The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Jazz and Contemporary Media Department Showcase

The Faculty Artist Series presents a Jazz and Contemporary Media (JCM) Department Showcase on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. This concert will be presented through LIVESTREAM as a virtual performance. Appearing in the JCM Showcase are Eastman faculty members Jeff Campbell, bass; Bill Dobbins, piano; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Mark Kellogg, trombone;…

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MA in Music Leadership Degree from Eastman Now Fully Online

For Course Information:  Rachel Roberts, Graduate Degree Program Director, Institute for Music Leadership, rroberts@esm.rochester.edu, (585) 275-1730 Christina Crispin, Associate Director for Admission, Eastman School of Music, ccrispin@esm.rochester.edu, (585) 274-1201 Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu   The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has approved Eastman’s Master of…

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The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Alexander Kobrin

Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu   The Faculty Artist Series at the Eastman School of Music will be virtual this fall! Pianist Alexander Kobrin, Associate Professor of Piano, kicks off the series on Sunday, August 30, at 3 p.m., presented through LIVESTREAM as a virtual performance. The program…

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Eastman School of Music Announces New Faculty Members

Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu   Eastman School of Music is proud to announce several new full-time and visiting faculty appointments for the 2020-2021 academic year: Benjamin Baker ‘18E (MA), Assistant Professor of Music Theory Nicole Cabell ‘01E (BM), Assistant Professor of Voice Yoojin Jang, Assistant Professor of…

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Summer at Eastman 2020: An Excellent Online Adventure

Summer@Eastman Director Sylvie Beaudette (top, center) and her French Lyric Diction students [Kayleigh DeBrine, Emma Ginzel, Daniela Monzon, Francis Mok, Molly Petrik; Mimi Law is not pictured]. Photo courtesy of Sylvie Beaudette.   by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Nothing about Summer@Eastman 2020 happened the way we expected. We had already spent most of the…

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AP® Music Theory Offered Online by Eastman

For Course Information: community@esm.rochester.edu , (585) 274-1400 Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585) 451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu   Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) will now offer an online AP® Music Theory course. Specifically designed for high school students, the 34-week, College Board- approved AP® Music Theory course provides students with a college level written and…

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A Unique Musical Identity: Eastman’s Prizewinning Sequoia Reed Quintet

  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…

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