Music TheoryChristian BirknessMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Christian Birkness is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate. He holds a BM in Music Theory from Eastman (2018), where he graduated with highest distinction and was elected to the Pi Kappa Lambda musical honors society, and an MA in Music Theory from Eastman (2020). His research focuses on diminution theory and jazz…
Music TheoryM. Jerome BellMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE M. Jerome Bell is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate and Provost’s Fellow in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. He earned a B.M. in composition and an M.M. with dual concentrations in composition and conducting from Houghton University. Jerome’s research focuses on theory pedagogy, linear analysis, schema…
Music TheoryKiyomi Kimura AndohMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJennifer Shin Jennifer Shin is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of David Higgs, after having completed her Master of Music degree at Eastman in 2020. She is a laureate of the National Organ…
Schola CantorumDIRECTOR | ? “The Christ Church Schola Cantorum… sings beautifully.” Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2010. Founded in 1997 by Stephen Kennedy, the Schola performs the Office of Compline at Christ Church Rochester NY, Sunday evenings, October through April. First-Sunday Candlelight Concerts and Compline was named “The coolest, most unusual music experience in the city…” in Rochester Magazine’s “Our Top Picks of 2014.” This acclaimed vocal and instrumental ensemble…
Jazz Lab BandDIRECTOR | Rich Thompson The Eastman Jazz Lab Band is a full 17-piece jazz ensemble, consisting of both undergraduate and grad. students. The ensemble performs a full range of big band repertoire including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Bill Holman, and more. The band also performs arrangements by known…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJacob Montgomery Jacob Montgomery, a native of Raleigh, NC, is a doctoral candidate in the studio of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music. He graduated from the studio of David Higgs with his Master of Music in Organ Performance in Literature in 2020 after receiving degrees in both chemistry…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicSarah Johnson Sarah Johnson is the Associate Director of Music at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven Connecticut, and a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, where she studies with David Higgs. A native of Garland, Maine, Sarah began her…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicDaniel Chang Daniel Chang is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in the studio of David Higgs and a Ph.D. candidate in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. He began his music studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Preparatory Department where he studied composition with Michael…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicRyan Chan Known for his “solid technique… imaginative programming… tasteful creativity in registering orchestral textures” (AGO Charleston Chapter), Ryan Chan is recognized as a versatile musician specializing in organ and harpsichord. His passions for both early and contemporary repertoire, performance practice, historic/antique keyboards, experimentation and teaching define his musical identity. …
