Roger Freitas, associate professor and chair of musicology at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, has been elected a director-at-large of the American Musicological Society for a two-year term beginning this fall. The society advances scholarship in the various fields of music through research, learning, and teaching. It is governed by a membership-elected…
Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.) Sound Bites: Gregory Spears (Opera News June 2016) Gregory Spears’s new opera, Fellow Travelers, which opens at Cincinnati Opera on June 17,…
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Alicia Ault Toronto native Alicia Ault is an up-and-coming young soprano with a passion for classical, musical theatre, and jazz music. Alicia is in her senior year at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she is studying opera and voice performance. She has performed the roles of Maria in…
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Colleen Bernstein Percussionist Colleen Bernstein is a versatile musician, pursuing her passions as both an ambitious performer of contemporary music and an enthusiastic arts educator. In 2015, she won the Ludwig Albert Talent Prize at the Universal Marimba Competition, held in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. She also performed with the inaugural All-Star International Percussion Ensemble…
