Summer@Eastman Spotlight: 19 Years of Summer Trombone
Professor Mark Kellogg talks about the Eastman Summer Trombone Institute, celebrating its 19th season!
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Eastman Summer Tuba & Euphonium Institute
Dr. Justin Benavidez and S@E seek applicants who are enthusiastically looking to improve their performance skills in an engaging summer experience.
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Summer Wind Conducting Institute
An interview with Summer@Eastman alumnus and Eastman DMA conducting student Mason St. Pierre.
Eastman Community Music School Creates ENCORE Chorus For Adults Living with Dementia and Caregivers
The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS), together with support from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), announce the launch of ENCORE, a large intergenerational chorus to benefit both people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementia in the early-to-mid stages and their caregivers. ENCORE aims to…
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Varieties of Christianity
A Surprising Study of Early Christians’ Belief and Practice By Reginald Bowens, Marketing Assistant for Summer@Eastman Pictured: Good Shepherd Mosaics. Mausoleum of Galla Pacidia, Ravenna (ca. 425 AD) Greetings, Friends! I had the wonderful privilege to speak with instructor Eric Scherbenske about his upcoming Summer@Eastman course! Here’s what he had to say: What do…
ECMS Summer 2024: Embracing Challenges through Creativity
By Petar Kodzas, Associate Dean and Director of Eastman Community Music School Celebrating a century of leadership in the music world is an exceptional achievement. Staying current and acknowledging the demands of 21st-century musicianship is always on our mind and requires daily creativity. The same goes for maintaining our facilities and halls – the grandeur…
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Music and Movement
By Reginald Bowens, Marketing Assistant for Summer@Eastman Pictured: Ballets Russes production of Darius Milhaud’s Le Train Bleu from June 20, 1924 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Stage design: Pablo Picasso and Henri Laurens. Costumes: Coco Chanel. Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska. (Image from Library of Congress) Hello, Friends! As we prepare for Summer Session 2024,…
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Latin American Musical Modernism
Latin American Music: A Journey of Discovery and Exploration By Reginald Bowens, Marketing Assistant for Summer@Eastman Hello, Friends! I had the esteemed privilege of speaking with Sibley Music Library Director and musicologist Dr. Jonathan Sauceda about his upcoming Summer@Eastman course! Here’s what he had to say: What do you look forward to mostly in…
Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Jazz Improvisation for Classical Pianists
It’s Never Too Late to Play Jazz! By Reginald Bowens, Marketing Assistant for Summer@Eastman This summer, we are thrilled to launch a new program: Jazz Improvisation for Classical Pianists, which will be taught by Dr. Dariusz Terefenko, Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Terefenko’s understanding of the…
Keeping the New in New Music
Originally published in the Fall 2023 issue of Notes, Eastman’s alumni magazine. New Music at the Eastman School of Music was built into the school’s foundations by its first director, Howard Hanson, a celebrated composer. His American Composers Concerts, which began in 1925 to perform the works of living, American composers, gave way to a…