Ruth Cahn Honored by the Percussive Arts Society for Lifetime Achievement

Ruth Cahn, senior instructor in percussion at the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS), has received the Lifetime Achievement in Education Award from The Percussive Arts Society. The award recognizes the contributions of the most highly regarded leaders in percussion education. Established in 2002, the award honors recipients for demonstrating the highest ideals and professional integrity…

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Eastman Computer Music Center Hosts Composer Philippe Leroux for Public Concert, Symposium

Prize-winning French composer Philippe Leroux, whose work includes electronic, acousmatic, vocal, chamber, and symphonic music, will be in-residence in the Eastman School of Music Nov. 20 and 21. His visit, sponsored by the Eastman Computer Music Center (ECMC), includes a recital and public symposium. Leroux’s celebrated Voi(rex), a five-movement chamber piece based on a collection…

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