Kerala Johnson Snyder Affiliate Faculty of Organ, Sacred Music, & Historical Keyboards Professor Emerita of Musicology BIOGRAPHY Kerala J. Snyder is Professor Emerita of Musicology and Affiliate Faculty of Organ, Sacred Music, & Historical Keyboards at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. She has also taught at Yale University and the Hartt School…
Joseph Rackers Professor of Piano DEPARTMENTPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor RackersBIOGRAPHY âAn expert artistâŠenormous power and intelligent, instinctive interpretationâ Spoleto Today âThe results are consistently compellingâŠas if Rackers response were primarily to his relationship with the composer as some sort of kindred spiritâ Gramophone  âUnflappable virtuosityâŠhighly expressiveâ American Record Guide  âSimply dazzlingâ The State Hailed as an…
Rebecca Penneys Professor Emerita of Piano BIOGRAPHY Steinway Artist Rebecca Penneys is a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral soloist, educator, and adjudicator. For six decades she has been hailed as a pianist of prodigious talent. Rebecca has played throughout the USA, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East,…
Vincent Lenti Professor Emeritus of Piano Eastman School Historian DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Lenti585-737-3717BIOGRAPHY BM, MA, Eastman; additional studies, Teachers College, Columbia University. Various professional memberships including 15-year term as treasurer of New York State Music Teachers Association. Recipient, NYSMTA 25th Anniversary Award for Outstanding Service (1986), NYSMTA Citation (1992), Jack L. Frank Award (1998) for…
Jean M. Barr Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music BIOGRAPHY Jean Barr is Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, where she founded the collaborative piano degree programs in 1988. The first person in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in Accompanying, she studied…
Natalya Antonova Wentworth Family Professor Emerita of Piano Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionANTONOVA Scriabin, Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 DEPARTMENTSPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Antonova585-274-1528BIOGRAPHY Natalya Antonova made her debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic at the age of 16. As a soloist of two major concert managements, âState Concertâ and âSoviet Union Concertâ, she…
Lisa Caravan Assistant Professor of Music Teaching & Learning DEPARTMENTSMusic Teaching & LearningArts LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Caravan585-274-1530BIOGRAPHY Dr. Lisa R. Caravan, is a string pedagogue, cellist and conductor who most recently served as assistant professor of music at Bucknell University. Her previous positions included assistant professor of String Music Education at Auburn University and lecturer in…
Kristina BeckerAssistant Professor of GermanDEPARTMENTHumanitiesCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Becker585-275-4251BIOGRAPHY Kristina Becker teaches German in the Humanities Department at the Eastman School of Music. She received her Masterâs Degree in Education and American Studies at the Free University and Humboldt University Berlin. She taught for several years in the Berlin school system. She also taught beginning, intermediate…