Eastman Faculty Member Rachel Remmel Receives Grant from the Spencer Foundation
Eastman School of Music faculty member Rachel Remmel has been awarded a research grant of $31,920 from the Spencer Foundation and will spend the 2011-2012 academic year writing a book that explains the architectural origins of the graded school model that is used in most American schools today. She will spend time in Boston, Philadelphia,…
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Rising Vocal Stars in the Spotlight November 19
Eight Eastman School of Music voice and opera students will compete in the finals of the Friends of Eastman (FEO) Opera Voice Competition at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in Kilbourn Hall. The FEO event gives local audiences the opportunity to hear rising vocal talents early in their careers while providing singers the chance to compete…
DetailsEastman School Hosts 6th Annual Upstate NY Music College Fair
The Eastman School of Music, in conjunction with Ithaca College and The Juilliard School, is presenting the sixth annual Music College Fair in Upstate New York at the Eastman School on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. Top colleges from around the country will have representatives throughout two connected locations at Eastman, the…
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Organists Have Incredible Tradition of Improvisation
What do a church organist and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck have in common? They both improvise at the keyboard. In fact, according to David Higgs of the Eastman School of Music, the organ is the only instrument that has maintained improvisation throughout centuries of music history. “Much of the music that we think of today…
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Eastman Opera Theatre Presents Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’
Assassins, Stephen Sondheim’s provocative and disturbing take on the American Dream, will be presented by Eastman Opera Theatre November 3 through 6 in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. In depicting the thoughts of nine individuals who killed or tried to kill U.S. Presidents, the musical contrasts the assassins’ claims of righting wrongs…
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