Eastman Studio OrchestraDIRECTOR | Bill Dobbins The Eastman Studio Orchestra combines the personnel of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble with a full complement of strings, woodwinds, French horns, tuba, harp, and percussion from Eastman’s two symphony orchestras. Using the large professional recording studio ensemble, Hollywood film soundstage orchestras, European radio orchestras, and the Radio City Music…
Eastman PhilharmoniaDIRECTOR | Neil Varon The Eastman School of Music has three orchestras, regularly performing repertoire representative of all musical style periods. Two performing venues at Eastman allow students and faculty to present concerts in an acoustically fine and artistically well-conceived concert space: the newly-renovated Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, which seats approximately 3,000, and…
Master DegreesMaster of Arts (MA) The Master of Arts degree program in composition at Eastman is offered under the division of graduate research studies. The emphasis in this degree program is on research rather than on the applied study of an instrument or voice. The MA requires 30 credit hours of study beyond the bachelor’s level with…
Undergraduate Composition Undergraduate composition students may elect to follow two parallel Bachelor of Music programs of study at the Eastman School: the BM degree majoring in Composition or the BM degree majoring in Musical Arts with a concentration in Composition. The latter program allows for greater flexibility in course electives and is recommended for those composers who have…
Composition students have a large array of performance venues for presenting their works to the musical public. Usually three composer forum concerts (each lasting one or one and a half hours) are presented each term devoted to the performance of student works. A number of readings and performances of new student works by the Eastman…
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 School of Music Centennial Celebration Hosts Conferences, Festivals, and Artists … (All About Jazz 10/13/2021) The Eastman School of Music, of the University of…
Graduate Students 2000’s Scott Petersen, DMA 2010 Symeon Waseen, DMA 2010 Justin Hoke, BM 2010 Tonia Ko, BM 2010 David Plylar, PhD 2009 dplylar@alumni.duke.edu Sarana Chou, DMA 2009 Andrew Allen, MA 2009 Andrew McManus, MA 2009 andrewmc@andrewmcmanus.net Feng-Hsu Lee, MM 2009 fenghsulee@hotmail.com Christopher Winders, PhD 2008 cwinders23@mac.com Hendel Almetus, MA 2008 Daniel Gil-Marca, MA 2008 Robert Pierzak, MA 2008 Andrew Colella, BM 2008 Michael Lee, BM 2008…
CURRENT UNDERGRADUATES: Michael Bennett, BM 2020 Reagan Casteel, BM 2020 I-Hsiang Chao, BM 2020 Drew Flieder, BM 2020 Sihyun (Sia) Uhm, BM 2020 Haotian Yu, BM 2020 Yan Yue, BM 2020 Wilhelmina Esary, BM 2019 Ka Man Chang, BM 2018 Daniel Sawler, BM 2018 Jacob Bellissimo BM 2018 Ching-Shan Chang, BM 2017 Jon Lin Chua,…
CompositionAbout Our Program The Eastman Composition Department is devoted to teaching students who wish to pursue a professional and/or academic career in concert and computer music composition. We have no stylistic or sectarian agendas; our goal is to help students learn to write the music that inspires and interests them. More…. Programs of Study Our…
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