About The Eastman/UR/Cornell/Buffalo Music Cognition Symposium is an informal gathering of people interested in music cognition. The symposium meets four times a year (twice in the fall and twice in the spring) on Saturday afternoons, usually at Eastman. The symposium receives funding from the University of Rochester’s Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies (UCIS). Often, the symposium features invited…
Undergraduate Theory This major is intended for students interested in combining theoretical studies of musical structure with most of the requirements of the BM in applied music or composition or, more rarely, the BA in another academic area. Music theory majors take required lessons in faculty studios and participate in student ensembles, as well as…
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.) Kodak Hall & Garth Fagan Dance marking major milestones | WHAM (13WHAM-TV 09/28/2021) Eastman Theatre will play host to a celebration featuring the works of…
Greetings, Summer @ Eastman Community! My name is Raffi Wright, and I am a senior at the Eastman School of Music. I study Vocal Performance and Musical Arts. My focus for my Musical Arts project is telling the story (through my original songs) of my great-grandmother who survived the Armenian Genocide. My lecture recital presenting…
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 – WARM 101.3 (WARM 101.3 09/22/2021) Eastman School of Music. Pat Rivers is joined by Jamal Rossi, Dean of Eastman School…
Piano Accompanying StudioYucong (Zoe) WangPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Yucong (Zoe) Wang is a composer, pianist, and classical music entrepreneur from China. She is currently pursuing her two Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees in collaborative piano and composition at Eastman School of Music, where she holds the Brook Smith Fellowship, the Samuel Adler Scholarship, a graduate assistantship as…
Piano Accompanying StudioBrock TjosvoldPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Pianist Brock Tjosvold is Visiting Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching & Accompanying at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he is music director and vocal coach of the opera ensemble. Brock is also working towards a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music…
Piano Accompanying StudioAlexa SowersPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE An active collaborative pianist, Alexa Sowers frequently performs with vocalists, instrumentalists, chamber groups and diverse ensembles. She has worked as studio pianist at Eastman School of Music, the University of Iowa, Interlochen Center for the Arts Camp and Illinois State University in addition to working with multiple choirs, instrumental ensembles and…
Piano Accompanying StudioWilliam ShiPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Australian pianist William Shi has garnered first prizes at numerous competitions including the Petrof, Vivace/Yamaha, and Queensland Piano Competitions. He has appeared at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and the Australian Piano Duo Festival. William is a recipient of the Theme & Variations Foundation Award, an American Australian…
Piano Accompanying StudioJohn RobertsonPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE John Robertson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, and he is currently pursuing a DMA in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Dr. Andrew Harley. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Barbara M. H. Koeng Award…
