Eastman Journal
A wonderful week of Alexander Technique! Reflections from the 2017 Summer Intensive
April 23, 2018by Katie Fittipaldi When musicians I meet find out that I teach Alexander Technique, their first response is usually something like: “Wow, that is so cool! I have always wanted to study Alexander Technique!” Why are musicians so excited about Alexander Technique? Developed by F. Matthias Alexander, the Alexander Technique is an educational method used […]
Read More...Competitions and Community: Eastman Flutist Adam Sadberry
April 20, 2018Adam Sadberry. Photographs by Kaila Delany On Tuesday, April 24, flutist Adam Sadberry will perform live on WXXI-FM’s show Backstage Pass. But this Eastman senior from the studio of Bonnie Boyd has already had a momentous year. In February, Adam won the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s African-American Fellowship. Adam will be a member of the DSO […]
Read More...GET YOUR ROAR ON! SUMMER AT EASTMAN 2018 TRUMPET RETREAT
April 9, 2018Participants in the 2017 Trumpet Retreat, in the chapel of Keuka College This year, Summer@Eastman offers a Trumpet and Trombone Retreat at Keuka for adult players (June 24 through June 30) as well as a Trumpet Institute on the Eastman campus for high school and collegiate students (July 29 through August 3). Both feature Eastman […]
Read More...All the things she was: Eastman Celebrates Jazz Giant Marian McPartland
March 22, 2018Marian McPartland at Eastman in 2006 By Dan Gross An accomplished jazz pianist, Marian McPartland (1918-2013) was a much-beloved presence on National Public Radio as host of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz for more than three decades. Piano Jazz offered listeners an intimate, insider’s perspective on the elusive world of jazz improvisation. On her weekly broadcast, […]
Read More...Introducing the Eastman Organ Experience: Summer at Eastman’s High School Organ Academy
March 16, 2018Eastman Associate Professor Edoardo Bellotti introduces Summer Organ Academy students to Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery By Caroline Robinson, Coordinator, Eastman High School Organ Academy In the summer of 2015, the Eastman Organ Department held its first official Summer Academy for High School Organists, having hosted a Pipe Organ Encounter via […]
Read More...Students Love the Challenge: Serious Jams at Eastman Summer Jazz Studies
March 1, 2018By Hattie Bestul Clarinetist Hattie Bestul is currently completing her Master’s degree in Performance and Literature at Eastman and working as an Arts Leadership Program intern at the Eastman Community Music School. At Eastman’s Summer Jazz Studies, students play in jam sessions, learn jazz theory, try their hand with improvisation and composing, and perform in […]
Read More...From Summer Study to a Dream Realized: Reflections on Music Horizons 2015
February 9, 2018By Katja Pennypacker Soprano Katja Pennypacker attended the Eastman Community Music School’s Music Horizons summer program in 2015. She is now a freshman vocal performance major at Eastman, studying with Kathryn Cowdrick. Participating in the Music Horizons voice program was a life-changing experience for me and the reason why Eastman was my first-choice school for […]
Read More...A Tale of Two Siblings: Preserving Youth through Imagination and the “Game”
February 1, 2018Dynamic, creepy, and committed: the cast of Eastman Opera Theatre’s Les Enfants Terribles By Kameron Ghanavati Photographs by Nic Minetor Les Enfants Terribles officially opens this weekend at Eastman to a sold-out audience. And rightfully so, given the intricate staging juxtaposed with transcendent music and intimate performances by the cast. I was able to attend […]
Read More...“A composer, period”: Empire Film Music Ensemble Explores the Scores of Bernard Herrmann
January 26, 2018Bernard Herrmann, shown in Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much This Monday, January 29, Eastman offers the opportunity to go to a concert and to the movies, when the Empire Film Music Ensemble, collaborating with the Eastman School of Music’s Beal Institute of Film Music and Contemporary Media, presents an evening of music by […]
Read More...SINGERS (AND STUDENTS) ONSTAGE: LINDSAY BAKER’S NEW SUMMER ACTING INSTITUTES
January 25, 2018Lindsay Baker by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Lindsay Baker began working with Eastman’s Voice and Opera Department in 2001. She was the Production Stage Manager for Eastman Opera Theatre until 2011; she also taught acting seminars and offered dramatic coaching to voice majors. Lindsay has been an adjunct Instructor of Opera since 2016; she […]
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