Composition students have a large array of performance venues for presenting their works to the musical public. Usually three composer forum concerts (each lasting one or one and a half hours) are presented each term devoted to the performance of students works. A number of readings and performances of new student works by the Eastman Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras, the Eastman Choral, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and the Music Nova ensemble are mounted each year. Special ad hoc concerts, some of which are funded internally, are presented from time to time initiated by proposals from student organizations and groups such as Ossia and the annual Composer's Sinfonietta, both strongly supported by the School and managed by students. Many performance majors and faculty "commission" composition students to write works for their instruments or ensembles.

Works written at the Eastman Computer Music Center (ECMC) studios

Rochester exibition gallery: the art|sound|space

for performance with or without performers or for mixed media (film, animation, dance) receive frequent performances on concerts and events at Eastman as well as at the University of Rochester, the Rochester Institute of Technology with Eastman's annual ImageMovement Sound Festival, and at churches, galleries, and museums in the Rochester area, including the nearby George Eastman International Museum of Photography and Film.