Five students have been named this year’s recipients of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival/Eastman School of Music (XRIJF/ESM) Jazz Scholarship. The students hail from Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The scholarship program is sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and is funded by proceeds from the annual festival. The…
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.) Yamaha Sponsors 5 Graduate Fellows to Attend Eastman School of Music’s Leadership Conference (Benzinga 06/13/2017) Yamaha Corporation of America has partnered with Eastman School of…
For More Information: Jim Doser (585-274-1470, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu) Yamaha Corporation of America has partnered with the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music to sponsor five outstanding graduate students, selected from an international pool of applicants, to participate as fellows in the Eastman Leadership Conference, June 21 – 24, 2017. 2017 Graduate Fellows: Clarissa Prohaska –…
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.) New York Youth Symphony Announces 55th Season (Broadway World 07/08/2017) ARTISTIC DIRECTORS The Composition program, led by Dr. Kyle Blaha, has broken new ground in…
Media Contact: Rick Kessel, 585-274-1052, rkessel@esm.rochester.edu Eastman School of Music musicians — current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) — will be appearing throughout the 2017 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year’s festival runs June 23 through July 1 at…
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Arianna Morgen Beyer Arianna Beyer will graduate with a Bachelor of Music in Applied Music (Clarinet) and an Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in May 2017. While at Eastman, Arianna studied with Jon Manasse, served as President of Eastman’s Mu Upsilon chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, maintained a 4.0…
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.) Oleh Krysa returns to DC area (The Ukrainian Weekly 06/02/2017) The renowned Ukrainian American violinist Oleh Krysa returned to the U.S. capital area on May…
Media Contact: Olga Krayterman Shupyatskaya, okrayter@esm.rochester.edu, 585-274-1563 Several Eastman School of Music graduates, each already an established performing artist, will reunite to present a local summer concert premiering a new work by an Eastman composer Jennifer Bellor on July 2 in Kilbourn Hall. Building on the success of a similar concert last year, “Sonic Cluster…
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.) A conversation with TONY LEVIN of King Crimson (Herald de Paris 05/21/2017) Tony Levin is currently a member of the bands King Crimson, Peter Gabriel…
Two Eastman School of Music students, recent graduates Alexandra Cohen and Dovas Lietuvninkas, were award Fulbright Study/Research Grants and will spend the 2017-2018 year in Europe. Cohen, a dual degree major who received a Bachelor of Arts degree in German and a Bachelor of Music degree in Musical Arts during commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 21,…