Martha Cluver, photograph by Dashon Burton By Dan Gross Tonight, Eastman hosts the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, performing at Kilbourn Hall. One of the members of the group, Martha Cluver, is an Eastman graduate, who shared information about the group’s beginning and her own journey from viola playing to professional singing. Tell us…
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Petar Kodzas has been named Associate Dean of the Eastman Community Music School, it was announced today by Jamal Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music. In this capacity Kodzas, who has served in numerous teaching and administrative positions at Eastman since 1998, will oversee all programs and…
Violinist Irvine Arditti, lauded for his charismatic artistry and for his championship of new music, will join the Eastman School of Music’s Musica Nova for the ensemble’s concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Kilbourn Hall. Arditti will perform on Brian Ferneyhough’s Terrain in a program that includes Hans Abrahamsen’s Winternacht and Helmut Lachenmann’s…
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.) Steve Gadd, Accession (The Drummers Journal Winter 2016/17) We chat about Steve’s early career. He graduated from Eastman School of Music at the time when…