Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings

Jazz Festival Diary #7: Eastman professor Harold Danko

The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) concluded on July 2. Among the hundreds of musicians gathering for this major musical event are many Eastman faculty members, alumni, and students. Free-lance writer Dan Gross posted regularly on the Eastman School blog during the XRIJF with reports and interviews highlighting Eastman’s involvement. Here, Dan interviews…

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Jazz Festival Diary #3: bassist Jeff Campbell (MM ’92)

The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) runs from June 24 until July 2. Among the hundreds of musicians gathering for this major musical event are many Eastman faculty members, alumni, and students. Free-lance writer Dan Gross will be blogging regularly during this period with reports and interviews highlighting Eastman’s involvement in the XRIJF.…

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Jazz Festival Diary #2: guitarist Bob Sneider (UR ’93)

The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) runs from June 24 until July 2. Among the hundreds of musicians gathering for this major musical event are many Eastman faculty members, alumni, and students. Free-lance writer Dan Gross will be blogging regularly during the next nine days with reports and interviews highlighting Eastman’s involvement in…

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Jazz Festival Diary: bassist Danny Ziemann (BM ’12)

Danny Ziemann – photograph by Nadine Sherman The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) opens tonight, June 24, and runs until July 2. Among the hundreds of musicians gathering for this major musical event are many Eastman faculty members, alumni, and students. Free-lance writer Dan Gross will be blogging regularly during the next nine…

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Food for “Improvisation-Hungry Musicians”: Johnandrew Slominski Talks about Classical Music on the Spot

by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Members of the 2015 Classical Music on the Spot class, with instructors Gilad Rabinovitch (wearing a blue shirt) and Johnandrew Slominski (wearing a tie), both in the back row Eastman Assistant Professor of Theory Johnandrew Slominski is the creator and director of one of Summer@Eastman’s most unusual offerings, Classical…

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