Media Only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is back! Eastman School of Music (ESM) musicians — current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) — will be appearing throughout the 2022 CGI Rochester…
Jonathan Sauceda just completed his first academic year as Associate Dean and Head of the Sibley Music Library. It has been a very full year. As head of the library, he oversees all aspects of the library’s programs and services, including collection development, personnel management, budget management, technical services, client services, and library technology development.…
Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, Inc. (WWSF) has provided financial aid to more than 35 African American students at the Eastman School of Music, 15 African American high school classical singers across the United States, and spotlighted talented Eastman recipients in an annual benefit concert. This year’s benefit concert…
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, the Eastman Jazz Ensemble presents its final concert of the 2022 spring semester – which will also be the final concert for Bill Dobbins as its director. The occasion includes the first performance of Dobbins’ latest work (and an Eastman Centennial commission), Legacy. We asked Bill about this…
The Eastman School of Music’s Voice, Opera & Vocal Coaching Department is thrilled to announce that world-renowned soprano and Eastman alumna Julia Bullock (BM ’09), will be in residence on May 6 and 7, 2022. On Friday, May 6, Julia will be have a discussion on how restorative justice can be realized in the performing arts and learning environments with Eastman students…
Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) of the Eastman School of Music, together with Grammy-nominated, Rochester-based Musician Jimmie Highsmith Jr, are proud to announce the creation of the Hosea Taylor Jr. Memorial Community Band. A formal announcement and press conference will be held Monday, May 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at East High School, 1801 East…
The annual degree ceremony for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Saturday, May 14th, with the procession at 8:45 a.m. and the ceremony at 9 a.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The Saturday ceremony is for students receiving their Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts, and Master…
Eastman School of Music faculty members, students, and alumni will join the worldwide observance of Yom HaShoah by performing a Holocaust Remembrance Concert entitled “A Time to Remember,” on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The concert features music written by those who perished or survived the World War II concentration…
Two Eastman School of Music alumni were winners in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 64th GRAMMY Awards, Sunday April 3, 2022: Erin Morley ‘02E and Ron Carter ‘59E. Erin Morley ‘02E was a soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand, recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo…
When composer Ania Vu ’17E first heard about the Eastman Centennial Celebration “100 Concerts to Celebrate 100 Years”, she forwarded the website to pianist Eunmi Ko ’06E (MM), ’12E (DMA), to which Eunmi replied with “We should do something!” Fast-forward seven months: the two are about to have their project The Music She Writes begin…