Pictured with this story are members of Eastman’s Music Teaching and Learning Faculty during Summer 2019: top: Alden Snell; center, Mara Culp; bottom, Chris Azzara. Photographs by Michelle Martorell. Alden Snell is the advisor for summers-only master’s students at Eastman. He recently asked two recent graduates of the summers only program to reflect on…
The Sequoia Reed Quintet, left to right: oboist Gwen Goodman, saxophonist Trevor Chu, bassoonist Harrison Short, bass clarinetist Lucas Slavin, and clarinetist Michael Miller. Photograph by Max Zheng. Eastman’s Sequoia Reed Quintet (oboist Gwen Goodman, clarinetist Michael Miller, saxophonist Trevor Chu, bass clarinetist Lucas Slavin, and bassoonist Harrison Short, all ’22E) was recently…
The Eastman School of Music will be online for you this summer! Thanks to the Eastman faculty’s enthusiasm, creativity, and energy, the Summer@Eastman program is pleased to offer over 40 online courses, programs, and workshops from June 22 to August 15, 2020. Summer online programs and workshops will include faculty special topic presentations, Q&A sessions…
Welcome to Eastman Connects! In a time where we are all confined to our homes, Eastman Connects is a way to bring everyone together. This social media project gives our Eastman community the opportunity to engage, while highlighting the talents and strengths of our students, faculty, alumni and community. Together we’ll show that while…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Marina Lomazov, Professor of Piano, and Joseph Rackers, Visiting Professor of Piano, on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. The Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo will play music by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, and Stravinsky. The Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo has been praised for “demon…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Don Harry, Associate Professor of Tuba, on Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Don Harry will be joined by Craig Sutherland, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Tegee, Guadete Brass Quintet, and Berri Garver, piano. The recital will feature music by Mozart,…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Oleh Kyrsa, Professor of Violin, along with Barry Snyder, Professor Emeritus of Piano, in the last of three total concerts this Spring. This final concert will be performed on Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. Kyrsa and Snyder have been collaborating…
By Hannah Pearson Guest blogger Hannah Pearson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in clarinet performance and is currently a student in Eastman’s M.A. in Music Leadership (MAML) degree program. Law & Music is a summer course offered at Eastman, taught by Professor Ari Solotoff. The course focuses on law as it relates to musicians,…
Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. In honor of female musicians around the world. To observe the year 2020, we wanted to highlight 20 outstanding women among thousands of Eastman female alumni, students, faculty members, and friends. It turns out there are so many possible choices we had to have 22 this time! As…
By Jeremy Lopez On Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall, several ensembles from around the Rochester community will join together for a powerful performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. The masterpiece will be performed by the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, Eastman Philharmonia, and the Bach Children’s Chorus of Nazareth College and Genesee…