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.…

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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…

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