Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings
Left to right: Dr. Sylvia Eckes; finalists Samuel Deason, third prize; Mary Rose Norell, second prize; and Daniel Baer, first prize, the Marshall Prize On January 11, Eastman doctoral student Daniel Baer, a student of Douglas Humpherys, won the Marshall Prize at the Grieg Festival Young Artist Competition in Sarasota, Florida. Daniel was one of…
Tomorrow is Eastman’s first audition day of the New Year for the BM class of 2019. As a member of the class of 2015 it is high time that I reflect on my own audition day, in February 2011. Audition time is stressful, awash with emotions. To name a few: hope that you’ll be accepted…
Come out this Wednesday, January 28, at 8 p.m. for the Eastman Wind Ensemble’s first concert of the new semester. The program features Michael Daugherty’s Raise the Roof, a powerful timpani concerto that crosses many styles and idioms. It is replete with standing trombone players, lead trumpet solos, and unrelenting timpani, played by Eastman student…
Librarian David Peter Coppen truly amazes me every time I meet with him to do research in Sibley’s Rare Books collection. Not only does he bring forth interesting documents, but he also points out other findings that set those items in context. I call him a musical detective and his passion for looking at clues…
Congratulations to composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown (x ’91), whose musical Honeymoon in Vegas opened last night on Broadway and is receiving very good reviews, including one in the New York Times. Jason has won two Tony Awards for his scores for Parade and The Bridges of Madison County, and may have a third on the…
Charles “Chuck” Daellenbach (BM ’66, MM ’68, PhD ’71) is shown at a 2007 recording session with the Canadian Brass and Eastman Wind Ensemble (top), and receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Rochester in the 2005 Commencement (bottom). Canadian Brass co-founder and tuba master Dr. Charles “Chuck” Daellenbach was recently appointed to the…
Caroline Robinson, a South Carolina native, is a first-year master’s degree student at Eastman. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Curtis Institute of Music, she traveled to Toulouse, France, where she studied organ performance on a Fulbright scholarship. We discussed her decision to study in Rochester, the exciting developments of organ music in the city, and…
The Craighead-Saunders Organ at Christ Church, Rochester, New York. Caroline Robinson, a South Carolina native, is a first-year master’s student at Eastman. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Curtis Institute of Music, she traveled to Toulouse, France, where she studied organ performance on a Fulbright scholarship. We discussed her decision to study in Rochester, the…
Erin Morley as Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (above) at the Met, and Kathryn Lewek as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Magic Flute at the English National Opera. Every day at Eastman, we students hope that all our hard work will pay off in the future. We attend classes, practice our instruments, and receive…
We wish a Bonne annee et bonne anniversaire to the French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) – shown above in a drawing by his friend Jean Cocteau. The combination of seriousness, lightheartedness, rich harmonies, and appealing melodies in Poulenc’s music has made it increasingly popular since his death. Here at Eastman we have seen recent performances…