Jamal J. Rossi, the current dean of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, announced today he will not seek reappointment following his current appointment term, which ends following the 2023-2024 academic year. Rossi has served as the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean since 2014, presiding over a transformational period for the…
Once again, Nancy Ares from the Warner School is offering two seminars on anti-racist curriculum development in the Fall 2023 semester. The schedules, along with course descriptions, are below. Warner is again very generously covering tuition expenses beyond what employees’ benefit plans cover, so there is no cost to any employee who enrolls in the…
The Eastman Community Music School hosted the third annual Vincent Lenti Piano Competition on March 11 and 12th. Congratulations to all winners! Young Performers Division: First Place: Edwin Xu, student of Elier Suárez Second Place: Bethany Huang student of Howard Spindler Third Place: Amy Ma, student of Scott Cuellar Junior Division: First Place: Aria…
Eastman Community Music School students were awarded several awards at the recent Young Artist Auditions for high school musicians held by the Rochester Philharmonic League. Congratulations to the following ECMS students for their success in the 2023 YAA Competition: Grand Prize (an opportunity to perform with the RPO) Winner: Catalina Wooldridge, Cello, Grade 12, Williamson…
We are pleased to announce that Summer@Eastman will be offering 55 programs, online workshops, and courses from June 26 to August 4, 2023. Several of these programs are designed for collegiate students who may register through UR Student. Eastman students and alumni taking an online course or week-long institute receive a $100 discount. Browse our website…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists, inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe. The next Wellness at Eastman seminar will be on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 6 p.m.: Sleep – Our Superpower, presented by…
In this Summer@Eastman 2023 blog post, you can meet the S@E Marketing Intern: Violist and DMA Candidate Joyce Tseng, who, as you’ll read, is enjoying her many performing, educational, and professional development opportunities at Eastman and the University of Rochester. My name is Joyce Tseng, and I’m a third-year DMA student at the Eastman…
This feature article originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Eastman Notes. Eastman invited the Rochester community to its celebration of the 100th anniversary of the official opening of its doors to the public on March 3, 1922. This date marked the beginning of a long relationship between Rochesterians and the burgeoning new music…
The Eastman School Symphony Orchestra presents its next concert on Friday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall. Professor Neil Varon and DMA conducting student Matthew Straw will lead works by Grieg and Schumann, but the program also includes a vocal showpiece: Rossini’s short song cycle La Regata Veneziana, to be sung by senior…
The music of the African American composer Florence Price (1887-1955) has recently been the subject of excited attention. Many of her works have been unearthed and rediscovered, and one of her orchestral works, The Oak, has an important Eastman connection. DMA conducting student Austin Chanu will conduct the Eastman Philharmonia in a rare performance of…