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Homages and Fleeting Pieces: Eastman Piano Concert Pays Tribute to Women Composers

The Eastman School of Music winds up Women’s History Month this Saturday night with an adventurous keyboard recital by “Mr. C. and His All-Stars”. “Mr C.” is Tony Caramia, professor of piano and director of Eastman’s Piano Pedagogy Studies program, who is known for his imaginatively programmed and extensively researched recitals. The “All-Stars” are eight…

Tongue Twister: Fear of French is a Forlorn Fate

by Dr. Sylvie Beaudette, Summer@Eastman Director and French Lyric Diction instructor With internet resources and new editions that include IPA translations of mélodies, one would think that singers, choral conductors, and vocal coaches have all the tools necessary to dive into the rich French repertoire. Yet, most people I coach admit—perhaps preemptively—that French is their…

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Advocacy through Art Song: An Eastman alumni initiative gives a voice to young people with autism

Simon Barrad performs alongside his wife, Kseniia Barrad, during a workshop performance of the Lynx Autism Advocacy Project. Photograph by Mairead Kahn. By Sarah Forestieri The Lynx Project is an art song initiative created by co-founders soprano, Caitleen Kahn, and mezzo-soprano, Megan Moore in 2015 after completing their graduate degrees at Eastman. Together with Eastman…

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Mutually Beneficial: “Performance Plus” Brings Eastman musicians to the George Eastman Museum

On February 17, the Train Quartet performed in the Eastman Museum’s “Performance Plus” series. Right to left, Jack Connolly (sophomore bass trombonist); Connor Ingham (sophomore trombonist); Nolan Hennessey (sophomore trombonist); Henry Carpender (junior trombonist). The next “Performance Plus” will be on March 17. By David Raymond For many years, George Eastman’s lavish East Avenue mansion has been…

A View into the Eastman Experience

  By Petar Kodzas, Eastman Associate Dean and Director of Eastman Community Music School For over 30 years, the Eastman School of Music has housed a premiere residential program for high-school students who aspire to careers in music.  This program was known to generations as a Music Horizons and, as the name suggests, it opened…

SAXES PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS: FIRST LOOK AT THE EASTMAN SAXOPHONE PROJECT (ESP) INSTITUTE

The Eastman Saxophone Project (ESP), performing in Kilbourn Hall by Jarod Lau Saxophone ensemble performances have long been a highlight of the Summer@Eastman concert calendar for participants and audience members alike (there’s nothing quite like seeing—or hearing—forty saxophonists play “The Pines of the Appian Way” from Respighi’s Pines of Rome). This year, Professor Chien-Kwan Lin…