Financial Aid at EastmanProspective Students Undergraduates Appealing Your Financial Aid Package Cost of Attendance for Undergraduates Financial Aid/Scholarship Information for Undergraduate Students At Eastman, we understand that the decision to invest in the highest quality education is substantial. That is why we provide a robust scholarship program, with the goal of enrolling an artistically talented…
Octavio Cardenas Assistant Professor of Opera DEPARTMENTVoice, Opera and Vocal CoachingCONTACT INFOEmail Professor CardenasBIOGRAPHY Stage director Octavio Cardenas captivates audiences with his visionary, visceral, and physical style of directing. Born in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, Opera News has praised him for creating “an immersive theater experience” while the Dallas Morning News hailed him for…
Loretta Terrigno Assistant Professor of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor TerrignoBIOGRAPHY Loretta Terrigno is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music and has previously taught at The Juilliard School, Hofstra University, Hunter College, Columbia University, and The Mannes College of Music. Her research interests include text-music relationships in 19th-…
Sangmi Kang Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning DEPARTMENTMusic Teaching & LearningCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KangBIOGRAPHY Sangmi Kang is an Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning at the Eastman School of Music. Prior to this appointment, she served as an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Westminster Choir College and taught pre-K to 12th-grade…
Nathan Lam Assistant Professor of Music Theory Atmospheric Effects (retrograde-inversion canon)Wait for It (4:1 tempo canon) DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor LamPersonal WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Nathan Lam is an Australian-American music theorist, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Eastman School of Music. He earned his Ph.D. in music theory at Indiana University, Bloomington. Before joining…
Chelsea Whitaker Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching DEPARTMENTVoice, Opera and Vocal CoachingCONTACT INFOEmail Dr. WhitakerBIOGRAPHY Dr. Chelsea Whitaker is a collaborative pianist and vocal coach enjoying a diverse career including art song, opera, chamber, and musical theater repertoire. Passionate about American art song, and particularly that of living composers, she has worked with composers such…
Soojin Kang Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano DEPARTMENTPiano AccompanyingCONTACT INFOEmail Prof. KangBIOGRAPHY Praised for her ‘a passionate performer with captivating energy in variety of tones and musicality’ (Kookje daily news and KyungNam press), Pianist Soojin Kang is a passionate performer and has various musical career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, coach and educator. She won her…
Summer@Eastman is thrilled to announce its 2022 Summer Concert Series. This year’s Summer Concert Series starts June 27, 2022 with the Dave Rivello Ensemble in Kilbourn Hall and continues through August 6. All Summer Concerts are ticketed except for Eastman Summer Sings and all the Summer programs participants concerts. Singers of all ages and abilities…
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.) Jazz fest day 5: Pelt and Stenmark, a tale of two horns – WXXI News (WXXI News 06//21/22) The double bassist was a familiar…
At a GlanceESM Organ Faculty Timeline Harold Gleason, Organ, 1921-1955 Joseph Bonnet, Organ, 1921-1923 Deszo D’Antalffy, Motion Picture Organ, 1922-1923 Guy Fraser Harrison, Organ and Conducting, 1922-1925 Robert Berentsen, Motion Picture Organ, 1923-1930 Abel Decaux, Organ, 1923-1936 John Hammond, Motion Picture Organ, Summer 1924 Warren Gehrken, Organ, 1924-1931 Harold Osborn Smith, Organ and Opera, 1924-1954…