EASTMAN SCHOOL RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT FROM TWO NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

ROCHESTER, NY — The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music has received a three-year, $1,000,000 grant under the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation that supports performing arts programs and endowments of leading national arts training institutions. The grant benefits Eastman Pathways…

EASTMAN PROFESSOR ELLEN KOSKOFF RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS ASCAP-DEEMS TAYLOR AWARD

ROCHESTER, NY — Ellen Koskoff, professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, has been chosen as one of this year’s ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winners. These prestigious awards, presented annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), recognize excellence in music writing (books, articles, and liner notes) by…