Alumna Maria Newman Returning to Eastman for Residency

Maria Newman (BM ‘84), award-winning composer, violinist, violist, and pianist, will be in residence at the Eastman School of Music from September 7 through 13, 2019, sharing her musical talents and experiences with the Rochester community. Newman will be featured on two faculty concerts, she will present a talk entitled “Breaking Through the Newman Shadow: Creating…

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The Faculty Artist Series Presents: Jazz and Contemporary Media Faculty

The Faculty Artist Series presents the Jazz and Contemporary Media (JCM) Faculty, Thursday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Kilbourn Hall, at the Eastman School of Music. Performing are faculty members Charles Pillow (saxophone), Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Mark Kellogg (trombone), Bob Sneider (guitar), Gary Versace (piano), Bill Dobbins (piano), Jeff Campbell (bass), and Rich Thompson…

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Five faculty members in dark blue T-shirts standing on staircase in Lowry Hall.

Summer at Eastman 2019 by the Numbers

Adventure Music Camp’s gamelan performance. Photo credit: Terry Fonda Smith by Andrea Schuler, Summer at Eastman Program Coordinator Summer@Eastman 2019 flew by in a flash! Here are some numerical highlights of our 40 days of summer. Many thanks to all the faculty and staff who helped compile our “summery summary”! Summer students came to Eastman…

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