Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings
Next week, from March 21 through March 25, Eastman will once again host a Women in Music Festival, after an eight-year hiatus, as part of our centennial celebration. âWMFâ, conceived and directed by Assistant Professor Sylvie Beaudette, was an annual, and ever-growing, event at Eastman from 2005 to 2014. This âcelebration of women in all…
For Womenâs History Month in March â and in observance of todayâs International Women’s Day â weâve chosen several women from the long list of outstanding women in Eastman history … representing the past, present, and future. (And remember that you can enjoy the work of many more women composers, performers, and scholars during Eastman’s…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutritionâs effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
In one of the Eastman BSU recital videos: hornist Brianna Garcon and accompanist Priscilla Yuen in William Grant Still’s “Bayou Home” from his Three Songs for Horn and Piano. The Black Student Union at Eastman has completed its annual Black History Month Recital Series. In this virtual series, the videos feature pieces by eminent black…
Last November, Associate Professor of Musicology Michael Anderson and his Chicago-based vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua contributed music for two important occasions. One was localâthe inauguration of Chicagoâs Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, formerly the Athenaeum Theatre. The other was a global occasion–the 700th anniversary (in 2021) of the death of the great Italian medieval…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutritionâs effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
By Raffi Wright Continuing our preview posts highlighting new offerings for Summer@Eastman 2022, Summer@Eastman Marketing Assistant Raffi Wright sat down with Gaelen McCormick to discuss one of the two courses Gaelen will be teaching this summer: Peak Performance Skills – ONLINE. In this six-week online course, students will explore the audition process, learn how to…
Eastman student Andrew OâConnor during an EPAM performance at URMC, December 2019. Photograph by Michelle Martorell. by Raffi Wright In preparation for Summer at Eastman 2022, we have been interviewing some of our course instructors. For this edition, I sat down with Gaelen McCormick to discuss one of the two courses she is teaching this…
The Institute for Music Leadership supports its students year-round with access to entrepreneurial, business, leadership, and performance classes, the Arts Leadership Certificate Program, several grants, 1:1 career advising, as well as many other tools, materials, and programs to support a modern, 21st century musicianâs diverse career. Over the summer, weâre able to offer additional leadership…