By Raffi Wright Looking forward to Summer at Eastman 2022, I sat down with Eastman alumnae Hannah Dick (percussion) and Mina Esary (composition), who will be teaching their new online course âNotes From Scratch: Introduction to Improvisation and Composition.â Here are some highlights of our time talking together: For both Hannah and Mina:…
By Raffi Wright Eastman alumna Dr. Yoshiko Arahata ’11E, ’18E (DMA) is a pianist, educator, improviser, and composer. In addition to her many and varied musical collaborations, she has also developed expertise in dance accompaniment, performing with several dance companies in the Rochester area. Her new course The Pianistâs Guide to Dance Accompaniment was created…
“If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will close its thirteenth season with a live concert on Sunday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. from St. Paulâs Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road 14607. The mission of “If Music Be the Food…” is to increase awareness and support food insecurity in the…
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, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutritionâs effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
Next week, from March 21 through March 25, Eastman will once again host a Women in Music Festival, after an eight-year hiatus, as part of our centennial celebration. âWMFâ, conceived and directed by Assistant Professor Sylvie Beaudette, was an annual, and ever-growing, event at Eastman from 2005 to 2014. This âcelebration of women in all…
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.) Eastman violin professor, and Saturday concert, search for hope in midst of Ukraine’s tragedy (WXXI News 03/10/2022) Oleh Krysa points out that going back to…
For Womenâs History Month in March â and in observance of todayâs International Women’s Day â weâve chosen several women from the long list of outstanding women in Eastman history … representing the past, present, and future. (And remember that you can enjoy the work of many more women composers, performers, and scholars during Eastman’s…
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, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutritionâs effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
The Black Student Union at Eastman has completed its annual Black History Month Recital Series. In this virtual series, the videos feature pieces by eminent black composers and poets performed by Black students at Eastman; this year the series also boasts a guest artist, pianist Lara Downes. The full videos are available on the YouTube…