and Gold Chan-delier, commissioned fromfamed glass artist Dale Chi-huly, is from a donor whowishes to remain anony-mous. It’s designed fromblue, golden and clear piecesof squiggling glass in differ-ent shapes, creating a fluid,modern look.

“I don’t think everyone isgoing to love it, and that’sOK,” says Executive Associ-ate Dean Jamal Rossi, whowas the lead on the expan-sion project. “It’s a very21st-century look.”

The main draw of thebuilding for musicians(which, of course, is theintended audience) will beHatch Recital Hall. Abouthalf the capacity of KilbournHall, the school hopes thatHatch will become the pre-miere venue for student andfaculty solo and chambermusic recitals. The stage canfit about 13 performers, thesize needed to perform Cop-land’s chamber score ofAppalachian Spring, whichwas used as a sizing metric.

The recital hall’s acousticsare live and crisp, and can beadjusted because of bannersbehind the walls. It alsoincludes technological ele-ments, outfitted with soundrecording and Internet 2capabilities — a specialInternet band for higher-education institutions thatallows for real-time, inter-

active master classes andconcerts.

“I really think it’s going tobe one of the great recitalhalls in the country,” Rossisays.

Kilbourn Hall, however,will still host the majority ofconcerts for Eastman’s guestartist series because of itslarger size.

“We really didn’t wantanother Kilbourn Hall, anddidn’t need that,” says Rossi.

Because of the increasingsize of the student body andschool activities, KilbournHall has been stretched to ascheduling limit. Usually thefirst choice pick for studentdegree recitals, KilbournHall’s limited availability hasforced many students toconduct recitals in the East-man dorms on Gibbs Streetor find alternate space inchurches and other venuesaround Rochester.

Now, says Rossi, “every-one will have a chance toplay in world-class halls.” Hebelieves that Hatch RecitalHall will become the in-demand hall for recitals.

Lowry believes the recitalhall will also have a positiveimpact on student recruit-ment. It’s already beingshown on admissions tours.

The new large ensemblerehearsal room — outfittedwith all new percussioninstruments and a newgrand piano — fills anotherneed for the school.

“It’s huge, beautiful, and ithas adjustable acoustics sowe can record in there,” saysLowry. A new recordingstation controls not only therecording equipment inEastman’s East Wing, but inall the recording spacesaround the entire school.The large ensemble roomwill become the default

recording space for theschool. And six new facultystudios also will help alle-viate the school’s spacecrunch.

The $46.9 million pricetag for the project was muchhigher than the original $35million estimate. So far, theschool has raised about $32million, including $13 mil-lion from the state, $10 mil-lion from Eastman KodakCo. (with the main EastmanTheatre auditorium nowKodak Hall), $2.5 millionfrom the Davenport-HatchFoundation (which camewith naming rights for thenew recital hall), $2.2 mil-lion from the RochesterPhilharmonic Orchestra and$1.5 million from the Louis S.& Molly B. Wolk Foundation(which came with namingrights for the East Wing’satrium). The remainder hasbeen financed.

“In this economy, in myopinion, we did really well,”says Lowry. “Fundraising hasbeen a challenge for every-body. We did a lot of talkingto people in the lower giftarea.”

He says that support, de-spite the fallen economy,was due to an increasinginterest in downtown devel-opment. “They have seenthis as a symbol of the com-munity.”

Most of this week’s con-certs celebrating the newspace will actually be held inthe old part of the schoolbecause of audience or en-semble size.

Sunday will be the chanceto hear the new hall in ac-tion in an all-day chambermusic marathon. People willexperience for themselves ifthe changes sound as goodas they look. ❑

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New Eastman Evolution FestivalHighlights are the Kilbourn Series concert on Tuesday,

the Musica Nova concert on Thursday and the dedi-cation concert series on Friday that features all of theschool’s ensembles.

Monday■ 6:30 p.m.: Tour of the Eastman East Wing. Meet in

the Kodak Hall Oval Lobby in Eastman Theatre. Free.■ 8 p.m.: Eastman Wind Ensemble and Wind Orches-

tra perform. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Free.

Tuesday■ Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Master Classes Live From Nor-

way. Eastman students interact with faculty and stu-dents from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslovia Internet 2. Hatch Recital Hall. Free.

■ 3:30 p.m.: “The History and Future of EastmanSchool of Music,” a lecture by Robert Freemen, formerdirector of the Eastman School of Music from 1972 to1996. Hatch Recital Hall. Free.

■ 6:30 p.m.: Tour of the Eastman East Wing. Meet inthe Kodak Hall Oval Lobby in Eastman Theatre. Free.

