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Creating the Complete Musician
By Hattie Bestul – Eastman Arts Leadership Program, ECMS Marketing and Operations Intern Spring 2018 Intentionally striving to provide a holistic array of musical opportunities, the Eastman Community Music School serves 4-month-olds to adults of any age and includes everything from lessons and ensembles, history and theory, to more specific subjects such as the new…
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Superhuman Singer: A Fourteen-Year-Old Voice Student Shares His Creative Perspective on Singing
Voice Student Alex Urlaub, Vocal Warm-up Strategy By Alex Urlaub, ECMS Student with a note by Hannah Harrow, ECMS Voice Intern A Note From Hannah Harrow, Alex’s Teacher: “Why do I love to sing? Singing is my most deeply personal and honest means of emotional expression; singing is relevant and relatable to my life experiences;…
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How Hot Cocoa is Teaching My Students to Breathe
By Lauren Eisenreich, ECMS Trombone Intern For years I have tried every trick in the book to help students who are struggling to produce relaxed tones on trombone and euphonium. Whether infrequent and shallow nose-breaths create an unsupported sound or a strained, pinched embouchure makes it impossible to play in the upper register, it seems…
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Stairwell closed: March 12-16
From Monday, March 12 through Friday, March 16th, the main stairwell in Messinger Hall will be unavailable while the construction team modifies handrails and guard rails in order to meet current building codes. Work is expected to begin at 6am and conclude by 2:30pm daily. During these times the stairwell will be taken off line and the…
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Enrichment and Excitement: Two ECMS Interns Solo with Eastman Orchestras
by Cameron Burch ECMS intern Cameron Burch sat down with two ECMS faculty interns, violinist Wendy Toh and bassist Justin McCulloch, to discuss their solo performances with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Justin performed the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 on October 20. 2017, and Wendy performed the Violin Concerto by fellow Eastman graduate student…
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Theory classes relocated for January 27th only
Due to construction in Messinger Hall, this Saturday’s theory classes have been temporarily moved out of Messinger 221 for January 27th only. The following three classes will take place in Eastman 442, as well as theory extra help hours: MUSIC THEORY/AURAL SKILLS I AURAL SKILLS II MUSIC THEORY II Please enter Lowry Hall at 26 Gibbs…
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Elevator offline: January 12-15
ECMS faculty, their furniture and belongings have been moved out of the building and the project is underway! From Jan. 12 – 15, elevator access will be suspended to the third floor. If anyone requires assistance accessing the ECMS office during these dates, please call us in advance at 585-274-1400. During that time period, temporary walls…
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Room Relocations Begin Today!
During the construction period beginning today through the end of Spring semester 2018, lessons and activities that currently take place on the fourth floor of Messinger Hall will be relocated as follows: Piano classes that currently take place in Messinger 414 will move to Eastman Theatre classroom 411. Private lessons and small ensembles that take…
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Big Announcement!
Eastman Community Music School to Undergo Major Renovations
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