Toni Paz Instructor of Music Leadership DEPARTMENTMusic LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Ms. PazBIOGRAPHY Toni has spent over 25 years in the nonprofit industry as an agent of influence and change, engaging donors as a relationship-builder and mission connector. As a veteran in the profession, her passion is to deepen ties between individuals, foundations, corporations and volunteers with…
Melissa Ngan Instructor of Music Leadership DEPARTMENTMusic LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Ms. NganBIOGRAPHY Melissa Ngan cultivates personal and organizational growth through creative acts and collaborative practices. As Fifth House Ensemble’s Founder and Executive Director, Melissa drives the organization’s creative and training partnerships. She has led long-term projects with universities and conservatories nationwide that redefine the training process…
In the early Fall of 2006 it came to the attention of Kerala Snyder, Professor Emerita of Musicology at Eastman School of Music, that Carolyn and Noel Nilson of Sandisfield, Massachusetts were looking for a new home for their Hook & Hastings pipe organ. The organ had been purchased by the Nilsons through the Organ…
Media Only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is back! Eastman School of Music (ESM) 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 2022 CGI Rochester…
This weekend, Eastman students, faculty members, and alumni will join together to pay tribute to Jane Günter-McCoy ‘59E, who taught voice from 1987 to 2010 in Eastman’s Community Music School, and who died in October 2021. (Her husband Seth McCoy was also a longtime Eastman voice faculty member, from 1982 until his death in 1997.)…
The Eastman School of Music has brought the sounds of the past to Rochester by installing an historic full-size Italian Baroque organ in the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery. The magnificent instrument, originally built around 1770 in the region of central Italy, represents the genesis of Baroque organ music played and taught worldwide. With…
Jonathan Sauceda just completed his first academic year as Associate Dean and Head of the Sibley Music Library. It has been a very full year. As head of the library, he oversees all aspects of the library’s programs and services, including collection development, personnel management, budget management, technical services, client services, and library technology development.…
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.) ARTs + Change Conference Announced at The University Of Rochester – Broadway World (Broadway World 05/20/2022) … the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center, and…
We will be featuring new undergraduate students on Eastman’s official Instagram account @eastman.school. If you would like to be featured, please submit your info and a high-res photo below. Features will be posted periodically throughout the upcoming months, and the timing of posting will be at the discretion of Eastman’s Communications staff. We will do our…