About Eastman to Go Eastman To Go (ETG) is a one-semester chamber music course where select ensembles focus on the fine arts of audience engagement and development. In the late days of each fall semester, chamber groups audition for admittance into this spring-only course. In addition to weekly coachings with our chamber music faculty, groups…
This year’s group: Cleveland Quartet See this year’s chamber music residency group Previous Residencies WindSync wind quintet will visit Eastman School of Music virtually in April as part of the James E. Clark Chamber Music Residency. The members of WindSync include two Eastman alumni and one former student making their success, and return to Eastman,…
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After freshman year, students at Eastman are encouraged to form their own chamber music ensembles. For those that aren’t able to find groups, or have only partial groups formed, the faculty will provide assistance in completing and forming groups. Faculty also help guide repertoire choices and assign coaches for chamber music. The audition, placement, and…
Kerfala Bangoura Director of West African Drumming Ensemble at the River Campus DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor BangouraBIOGRAPHY Born in Conakry, Guinea, master drummer and dancer Kerfala Bangoura began his professional career in 1990. He has performed with numerous private ballets in Guinea, including the Macaca Ballet, Kounkoré Bamba Ballet, and Ballet Fareta, where he received his…
Musicology Events The Musicology Department sponsors a Symposium series with prominent guest speakers from other institutions, plus works-in-progress talks from students and faculty; and professional development workshops organized by the Graduate Musicology Association. All of these events are open to the Eastman community and take place on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in NSL 404 (Sibley Library seminar room).…
EthnomusicologyAbout Our Program Eastman’s Ethnomusicology Program, housed within the Musicology Department, offers students training in the study of music across diverse cultural and geographical settings. Our program enables students to work closely with leading musical scholars, to perform in world music ensembles, and to undertake fieldwork in local communities and in locales ranging from Detroit…
Chamber Music”My introduction to chamber music at Eastman changed my life, and it has changed the lives of countless other musicians I know. I’m forever grateful for the education I received and the rewarding relationships, creative and personal, that continue to grow from this community.” –Emlyn Johnson, Music in the American WildChamber Music Studies Chamber…
Graduate Degree Program Requirements The department offers the doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) in musicology and the master of arts degree (MA) in musicology or ethnomusicology. A master’s degree (MA) in musicology will also normally be earned in progress toward the PhD. At present, the department admits around three to five graduate students each year,…
