Aubrie J. Willaert, ’05E (MM) Named Executive Director of Advancement for Eastman School of Music We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Aubrie J. Willaert ‘05E (MM) and DMA (ABD) as the new Executive Director of Advancement for the Eastman School of Music effective August 1, 2021. The role is a homecoming for Aubrie, an Eastman alumna who earned…
Dear Members of the Eastman Community, By now, many of you have learned about an incident involving an Eastman student and a Public Safety Officer in the lobby outside Kodak Hall. I found this incident deeply disturbing for several reasons. First, I have known this particular student for years as a person who is passionate…
Thanks to a partnership of the Eastman School of Music, radio station WGMC Jazz90.1 FM, and the Moyle Family, listeners can once again enjoy two Rochester broadcasting legends: announcer and jazz authority Will Moyle, and his interview show Essence of Jazz, which ran during the 1970s and featured a Who’s Who of jazz artists. Starting…
My name is Janae Gaddy, and I am a first-year Double Bass Performance major studying with Professor James VanDemark. As a student who has not only navigated the “unknowns” of the college transition process, but also the unique experience of attending a music school during COVID-19, I am often asked about my school experience thus…
In March, Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, announced the appointment of Eastman Assistant Professor Mimi Hwang as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. A member of the Executive Committee and Vice President since 2018, Mimi also served on the CMA Board from 1990 to 1997. As a…
On Wednesday, April 28, Eastman Musica Nova will present a concert of music by four varied contemporary composers. As an introduction, Musica Nova director Brad Lubman offered some thoughts on his programming choices and concert planning during a year of unprecedented challenges. (Photographs of Brad and Musica Nova in rehearsal by Michelle Martorell) For our…
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 all people who…
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…
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…