Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.)
Explore the life, inspirations and iconic recordings of soprano Renée Fleming
(ABC News 09/08/2020)
After graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester where she says she received “a strong academic and theoretical background,” …
ListN Up: Classically Black Podcast (September 11, 2020)
(I CARE IF YOU LISTEN 09/11/2020)
Dalanie Harris is a double bassist and podcaster from Los Angeles, CA. In November 2018, along with friend and fellow Eastman student Katie Brown, Harris co-founded Classically Black Podcast, which brings listeners into the world of classical music through the eyes of two Black women studying the art form. Dalanie is currently studying double bass performance at the Eastman School of Music. …
Virtual Soirée: “Moonlight Sonata,” September 19
(River Cities Reader 09/08/2020)
Hosted by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s music director and conductor Mark Russell Smith, the organization’s annual Signature Soirée will take place online this year on September 19, the virtual Moonlight Sonata event boasting performances by the symphony’s resident concertmaster Naha Greenholtz and principal cellist Hannah Holman, …
An active chamber musician and principal cellist for the QCSO, Holman studied at the Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University, where …
City Scenes: Philadelphia’s Best Of The Bass, Part 2
(NPR 09/10/2020)
15. Mike Boone
A native New Yorker and Eastman School of Music grad, Boone was fresh off a second tour with Buddy Rich when he landed in Philadelphia in 1985. …
Russian Duo entertains with folk flair in lawn concert
(Akron Beacon Journal 09/08/2020)
Orchestra insight
‒ Listeners got to know second violinist Marilyn Taylor of the Akron Symphony Orchestra in a Facebook Live conversation […] She has an undergraduate degree from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. …
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