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.) Four with Eastman ties win Grammys (Rochester Beacon 03/16/2021) Sarah Brailey, Maria Schneider, Christopher Theofanidis and the late Christopher Rouse, who taught at Eastman for…
Wenzhuo Zhang with the Yangquin, or Chinese hammered dulcimer Eastman brings back its popular Barbara B. Smith World Music Series in a set of free virtual concerts this spring. Sponsored by Eastman’s Ethnomusicology program, part of the department of Musicology, guest artists representing different musical traditions from across the world will be streamed live at…
The Faculty Artist Series presents Chiao-Wen Cheng, Assistant Professor of Accompanying, Yoojin Jang, Assistant Professor of Violin, and Guy Johnston, Associate Professor of Cello, on Friday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. The program consists of Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat, Opus 1, No, 1; and Mendelssohn’s Trio No, 1 in D Minor, Op. 49. This…
Clay Jenkins Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Trumpet DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Jenkins585-274-1448BIOGRAPHY Clay Jenkins’ career as a jazz artist has covered a wide range of musical experiences and responsibilities, bringing him to the forefront of the jazz performing and teaching arenas. Clay’s experience as a…
Bob Sneider Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ECMS Senior Instructor of Jazz Guitar DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Sneider585-274-1953Personal WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Before joining the Eastman faculty in late 1997, Sneider toured for several years with two-time Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione. Other notable performers with whom Sneider has performed, toured or…
Anaar Desai-Stephens Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Affiliate Faculty, Susan B. Anthony Institute DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Desai-StephensDEGREES PhD Ethnomusicology, Cornell University MA Ethnomusicology, Boston University BM Violin Performance, Manhattan School of Music BIOGRAPHY Trained as an ethnomusicologist and violinist, my research focuses on popular music and media in South Asia. My broader research interests include the…
J. Matthew Curlee Assistant Professor of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Curlee585-274-1550BIOGRAPHY Equal parts educator, composer, and performer, Matt Curlee has taught in the Department of Music Theory since 2007. As an advocate for, and avid practitioner of improvisational music, Curlee has a particular interest in ear-brain interactions and the intuitive processes that unify composition, improvisation, and performance. This…
