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.)
Creative Roads in the US Promise Safety
(Market Research Chronicle 07/16/2019)Â
Outside the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, N.Y., a group of volunteers repainted the crosswalk to look like three-dimensional piano keys in advance of the city’s annual jazz festival. … (Also reported by NPR and WUFT)Â
‘The Brightness of Light’ world premiere at Tanglewood
(Albany Times Union 07/17/2019)Â
The new work is an expansion of “Letters from Georgia,” which debuted two years ago at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester where Puts(Kevin) and Fleming (RenĂ©e) are alums. It was Fleming’s idea to expand that piece into a back and forth between wife and husband. The BSO is the lead commissioner of a consortium of American orchestras that will present the work in the coming seasons. … (Also reported by Berkshire Eagle)Â
Conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to Aspen Music Festival, where his career began 55 years ago
(Aspen Times 07/20/2019)Â
Slatkin is at work on a book with Robert Freeman, former director of the Eastman School of Music, that he said is aimed at “evaluating the state of the symphony orchestra in this still-early phase of the 21st Century.” …Â
(Traverse City Ticker 07/20/2019)Â
Expanding educational opportunities and developing new programming are also priority areas for Dr. Kedrik Merwin, who has been hired as the new executive director of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra (TSO). … He has a Doctor of Musical Arts in trombone performance from the Eastman School of Music, a Masters of Music in trombone performance from …Â
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