by Raffi Wright In preparation for Summer at Eastman 2022, we have been interviewing some of our course instructors. For this edition, I sat down with Gaelen McCormick to discuss one of the two courses she is teaching this summer: “Music in Medicine – ONLINE.” In this six-week online workshop, students will explore the connection…
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…
Media Only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The Eastman School of Music has been approved for a $15,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support a commission project as part of the School’s Centennial year. This project will feature a new work by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Anthony Davis, with a libretto…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
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,”…
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 8 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…
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).…
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…
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…
Members of 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 who will return to Eastman are Atar Arad, James Dunham, Martha Katz, Paul Katz, Peter Salaff, and Donald…