Eastman News Highlights October 3, 2016

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.) Bassist Katie Ernst brings a singular voice to Chicago jazz (Chicago Tribune 09/29/2016)  (Katie Ernst Music)… Ernst, who was born in Naperville,…

Renowned PRISM Saxophone Quartet visits Eastman

ESP (Eastman Saxophone Project) meets PRISM: From left to right: Myles Boothroyd, Jeremy Howell, Jon Wintringham, Michael Matthews, Harrison Clarke, Zach Stern, Chien-Kwan Lin, Clancy Ellis, Matthew Levy, Erik Elmgren, Zach Shemon, Timothy McAllister, Drew Viavattine, Taimur Sullivan, Stephanie Venturino, Tyler Wiessner, Aiwen Zhang, Gabe Piqué, Nicki Roman, Chaithu Natarajan, Ye Wang, Khanh Nguyen, Siobhan…

Eastman School Hosts Music College Fair

The Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the 11th annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m.    High school and college students who are interested in studying music will have the opportunity to…

Rochester Musicians Present New Season of Concerts to Benefit Foodlink

“If Music Be the Food . . . ”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will launch its eighth season on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd., in Rochester.   The concert will open with Gabriel Pierne’s “Variations Libres et Finale” featuring the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal harpist, Grace Wong; Eastman…