Happy Birthday, Igor!

Today is the 132nd birthday of one of the greatest 20th-century composers, Igor Stravinsky. Besides being one of the greatest composers, he was one of the most-traveled, living in pre-Soviet Russia, in Paris, and in the United States and traveling just about everywhere else in the world as a guest composer, pianist, and conductor. In…

Eastman News Highlights June 16, 2014

Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Composer Kevin Puts appointed director of Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute (American Composers Forum 06/11/2014) The Minnesota Orchestra announced today that Pulitzer Prize-winning…

Eastman News Highlights June 9, 2014

Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Missoula Symphony Orchestra, Chorale leaders to step down (Missoula Missoulian © 06/05/2014) A combined four decades of Missoula music-making will end next…

Eastman News Highlights June 2, 2014

Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Classic Innovation (Rochester City Newspaper 05/28/2014) As Jamal Rossi was presented as the new dean of the Eastman School of Music earlier…

Leonardo Colafelice, Who will Begin Studies at Eastman School of Music this Fall, Receives Finalist Prize in Rubinstein Piano Competition

Incoming Eastman School of Music freshman Leonardo Colafelice of Italy was awarded a finalist prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at the conclusion of the event on May 29. As a finalist, he received a cash award of $6,000. In addition, he received the $5,000 prize for Best Performer of a Classical…

Eastman News Highlights May 27, 2014

Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Jazz trumpeter Stripling will swing with the symphony (St Louis American © 05/22/2014) When trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage at Powell…

Eastman News Highlights May 19, 2014

Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.) Jamal Rossi named new Eastman School dean (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle © 05/14/2014) When University of Rochester President Joel Seligman introduced Jamal…