Nicholas Goluses’ August 3 guitar recital sails “Across the Horizon”

Nicholas Goluses will give a faculty recital on August 3, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in Hatch Hall. He is Professor of Guitar, founder and director of the guitar programs at Eastman, where he is the recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. His concert tours as soloist, with orchestra, and as chamber musician…

“Dancing has music inside too”: Pianist Yoshiko Arahata Performs Collaborative Faculty Recital

Dr. Yoshiko Arahata ’11E, ’18E (DMA) is a concert pianist, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, educator, and composer currently based in Rochester, NY. To kick off the one week in-person portion of her Summer@Eastman program, “The Pianist’s Guide to Dance Accompaniment,” Dr. Arahata will be giving a faculty recital on Monday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.…

“The darkness of war and the hope of life”: Pianist Alexander Kobrin Performs Benefit Recital

“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist,” wrote the 19th-century composer Robert Schumann. To shed a bit of light during one of the darkest events of the 21st century, an Eastman professor will be presenting a recital this month to benefit displaced Ukrainian music students.…

“Profoundly Nurturing”: School Historian Vincent Lenti records the Robert Freeman years at Eastman

  Eastman’s School Historian, Vincent Lenti, recently published the third volume of his history of our school. In this excerpt from Nurturing the Love of Music: Robert Freeman and the Eastman School of Music (Meliora Press), Dr. Lenti sums the extent of Freeman’s ideas and influence, which profoundly changed the school’s faculty, administration, and campus,…

Still learning at the library: Sibley’s Jon Sauceda

Jonathan Sauceda just completed his first academic year as Associate Dean and Head of the Sibley Music Library. It has been a very full year. As head of the library, he oversees all aspects of the library’s programs and services, including collection development, personnel management, budget management, technical services, client services, and library technology development.…