New Music at Eastman New music is heard frequently in concert halls and alternative performance spaces throughout Rochester. Eastman’s reputation for performance excellence combined with performer enthusiasm for new music offers a great benefit to composers. The Musica Nova ensemble, directed by Brad Lubman, is devoted to the performance of up-to-the-minute contemporary music and 20th and 21st-century classics…
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Here are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Listening During Covid, Part 7: Celebrating the Diversity of American Music – The Arts Fuse (The Arts Fuse 10/31/2021) Shall We Gather, songs by Stephen…
Story and photographs by Isabella Lau As rehearsals with the Eastman Wind Orchestra wrap up in preparation for their concert Wednesday, Mike Titlebaum (BM ’91, MM ’92) reflects on his career and connections between Eastman and Ithaca. He currently serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College School of Music and holds two degrees…
Hi! My name is Joëlla Becker and I am a senior cello performance Major and candidate for the Arts Leadership Certificate Program (ALP). As part of my ALP, I will complete two paid internships. My first internship concluded at the end of August and I started my second this semester. Both have been amazing experiences…
Winds, Brass and PercussionAbout Our Program The primary goal of the Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Department is to instill the highest possible level of musicianship in each student. This is accomplished in our teaching studios by embracing the fundamentals of posture, breathing, characteristic tone production, intonational acuity, solidity of rhythm, beauty of phrasing, sight reading…
“Everybody ready to shred some harpsichord?” said student Lindsey Williams as she entered Room 404 for a rehearsal last Thursday evening. While it didn’t qualify as heavy metal, the music on the rehearsal schedule did qualify as a virtuoso workout: a concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach for not one, not two, but three harpsichords. This…
Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching at EastmanMatthew GrillsMM ’12ALUMNI PROFILE “Eastman will always hold a special place in my heart. The voice faculty was always so supportive of each and every student. It was a place I felt I could be creative and make mistakes. The academic standard is extremely high and challenged me to…
