Student Stories: Collaboration and Community
Lindsay Haukom reflects on her time at Eastman as she approaches her final semester as a harp performance major and Music For All intern.
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Morgan Chalmers
Congratulations to senior horn performance major Morgan Chalmers for winning a position with the horn section of The United States Army Field Band, the touring ensemble of the Army music program. She will begin her appointment after she graduates in May 2025. Morgan is from the studio of Peter Kurau.
Guest Artists at Eastman: October 2023
We are excited to welcome a wide-ranging group of guest artists and lecturers to the Eastman campus in October! Keep reading for information about each event and visit esm.rochester.edu/events for further details. Any Eastman Presents series artist who is offering a free masterclass will be included in this list, but their corresponding concert is ticketed. All other guest…
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Oscar-Nominated, Emmy Award-Winning Composer Laurence Rosenthal presented with Eastman Artist Award
“Visual Music 7.0″ will also feature the world premiere performance of Rosenthal’s “Vienna: Sweet and Sour,” a 30-minute work for strings and harp performed by the Empire Film and Music Ensemble.
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The Beal Institute presents Visual Music 7.0: An Evening of Original Music Performed Live-to-Picture
On January 24, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall, “Visual Music 7.0” presents current Beal Institute students in a live-to-picture staging of their original compositions.
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William Warfield Scholarship Fund 2025 Benefit Concert: “Let Freedom Sing” featuring Holden Turner ’25E
This year’s William Warfield Scholarship Fund recipient Holden Turner ’25E, baritone, will perform alongside an acclaimed lineup of African American artists on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall.
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Kevin Hays Trio added to Eastman Presents 2024-25 Season
Eastman’s Kilbourn Concert Series presents the Kevin Hays Trio, who the New York Times refers to as “a jolt of joy,” on February 13, 2025.
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Phish Lead Guitarist Trey Anastasio to Perform in Kodak Hall on March 12, 2025
An Acoustic Evening with Trey Anastasio will take place on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
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Yiran Zhao
Congratulations to Yiran Zhao, a DMA conducting student, who is the winner of the American Prize in Composition in the college/university division for shorter works for chorus.
Elizabeth Freimuth ’96E
Congratulations to Elizabeth Freimuth ’96E on her appointment as professor of horn at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Freimuth received bachelor’s degrees from Eastman in French horn and music education. She is currently the principal horn and Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO).