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.) Eastman concert to benefit UNICEF (Monroe County Post 02/14/2020) The Eastman School of Music will present Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem,” a choral piece denouncing war…
WindSync wind quintet will be at Eastman School of Music Tuesday, March 17 through Thursday, March 19 as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. The members of WindSync include two Eastman alumni, as well as a third member who did graduate work at Eastman, making their success, and return to Eastman, a…
Eastman Cello Institute dress rehearsal. Photo credit: Gerry Szymanski. by Dr. Cora Swenson Lee Dr. Cora Swenson Lee is Director of the Eastman Cello Institute and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Bucknell University. It’s hard to believe that the Eastman Cello Institute is heading into its fourth summer! In 2016, Professor Alan Harris…
Eastman School of Music welcomes back composer Stephen Hartke for a Spring residency from February 10 through 18, the second of the two scheduled this academic year. His residency includes having his Willow Run and Pacific Rim performed in an Eastman Wind Ensemble Concert on February 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall as well…
Eastman School of Music, at the University of Rochester, will be hosting the first Gender Equity in Music Conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The purpose of this conference is to surface issues of gender inequity in music and design strategies to address them, as well as to help participants learn skills necessary to address and change…
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.) Houston Grand Opera Announces 2020 Concert Of Arias Winners (Broadway World 02/07/2020) Concert of Arias Winners 1st Place $10,000 SUN-LY PIERCE MEZZO-…
Associate Professor of Clarinet Michael Wayne One of the new offerings for Summer@Eastman 2020 is the institute Professional Development for the Orchestral Clarinetist, to be offered from August 3 through 5. Teaching this course is Eastman’s new Associate Professor of Clarinet, Michael Wayne. A member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops clarinet…
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.) Opera selections at Bravo Nights (Rochester Business Journal 01/30/2020) Opera Guild of Rochester is hosting Bravo Nights, an unforgettable evening with Eastman…
Top: Andre Weinberger, ESM ‘23, who attended Summer Jazz Studies in 2018. Photo credit: Joy Yagid. Bottom: Robert Varon, ESM ‘23, a Summer Jazz Studies alumnus from 2017. Photo credit: Arian David Photography. By Eli Campbell, Media & Events Coordinator, Eastman Community Music School Eastman Experience: Summer Jazz Studies: “This rigorous two-week program provides…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Oleh Kyrsa, Professor of Violin, along with Barry Snyder, Professor Emeritus of Piano, in the second of three total concerts this Spring. The upcoming concerts will be performed on Saturday, February 8; and Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Kyrsa and…