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.) Tenor Mark Steven Schmidt to perform in Mount Dora (Orlando Sentinel 09/17/2015) Tenor Mark Steven Schmidt can sing opera, jazz or Broadway favorites. The Patrons of…
This Sunday, September 20, Eastman students and conductors will be performing two church cantatas by J.S. Bach at 3 p.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church: BWV 70: Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! (Watch! Pray!) and BWV 75: Die Elenden sollen essen (The miserable shall eat). This weekendâs performance is part of an ongoing series of Bach Cantata…
We all know how dire the situation is in Iraq. Every day new reports surface conveying the conditions there, and weâAmerican citizensâwonder constantly: will it ever end? If Zuhan Sultan ever has her way, it will. Pianist Zuhan Sultan, pictured above, who at age 17 founded the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, is currently using…
Media Contact: Alexander Peña, 585-490-1559, rocmusickids@gmail.com  More Rochester students will have access to free after-school classical music instruction as the ROCmusic program expands to a second location in October. The collaborative outreach program, now in its fourth year, provides classical ensemble instruction and private instrumental lessons to economically disadvantaged communities and at-risk youth. Students ages…
Trumpeter David Puchkoff with his brass quintet, performing in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. The Tanglewood Music Center has become a summer home for young musicians from around the world for nearly eight decades. Located in Lenox, Massachusetts, Tanglewood has served as the summer home for the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. I had the privilege…
Summer@Eastman Director Sylvie Beaudette is pleased to announce the hiring of Eastman alumna Andrea Schuler as the new Summer program coordinator. Andrea holds undergraduate and graduate viola performance degrees (â91 and â93) from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student of George Taylor and James Dunham. She returns to Rochester after more…
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.) Soprano RenĂ©e Fleming Taking Post at New York Music School (New York Times 09/11/2015) Opera star Renee Fleming is returning to her western New York roots…
