Eastman News Highlights September 29, 2014
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.) Jazz composer Hollenbeck blurs lines at NEC, Lily Pad (The Boston Globe 09/18/2014) But drummer and percussionist John Hollenbeck, 46, is among a handful of jazz…
How Many Colleges Should Music Students Apply To?
As high school seniors are getting their applications underway (or at least thinking about getting started!) a question often comes up: how many schools should I apply to? What is the right number for your “short list”? The answer to this question is as individual as each student, but I would like to offer some…
Opera Music, Comic Book Art Tell Story of Salomé’s Dance
To most of us, Salomé is a salacious symbol of sexual excess. But that wasn’t always the case. A striking new production combines the illustrations of famed comic-book artist P. Craig Russell with music to tell the biblical story of a beautiful and sensuous young dancer. Russell’s evocative graphic novel, based on Richard Strauss’s opera Salomé,…