The Faculty Artist Series presents Yoojin Jang, Assistant Professor of Violin and Chiao-Wen Cheng, Assistant Professor of Accompanying, on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. The program consists of three works for violin and piano: Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne; Schubert’s Fantasie in C Major, D. 934; and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47.…
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.) Hall of Fame accepting Lowry Award applications (Monroe County Post 04/02/2021) The $1,000 award, named for Douglas Lowry, former dean of the Eastman School of…
WindSync wind quintet will visit Eastman School of Music virtually in April as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. The members of WindSync include two Eastman alumni and one former student making their success, and return to Eastman, a wonderful opportunity for students and the Rochester Community to engage and hear the…
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.) Four with Eastman ties win Grammys (Rochester Beacon 03/16/2021) Sarah Brailey, Maria Schneider, Christopher Theofanidis and the late Christopher Rouse, who taught at Eastman for…
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 saxophone alumni lead Cowboys & Frenchmen on “Our Highway” (City Newspaper 03/04/2021) … saxophonists Owen Broder and Ethan Helm, who have played together since…
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, brings back the popular Barbara B. Smith World Music Series in a set of free virtual concerts this spring. Sponsored by Eastman’s Ethnomusicology program, part of the department of Musicology, four incredible guest artists representing different musical traditions from across the world will be streamed, with LIVE…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Charles Pillow, Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone, on Tuesday, March 2nd at 8:00 p.m. featuring Eastman faculty members Jeff Campbell, bass; Bob Sneider, guitar; Dariusz Terefenko, piano; and Rich Thompson, drums in The Music of Hermeto Pascoal. The program will include the Brazilian composer’s Aquela Coisa; Santo Antonio; Os Guizos;…
Media Contacts: Yamaha Peter Giles/Giles Communications pgiles@giles.com; (914) 644-3500 ext. 700 Eastman School of Music Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu; (585) 278-4743 Yamaha Corporation of America has named the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester as a 2021 honoree in its inaugural Institution of Excellence program, acknowledging the school’s extraordinary commitment…
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.) University of Rochester concerned about on-campus surge of COVID-19 cases (Democrat and Chronicle 02/10/2021) … change and the case number continues to rise, the university…
Applauded by The Strad for her “fiery virtuosity” and “consummate performances,” violinist YooJin Jang is a winner of the 2017 Concert Artists Guild Competition and is also First Prize winner of Japan’s 2016 Sendai International Music Competition. These two prominent victories have resulted in a busy itinerary of international recital and concerto engagements, and also the release of two new recordings, including a CD of…