The Eastman Jazz Sextet has arrived in Japan! As the first stop on its journey, the members of the sextet — Christian Crawford, trumpet; C.J. Ziarniak, saxophone; Luke Norris, saxophone; Sterling Cozza, piano; Ryder Eaton, bass; and Chase Ellison, drums, led by Professor Jeff Campbell – did a workshop and concert at Shobi University’s Kunitachi…
For the Eastman School of Music: Jim Doser, 585-274-1470, jdoser@esm.rochester.edu For ArtistShare®: Prawit Siriwat, publicity@artistshare.com Music in the American Wild: Eastman/Artistshare® New Artist Project Announced The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and ArtistShare® have announced that the ensemble Music in the American Wild has been selected as an Eastman/ArtistShare New Artist Project. Led by Eastman alumnae Emlyn Johnson…
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.) American Health Names James VanDemark to Education Board (American Health Council 08/23/2017) Mr. James VanDemark, Professor of Double Bass and Chair of…
By Dan Gross The Eastman Jazz Sextet left today (Thursday, August 24) at 2 p.m. to go around the world. Current students and recent graduates — Christian Crawford, trumpet; C.J. Ziarniak, saxophone; Luke Norris, saxophone; Sterling Cozza, piano; Ryder Eaton, bass; and Chase Ellison, drums — have gathered under the watchful eye of Professor Jeff…
On October 26, 2017, an international group of scholars provided the state of digital humanities research as it relates to studies of medieval music manuscripts, including machine-reading of early music notation and collaborative techniques for indexing manuscripts of medieval chant. An evening performance by the women of Chicago-based early music ensemble Schola Antiqua featured a…
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.) Local Musician Attends Prestigious Summer Music Academy (Chicago Daily Herald 08/15/2017) Birch Creek celebrates its 42nd concert season in 2017 and continues…
For the first time, the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music Jazz department will have an ensemble travel to Japan to perform at the Annual Tokyo Jazz Festival. The Eastman Jazz Sextet, led by Professor of Jazz, Jeff Campbell, will travel courtesy of sponsorship from the United States embassy in Japan. The Sextet will be…
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.) Gateways Music Festival performers discuss representation and the next generation (WXXI News 08/11/2017) “It is so dynamic,” said Amadi Azikiwe, violist and…
Participants in the 2017 Eastman Summer Saxophone Institute. Photo: Sylvie Beaudette by Andrea Schuler, Summer at Eastman Program Coordinator The 40 days of Summer at Eastman 2017 were a whirlwind of music, study and fun! Here are some numerical highlights of the season: Summer students came to Eastman from 35 states (plus Washington, DC) and…
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.) Gateways Music Festival celebrates black composers, players (Democrat and Chronicle 08/06/2017) Coming up this week is a Rochester staple festival celebrating a community of…