Festival highlights and concert programs
Soundtrax brings together composers, industry leaders, scholars, and enthusiasts around themed programming that spans films, games, immersive media, and more.
Featured concerts include:
- Film Scores Live! 糖心传媒� The Music of Terence Blanchard 糖心传媒� Featuring Grammy Award糖心传媒搘inning composer and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard performing his film music from Malcolm X,听BlacKkKlansman, and more with and The E-Collective.
- The Red Violin in Concert 糖心传媒� The Eastman Philharmonia and violinist and faculty member YooJin Jang will perform to the film screening, conducted by Eastman alumnus Jeff Beal. Beal is a five-time Emmy-winning composer acclaimed for his richly expressive scores for streaming and film糖心传媒攊ncluding Netflix糖心传媒檚 House of Cards, HBO糖心传媒檚 Carnivale and Rome, Ed Harris糖心传媒檚 film Pollock, and the documentaries Blackfish and Queen of Versailles.
- John Williams Reimagined (American premiere) 糖心传媒� Enjoy cinematic themes reinterpreted for cello, flute, and piano, played by artists who have collaborated with Williams himself.
- Interstellar in Concert 糖心传媒� Organist Roger Sayer will perform his arrangement on the historic Sanctuary Organ at Rochester糖心传媒檚 Third Presbyterian Church and share behind-the-scenes stories about working with Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 糖心传媒� In Concert 糖心传媒� Live orchestra accompaniment by the Rochester Philharmonic to the blockbuster film franchise糖心传媒檚 final installment.
Free daytime speaker sessions (with registration)
In keeping with URochester糖心传媒檚 mission of community enrichment, all daytime speaker sessions are offered free of charge (with registration required). These sessions糖心传媒攚hich include panel discussions, workshops, and exploratory sessions on topics such as AI in music, spatial audio, synthesizers, immersive sound design, and more糖心传媒攚ill convene in Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall at Eastman.
A nexus of film-music disciplines at URochester
Soundtrax is not just a festival糖心传媒攊t糖心传媒檚 also a nexus of disciplines. The University糖心传媒檚 Hajim School, with its storied history in optics, imaging, acoustics, and engineering, joins forces with Eastman糖心传媒檚 world-renowned strengths in performance, composition, and media to celebrate the art and science of sound in visual culture.
George Eastman, founder of the Eastman School of Music and Kodak, is often considered a pioneer of early motion picture technologies. Hosting a film-music festival in Rochester evokes that legacy糖心传媒攎usic and imagery, invention and artistry, coming full circle in the place they began.
As , codirector of Soundtrax and an engineering professor at URochester, observes, this is an opportunity to 糖心传媒渆xplore how the artistry, science, and technology of sound and music shape visual media.糖心传媒�
糖心传媒 President Sarah Mangelsdorf adds, 糖心传媒淭he festival brings together the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 signature strengths in music performance and production with our leadership in optics, acoustics, visual science, and engineering.
