Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching at EastmanNicole CabellBM ’01ALUMNI PROFILE “Eastman played a major role in my formation as an artist. I felt free to pursue projects outside of my requirements, and even my chosen genre of music. Because I wasn’t thrust into performance situations beyond my abilities, I could develop slowly, with clarity and…
Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching at EastmanTom Meglioranza MM ’95ALUMNI PROFILE “Eastman was the perfect place for me. It was very challenging, yet always warm and supportive. When I arrived in Rochester, I could barely read music. My teacher not only helped build the technical foundation of my singing, but taught and showed me what…
Music TheoryQiuwan Brena ZhaoBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Music TheoryZekai “Kai” LiuMA/PhDSTUDENT PROFILE Zekai is a first-year Ph.D. student in music theory, where he also received his B.M. in piano performance and music theory. His research interests include microtonal music, Schenkerian analysis, and film/pop music. He is also a first-year M.M student in Piano Performance and he studied in Prof. Marina Lomazov and…
Music TheoryMary JedynakBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Mary Jedynak is a fourth-year undergraduate student in Music Theory and Guitar Performance. She studies guitar with Nicholas Goluses, and she is from Pittsford, NY.
Music TheoryAlex RodziankoMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Music TheoryRuixue HuMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Born and raised in Guiyang, China, Ruixue Hu (BA, CUHK; MMus, Dunelm) is a PhD Candidate in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. His research interests include musical forms, Chinese music theory, the intersection of music and language, and timbre. He has specialized in qin music and…
Music TheoryRob HamiltonMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Rob Hamilton is a fifth-year PhD student in Music Theory. His research focuses on twentieth-century tonal music, especially with an approach that blends schema theory with theories of scale and mode. He presented on the music of Herbert Howells at SMT New Orleans in 2022, on Olivier Messiaen at…
Music TheoryJacob EichhornMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Jacob Eichhorn is a clarinetist and Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. His research focuses on musical meaning in twentieth- and twenty-first century concert music with a secondary interest in American roots music, especially Dolly Parton’s vast output. In his dissertation, “Daughter-Flower-(Whale)-Kaiju: Music as…
Music TheoryAndrew BlakeMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Andrew Blake is a third-year Ph.D. student in music theory. Prior to his enrollment at Eastman, he earned a B.M. in Music Performance (Trombone) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Wright State University (2018), and a M.A. in Music Theory from Kent State University (2020). His research interests…
