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2021 at Eastman: A Year in Photographs

2021 was the year that Eastman returned to campus, with in-person classes, events, and concerts. It’s also the year that Eastman began its centennial with many memorable events … and many more to come in 2022. Our series of photographs of the highlights of 2021 tell the story of this year, from saying goodbye to […]

January 13, 2022

The Eastman School of Music to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

January 11, 2022

Wellness at Eastman: “Nutrition for the Performing Artist”

January 6, 2022

Eastman Faculty Artist Series Spring 2022

The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces 11 performances for the Spring 2022 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning concert venues. “It’s always a pleasure to begin a new season of showcasing Eastman’s world-class musicians and composers in our Faculty Artist Series,” […]

January 5, 2022

The Beal Institute Presents: Visual Music 4.0: An Evening of Original Music Performed Live-to-Picture by the Empire Film and Media Ensemble

The Beal Institute, under the direction of Associate Professor Mark Watters, presents “Visual Music 4.0: An Evening of World-Premiere Film and Music Collaborations,” Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 7:30 PM in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music and this year’s presentation will feature the music of Eastman faculty and alumni. Compositions from Eastman’s Contemporary Media and [...]December 21, 2021

Eastman Opera Theatre’s Season Continues with Cavalli’s La Calisto

Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) is thrilled to continue its season with the zany baroque opera La Calisto by Francesco Cavalli, February 16, 17, 22, and 23 at 7:30 p.m. Unlike the rest of their 2021-22 season, Eastman Opera Theatre will be performing La Calisto in the EOT Scene Shop, 1344 University Avenue (see information below). […]

December 16, 2021

A Rhapsodic Return to Eastman for Carter Pann ‘94E

In the early 1990s, when Carter Pann and Marina Lomazov were both pianists in the studio of Professor Barry Snyder, they probably never suspected that one of them would end up writing a piece that would be premiered by the other. Nearly three decades later, they have remained good friends, and also distinguished themselves in […]

December 2, 2021

Eastman School of Music Alumni Receive GRAMMY Nominations

Several graduates of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 64th GRAMMY Awards: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Steve Gadd ‘68E, At Blue Note Tokyo Best Instrumental Composition: Tom Nazziola ‘88E, Cat and Mouse Best Opera Performance: Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmeliteswith soprano Erin Morley ‘02E produced by a Producer […]

December 1, 2021

The James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency at Eastman School of Music Presents: Cleveland Quartet Reunion

The Cleveland Quartet, Eastman’s quartet-in-residence from 1976 to 1995, will reunite at the Eastman School of Music in April as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. The members of this Grammy-winning ensemble include Atar Arad, James Dunham, Martha Katz, Paul Katz, Peter Salaff, and Donald Weilerstein, who will all return from April […]

November 19, 2021

Trombones Tonight! Trombone Choir Celebrates 80 Years

Eastman’s Trombone Choir performs numerous times throughout the school year, and an Eastman Commencement ceremony would not be complete without them. But when its 27 current members, and co-directors Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind, take the Kodak Hall stage tonight at 7:30 p.m., it will be much more than an ordinary concert. This concert is […]

November 19, 2021