Eastman Musicians Can Be Seen and Heard Throughout 2017 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

Media Contact: Rick Kessel, 585-274-1052, rkessel@esm.rochester.edu   Eastman School of Music 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 2017 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year’s festival runs June 23 through July 1 at…

Eastman School of Music Holds its 92nd Commencement Ceremony

LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE: www.esm.rochester.edu/live/kodak The annual commencement for Eastman School of Music bachelor’s and master’s degree students will take place on Sunday, May 21, with composer and pianist Jake Heggie giving the commencement speech and composer and librettist Gene Scheer receiving the School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, Associate Professor of Music Theory Seth Monahan…

Eastman Musicians Win DownBeat Student Awards

The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble under Dave Rivello and Eastman School of Music students Theresa Chen, George Darrah, and Jon Rarick have received DownBeat honors in the magazine’s 40th annual Student Awards competition. The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble was recognized in the Outstanding College Performance Large Jazz Ensemble category for its March 2, 2016, concert…

Composer/Saxophonist Owen Broder Selected as Inaugural Eastman/ArtistShare® New Artist

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OWEN BRODER’S PROJECT: Heritage: American Roots For the Eastman School of Music: Jim Doser, 585-274-1470, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu For ArtistShare®: Prawit Siriwat, publicity@artistshare.com UPDATED May 1, 2017 The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and ArtistShare® have announced that Eastman alumnus, saxophonist/composer Owen Broder, has been selected as the first Eastman/ArtistShare New…