Eastman Musicians Earn Numerous Competition Prizes

Eastman School of Music students and ensembles have garnered prestigious national honors and awards at several annual competitions. In July, saxophonist Keenan McKoy (BM ‘14) won the national level of the NANM Competition in Los Angeles, Calif., and doctoral student Phil Pierick received third prize in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition in Bangkok, Thailand.…

XRIJF/Eastman Scholarship Recipients Announced

Pianist/composer Max Berlin and trumpeter Emanuel Burks have been named the recipients of this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music Scholarship and will attend Eastman this fall as freshman in the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. The scholarship program is sponsored by Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival producers Marc Iacona and…

Leonardo Colafelice, Who will Begin Studies at Eastman School of Music this Fall, Receives Finalist Prize in Rubinstein Piano Competition

Incoming Eastman School of Music freshman Leonardo Colafelice of Italy was awarded a finalist prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at the conclusion of the event on May 29. As a finalist, he received a cash award of $6,000. In addition, he received the $5,000 prize for Best Performer of a Classical…

Eastman School of Music Commencement Ceremonies

Samuel Hope, a longtime unceasing advocate for arts education who recently retired as executive director of the National Association of Schools of Music, will return to his alma mater as the commencement speaker for the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music graduation on Sunday, May 18. In addition, Associate Professor of Music Theory William…