Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership Announces Fall 2020 Award and Grant Recipients

Innovation. Creativity. Entrepreneurial Thinking. These mindsets are essential components in the careers of today’s professional musicians. The Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership supports the musical community through grants, career and educational programs that focus on all three. Eight new award/grant recipients have been announced for the Fall 2020 cycle of the Eastman/ArtistShare…

Eastman School Of Music Alumni And Faculty Receive GRAMMY Nominations

Several graduates and a faculty member of the Eastman School of Music have received nominations in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 63rd GRAMMY Awards:  Best Engineered Album, Classical: Hynes: Fields, Third Coast Percussion, mastering engineers, featuring Sean Connors ’04E Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh, credits include Smyth: The Prison,…

Only Art Held Me: The Ying Quartet Presents the Beethoven Cycle Partnership with Bowdoin Festival, Chautauqua and Eastman

Media Contacts: Bowdoin International Music Festival Grace Bell, Director of Admissions and Operations grace@bowdoinfestival.org; (207) 373-1441    Chautauqua Institution Jordan Steves, Director of Communications jsteves@chq.org; (716) 597-7936    Eastman School of Music Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu; (585) 278-4743   Internationally renowned string quartet the Ying Quartet, in partnership with Bowdoin International Music Festival, Chautauqua…

Release of Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice Report and Recommendation

November 2, 2020 Dear Members of the Eastman Community, This past June, I invited twenty members of the Eastman Community—students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners—to serve on the Eastman Action Commission for Racial Justice.  At that time, I wrote, “The time is now for Eastman to take bold and decisive actions that do more…