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.)
The Eastman School of Music launches its Centennial celebration – Opera News
(Daily Advent 07/09/2021)
The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, officially began its Centennial Celebration on July 1, 2021. The 18-month-long …
Eastman grad on mission to take the music of Black and other composers into high schools
(Democrat and Chronicle 07/07/2021)
As a junior at Eastman last year, now-graduate Travon Walker had bold plans for his project assignment. The plan was for Walker and a group of other Eastman students to tour Rochester-area middle and high schools, performing important works by composers of color. …
Free lunchtime concerts kick off Thursday at St. Joseph’s Park
(Democrat and Chronicle 07/12/2021)
Sneider, a jazz guitar faculty member at the Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School, will be joined by his students for the …
New Horizons Celebrates 30 Years
(Gulfport Gabber 07/09/2021)
“When I started the New Horizons program in 1991,” says Dr. Roy Ernst, founder of the New Horizons Music Association, …
Thirty years after Ernst founded New Horizons at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, there are 187 New Horizons instrumental …
New York City Master Chorale Announces New Artistic Director
(OperaWire 07/11/2021)
The New York City Master Chorale has appointed Dr. David Recca as its new Artistic Director. … He has a Master of Music Direction in Choral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, a Performer Certificate in Vocal Coaching, and a …
New Dean Appointed at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music
(The Violin Channel 07/09/2021)
Matthew Loden, the current CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will assume the position on October 1, 2021 …
A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance, …
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