When composer Ania Vu ’17E first heard about the Eastman Centennial Celebration “100 Concerts to Celebrate 100 Years”, she forwarded the website to pianist Eunmi Ko ’06E (MM), ’12E (DMA), to which Eunmi replied with “We should do something!” Fast-forward seven months: the two are about to have their project The Music She Writes begin…
“If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will close its thirteenth season with a live concert on Sunday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road 14607. The mission of “If Music Be the Food…” is to increase awareness and support food insecurity in the…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
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.) Eastman celebrates women in music in free Rochester series | WHAM (WHAM 03/27/2022) As part of the Eastman School of Music‘s Centennial celebration, and in…
← Alumni Testimonials • PhD Alumni → We are very proud of the accomplishments of the distinguished alumni from Eastman’s DMA-granting disciplines, many of whom are teaching and leading at musical institutions and schools around the world. The following list offers a sample, rotating list of 50 DMA alumni from the past 25 years who are helping…
← Alumni Testimonials • DMA Alumni → We are very proud of the accomplishments of the distinguished alumni from Eastman’s four PhD-granting disciplines of Music Theory, Musicology, Composition, and Music Education, many of whom are teaching and leading at musical institutions and schools around the world. The following list offers a sample, rotating list of 50 PhD…
Prizes and AwardsLearn more about all Prizes and Awards for Graduate studies. Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence in Teaching The Teaching Assistant Prize is awarded to graduate students who distinguish themselves for excellence in teaching. Past winners of the TA Prize, 1994-95 through 2011-12 2020-2021 David Falterman, Written Theory; Pallas Riedler, Music History; Eron Smith,…
Gretchen Wheelock Professor Emerita of Musicology BIOGRAPHY BA, Wellesley; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale. Piano study with Bruce Symonds and Donald Currier. Recipient, fellowships from Radcliffe Institute, Danforth Foundation, Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, and National Endowment for the Humanities (University Fellowship; Summer Stipend; NEH Institute). Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching (1991). Member, American Musicological…
Jurgen Thym Professor Emeritus of Musicology BIOGRAPHY Professor Emeritus of musicology. Abitur in classical languages, Athenaeum Stade, Germany; state examination in Schulmusik, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Berlin; state examination in history, Freie Universität, Berlin; PhD in musicology, Case Western Reserve. Specialties in 19th- and 20th-century music. Author of articles and reviews in MLA Notes, Comparative Literature,…
Barry Snyder Professor Emeritus of Piano BIOGRAPHY BM, MM, Performer’s Certificate, Artist’s Diploma, Eastman. Studied piano with Vladimir Sokoloff and Cécile Genhart, accompanying with Brooks Smith. Member, Eastman Trio (1976-82), Meadowmount Trio (1989-90); triple prize winner, Van Cliburn International Competition (1966). Mu Phi Epsilon Musician of the Year (1987). Thirty-two solo, concerto, and chamber…