Eastman Saxophone Ensemble performs tonight – and in China this summer
ESP and CKL: the members of the Eastman Saxophone Ensemble with their director, Professor Chien-Kwan Lin By John Fatuzzo This July, the Eastman Saxophone Project will be traveling for two weeks to perform in China. The group departs from Rochester on July 9 for Shanghai, where they will be performing at the annual Shanghai Sax…
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Eastman News Highlights May 2, 2016
Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.) Ayden Adler appointed new DePauw School of Music Dean (Banner Graphic 04/29/2016) Ayden Adler, formerly senior vice president and dean of the…
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Eastman School of Music Launches Its First Coursera Course: ‘The Blues: Understanding an American Art Form’
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce the launch of “The Blues: Understanding an American Art Form,” a free course on the learning platform Coursera, presented by Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and pianist Dariusz Terefenko. “The blues,” says Terefenko, “is the most important musical form in jazz.” This seven-week online course explores…
Details“A song for all seas, all ships”: Eastman-Rochester Chorus performs “A Sea Symphony” on April 29
This Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, and Eastman Philharmonia, all under the school’s Director of Choral Activities, William Weinert, with baritone Alan Cline and soprano Yvonne Trobe, present one of the great works for chorus and orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony.…
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