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.) Big Idea: Musicâs power to heal the brain (Houston Chronicle 02/14/2015) Idea person: J. Todd Frazier, composer and director of Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts…
Composer Steven Stucky with Mark Davis Scatterday and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, December 2011 Tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall, I have the pleasure of playing again with the countryâs favorite wind ensemble. The program will be opened by Eastmanâs Harmonieâa chamber ensemble of wind players — who will be playing the Serenade…
I have already mentioned how wonderful it was to audition here at Eastman, but Iâd like to take a bit of a different approach to this entry. Assuming youâve prepared for your audition â you know your rep; you know what to expect; youâve taken good care of yourself; you are mentally going through what…
by Nick German – Music Education/Piano. Class of 2015 As I write these words to my eager, excited, and potentially stressed-out prospective fellow students, I am sitting in front of a computer with a smile on my face. This smile is not there because I finally played my Bach to my teachers’ liking, or even…
You have taught for Music Horizons in the past. What have you learned so far about being at the helm of the program vs. being on the faculty? I had the good luck to be involved with Music Horizons in many different capacities: at the very beginning, I was the official âdisciplinarian,â the one who…
Pianist Cahill Smith, a 2014 DMA graduate of the Eastman School of Music, will make a third appearance in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m.  In a program titled âForgotten Melodies,â Smith will perform Currierâs Scarlatti Cadences, a 20th-century homage to the 18th-century composer; Lisztâs VallĂ©e dâObermann; Medtnerâs…
Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, the performing arts ensemble Kodo will perform its âOne Earth Tour: Mysteryâ program in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Incorporating the groupâs legendary drumming with virtuosic dance and instrumental performance, âMysteryâ transports the audience to a place…
