Wellness at Eastman Explores “Caring for Your Voice”

Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…

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Eastman News Highlights as of March 14, 2022

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 violin professor, and Saturday concert, search for hope in midst of Ukraine’s tragedy (WXXI News 03/10/2022) Oleh Krysa points out that going back to…

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Celebrating Outstanding Eastman Women for 2022

For Women’s History Month in March – and in observance of today’s International Women’s Day – we’ve chosen several women from the long list of outstanding women in Eastman history … representing the past, present, and future. (And remember that you can enjoy the work of many more women composers, performers, and scholars during Eastman’s…

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Wellness at Eastman Explores “Mental Health and Music School”

Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…

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An Eastman Student Showcase for Black Musicians

The Black Student Union at Eastman has completed its annual Black History Month Recital Series. In this virtual series, the videos feature pieces by eminent black composers and poets performed by Black students at Eastman; this year the series also boasts a guest artist, pianist Lara Downes.  The full videos are available on the YouTube…

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