The Eastman School of Music is excited to announce The Morning Chamber Music series for 2022-2023. All three concerts will take place in Hatch Recital Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. These concerts will feature alumni guests: the guitar trio Ghidorah; cellist Jeffrey Ziegler; and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather. Each guest will perform alongside current Eastman…
Christine Jensen Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor JensenBIOGRAPHY As a Downbeat Critic’s Poll winner for Rising Star Big Band, Arranger, and Soprano Saxophonist, Christine Jensen is constantly in motion leading her own jazz orchestra and small ensemble. Her jazz orchestra recordings have gone on to win…
→ Graduate Admissions Main Advanced Diploma in Performance For the first time in its history, Eastman now offers a stand-alone performance diploma, providing students who have completed a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in music to focus on performance studies with our applied faculty. The program centers around private instruction as well as high-level chamber music…
The Eastman School of Music is pleased to announce that DMA student Jinhong Li will be presenting a solo piano concert on October 21, 2022, at 8 p.m. in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Jinhong Li is the winner of the Sixth Annual Eastman Piano Competition, which is sponsored by members of the Eastman piano…
→ Jump to Majors → Graduate Admissions Main The DMA degree is awarded for high attainments in the practice of music, with emphasis on the arts of performing and teaching. A candidate for this degree must be a capable artist who demonstrates intellectual attributes of the highest order. Studies in composition and music education may…
→ Jump to Majors → Graduate Admissions Main The Doctor of Philosophy degree is awarded for completion of scholarly research satisfactorily defended in a dissertation or for outstanding creative work in the field of composition. It is assumed that recipients of this degree are not only well-versed in the subject matter and techniques of a…
→ Jump to Majors → Graduate Admissions Main Choosing between the MM and the MA Master’s degrees with majors in composition and music education may be undertaken either within the division of graduate professional studies (the MM as described in this section) or within the division of graduate research studies (the Master of Arts). All…
→ Jump to Majors → Graduate Admissions Main An Important Distinction between MA and MM Degree Programs Because the MA is a research degree, a strong emphasis is placed on writing and research skills. Full command of written English is assumed for students admitted to MA programs, and is required before students are permitted to…
HATCH RECITAL HALL Hatch Recital Hall is our smallest main performance hall in the school. It seats 222 and is a favorite stage for student degree recitals. Being our newest venue, Hatch also offers some fantastic technological features. First, it is completely acoustically isolated from both the outside environment, as well as the rooms within…
KILBOURN HALL Opened in 1922, Kilbourn Hall was built by George Eastman and dedicated to the memory of his mother, Maria Kilbourn Eastman. Three stories high and decorated in the Venetian Renaissance style seats 444 audience members, and has only seen one major renovation in its hundred years of existence. In 2016, the carpet &…