September 3, 2020 Dear Members of the Eastman Community, I was horrified and saddened yesterday as I watched the video of the arrest of Daniel Prude, an unarmed Black man in custody of Rochester police. This heinous act, along with the many others which have become unacceptably familiar in our country, are an affront to…
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.) Putting Rochester First: Eastman Community Music School (RochesterFirst 08/31/2020) Dr. Petar Kodzas, Eastman Community Music School Associate Dean & Director, joined us in studio Monday…
Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, announces NEW DATES for its fall 2020 chamber music festival. The Festival will take place virtually November 9th through 13th. The Rochester City School District (RCSD) and Eastman…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Faculty Artist Series at the Eastman School of Music will be virtual this fall! Pianist Alexander Kobrin, Associate Professor of Piano, kicks off the series on Sunday, August 30, at 3 p.m., presented through LIVESTREAM as a virtual performance. The program…
Eastman News Highlights has been on summer hiatus, but we return to a weekly schedule with today’s issue. 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.) ‘Data Lords’ Review: On Gigabytes and Garden…
August 21, 2020 Dear Members of the Eastman Community: As we get ready to start the new 2020-2021 school year, we would like to give you the latest update on the work of the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice. The experience of this 20-member Commission, whose work began in June, has been very profound…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Eastman School of Music is proud to announce several new full-time and visiting faculty appointments for the 2020-2021 academic year: Benjamin Baker ‘18E (MA), Assistant Professor of Music Theory Nicole Cabell ‘01E (BM), Assistant Professor of Voice Yoojin Jang, Assistant Professor of…
Summer@Eastman Director Sylvie Beaudette (top, center) and her French Lyric Diction students [Kayleigh DeBrine, Emma Ginzel, Daniela Monzon, Francis Mok, Molly Petrik; Mimi Law is not pictured]. Photo courtesy of Sylvie Beaudette. by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Nothing about Summer@Eastman 2020 happened the way we expected. We had already spent most of the…
Dear Members of the Eastman Community, Thank you for the many messages of interest, support, and encouragement that you have shared with us at the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice since we began our work in June. Now that we have been meeting for just over a month, we would like to give all…
The response of educational institutions to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic has led to a greatly increased demand for online classes. This need coincides with Eastman Community Music School’s launch of an ambitious AP® Music Theory online course, the result of collaboration between ECMS and Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership, with grant funding from the University…