■ 8 p.m.: Kilbourn Concert Series featuring cellistSteven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk. One would behard-pressed to find musicians more original than Isser-lis and Denk. Both drawnot only on a keen intellectbut possess powerful com-municative abilities thathave brought them popu-larity as performers andcollaborators (both collab-orate with violinist JoshuaBell). And both musiciansare also skilled writers:Isserlis has written twochildren’s’ books aboutmusic, Why BeethovenThrew the Stew (Faber &Faber 2001) and WhyHandel Waggled his Wig(Faber & Faber 2006).

Denk is a satirist, writinghumorous musical mus-ings in his blog, Think Denk(www.jeremydenk.net).Among many creativetopics, he has written animagined interview withSarah Palin about Beetho-ven’s “Hammerklavier”Sonata. Isserlis and Denkwill perform works bySaint-Saëns, Fauré, Liszt,Kurtág, Ravel and Adès on Tuesday in Kilbourn Hall.Tickets are $10 to $20. Call (585) 454-2100 or go towww.esm.rochester.edu./concerts.

Wednesday■ 6:30 p.m.: Tour of the New Eastman East Wing.

Meet in the Kodak Hall Oval Lobby in Eastman Theatre.Free.

■ 7 p.m.: The Architect’s Vision: Craig Jensen, CJSArchitects. An overview of the Eastman Renovation andExpansion Project by its lead architect. Hatch RecitalHall. Free.

■ 8 p.m.: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall.Free.

Thursday■ 7:30 p.m.: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with

the Rochester Oratorio Society. Handel’s Messiah.Christopher Seaman conducts. Kodak Hall at EastmanTheatre, 60 Gibbs St. Tickets are $20 to $75. Call(585) 454-2100 or go to www.rpo.org.

■ 8 p.m.: Musica Nova, featuring guest composerOliver Knussen, conducted by Brad Lubman.

Knussen is a British-born composer and conductorwhose fame extends internationally. From 1986 to1998, he ran the contem-porary music activities atTanglewood, the BostonSymphony Orchestra’sidyllic summer home. He’sbest known for his chil-dren’s opera, Where theWild Things Are, whichwas premiered by the NewYork City Opera in 1987. Itwill get a second perform-ance there in 2011.Largely influenced by Brit-ten’s music, Knussen’scompositions have beendescribed as vivid and direct, having a “toy-box charm.”Music Nova will perform a number of Knussen’s compo-sitions and will be joined by SIGNAL ensemble, a fast-rising contemporary music ensemble from New YorkCity, with many Eastman grads.

This is a free concert in Kilbourn Hall.■ 8 p.m.: Eastman Repertory Singers and Women’s

Chorus. Performing works by Haydn, Holst and Brahms.Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 N. Chestnut St. Free.

Friday■ Noon.: Eastman Holiday Sing. Main Hall, Eastman

School of Music. Free.■ 8 p.m.: Grand Opening Dedication Concert:

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Philharmonia, andEastman-Rochester Chorus. Bach/Hunsberger Toccataand Fugue in D minor; Strauss’ Don Juan; StravinskySymphony of Psalms. Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre.Free.

Saturday■ 6:30 p.m.: Tour of the New Eastman East Wing.

Meet in the Kodak Hall Oval Lobby in Eastman Theatre.Free.

■ 8 p.m.: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with theRochester Oratorio Society. Handel’s Messiah. Christo-pher Seaman conducts. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre,60 Gibbs St. Tickets are $20 to $75. Call (585) 454-2100 or go to www.rpo.org.

Next Sunday■ 11:30 a.m.: Tour of the New Eastman East Wing.

Meet in the Kodak Hall Oval Lobby in Eastman Theatre.Free.

■ Noon: Chamber Music Marathon. Hatch RecitalHall. Free.

■ 8:30 p.m.: Candlelight Concert. Eastman Schoolfaculty organists Hans Davidsson, David Higgs and Wil-liam Porter perform on the renowned Craighead Saun-ders organ. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. Free.

The Blue and Gold Chandelier by Dale Chihuly adorns Wolk Atrium and was commissioned byan anonymous donor. “It’s a very 21st-century look,” said Associate Dean Jamal Rossi.

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Hatch Recital Hall will be ideal for student, faculty solo andchamber recitals. It is smaller than Kilbourn Hall but itsacoustics are adjustable.

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“In this economy, in my opinion, we did really well ...Fundraising has been a challenge for everybody.”

Douglas Lowry, dean of Eastman School of Music

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