Eastman News Highlights May 8, 2017

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.) Remembering Jazz’s Greatest Year With the Living Legends of 1959 (Billboard 05/05/2017) Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz ­bassist of all time, never planned to play…

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Eastman News Highlights May 1, 2017

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 Joy of Learning to Play an Instrument Later in Life (Wall Street Journal 04/23/2017) There used to be a “widespread belief that if you…

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Eastman News Highlights April 24, 2017

Ron Carter on the Power of the Bass, and the Onstage Moment He’s Been Waiting For (Strings 04/14/2017) When did you transition to jazz? Before I went away to Eastman, my friend who lived down the street put together a little quartet for the summer, playing for fraternity and sorority parties at the University of…

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Eastman News Highlights April 17, 2017

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.) Interview: Theatre Life with Kim Scharnberg and Christopher Youstra (Broadway World 04/14/2-17) Today’s subjects, Kim Scharnberg and Christopher Youstra, are currently living their theatre lives…

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Eastman News Highlights April 10, 2017

 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.) Lee Koonce and the Gateways Music Festival (School Band and Orchestra April 2017) Lee Koonce is the president and artistic director for the Gateways Music…

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Eastman News Highlights April 3, 2017

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.) Money cannot measure benefits of the arts to society (Democrat and Chronicle 03/29/2017) When President Lyndon B. Johnson first established the National Endowment for the…

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Eastman News Highlights March 27, 2017

 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.) Contemporary composer: August Read Thomas (Gramophone 03/20/2017) . . .  This leads on to the criticism – disguised as observation – that her music is…

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Eastman News Highlights March 20, 2017

 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.) Baroque Consort to Perform at the St. Charles Public Library (Chicago Tribune / Aurora Beacon-News 03/16/2017) Mark Ponzo holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree…

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Eastman News Highlights March 13, 2017

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.) New pres for St. Joseph’s College (Long Island Business News 03/06/2017) St. Joseph’s College has named a new president. The college, which has campuses in…

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