Eastman School Hosts Music College Fair

The Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the 10th annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.    High school and college students who are interested in studying music will have the opportunity to…

Eastman News Highlights October 12, 2015

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.) A Concertmaster Sounds Out the City (Wall Street Journal 10/09/2015) During a Friday morning rehearsal, the New York Philharmonic’s newly installed concertmaster Frank Huang lingered onstage…

Allen Ginsberg’s Beat Poetry, Philip Glass’s Hypnotic Music Create a Portrait of Social Revolution

The seismic shifts in America’s cultural and political landscapes are reflected in words and music in Hydrogen Jukebox, a music theatre piece that will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre November 5 through 8 in the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall.  Setting the counterculture poems of Allen Ginsberg to the repetitive structures of Philip…

First Year Graduate Brass Students Perform for New York Principal Brass Members

On Sunday, September 27, the Principal Brass, a quintet of principal brass players from the New York Philharmonic. performed at Eastman in the school’s Kilbourn Concert Series. A nearly sold-out Kilbourn Hall audience was treated to an impressive performance of famous French and American brass quintets and several virtuosic transcriptions. As an added bonus, Eastman…