Zac Hammond is an oboist and a recent graduate of Eastman who won the principal oboe position with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. At Eastman, Zac earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Music, and studied with Prof. Richard Killmer. He also earned the Arts Leadership Certificate. We recently interviewed Zac about his orchestral experiences…
Here are some select recent clippings 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.) Ceremonies Celebrating Appointment of Eastman Music School Dean (WXXI 10/26/2014) Ceremonies marking the formal appointment of the new Dean of the Eastman School of Music took…
The appointment of Jamal J. Rossi as the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music was formally celebrated today, Sunday, Oct. 26, during a ceremony in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. In his remarks, Rossi described the event as “our day to celebrate the future of our school.” …
Pianist Daria Rabotkina will present a concert in memory of former Eastman School of Music Joan and Martin Messinger Dean Douglas Lowry at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. Rabotkina, who graduated from Eastman School of Music with a Doctorate of Musical Arts in 2012, is the winner…
The Eastman School of Music will present two concerts to celebrate longtime conducting and composition faculty member and Eastman alumnus Sydney Hodkinson’s 80th birthday. The concerts will consist of an array of works by Hodkinson and repertoire that complements his compositions, performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Musica Nova. The first concert, at 8…
Dominick Argento during a master class at Eastman in October 2004. Dominick Argento (PhD ‘58) has had a long, productive career as one of America’s best-known and most popular composers of music for the voice. That career began in the 1950s at Eastman, and continued through 14 operas and many vocal works that won him…
