Eastman News Highlights May 14, 2018

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.) Renée Fleming, World Premieres, And More Set For Santa Fe Opera 2019 Season (Broadway World 05/09/2018) The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, under the baton of…

George Eastman and the Chamber of Secrets

Like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Eastman School of Music is a historic building riddled with overlooked passageways. While we are able to show many of its most beautiful spaces on our campus tours, some of its more interesting rooms get left out. In fact, there are many spots around campus that…

EASTMAN MUSICIANS WIN DOWNBEAT STUDENT AWARDS

The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, Jonathan Fagan and Jon Rarick (students of Bill Dobbins, Harold Danko, and Dave Rivello) have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 41st annual Student Music Awards. “Eastman’s Jazz and Contemporary Media department has a sustained history of excellence…

Eastman News Highlights May 7, 2018

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.) Tina Fey, Renée Fleming and Andrew Garfield on Their Tony Nominations (The New York Times © 05/01/2018)   Whether your shelves are…

My Senior Degree Recital

The following post was written by senior jazz major Matt Bent.  Thanks Matt! *********** As a freshman at Eastman, I heard some absolutely incredible performances. I remember sitting in Kilbourn Hall with my newly-found friends and listening to many of the seniors give their degree recitals. Some of these performances really blew me away and…

Eastman News Highlights April 30, 2018

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.) Toronto Symphony Orchestra Appoints Matthew Loden As Chief Executive Officer (Broadway World 04/30/2018)  Mr. Loden has violin performance degrees from Oberlin Conservatory…