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.) ‘Palaces of Memory’: a woman born to write and play music (The Seattle Times 09/25/2016) Diane Thome’s memoir “Palaces of Memory” chronicles…
← Certificate Programs Overview The Certificate of Advanced Achievement in the Art of Improvisation offers a course of study for Eastman students interested in exploring and advancing their skills in improvisation in a wide array of musical styles and ensemble settings. It is open to all Eastman graduate students (MM, MA, DMA, and PhD). Many…
← Certificate Programs Overview A growing awareness of the richness and beauty of non-western musics and the interrelatedness of all musical cultures has led the Eastman School to develop an Advanced Certificate of Achievement in Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is the academic discipline that formally studies world music traditions. A combination of music and anthropology, ethnomusicology—like musicology…
← Certificate Programs Overview A growing awareness of the richness and beauty of non-western musics and the interrelatedness of all musical cultures has led the Eastman School to develop a Certificate of Achievement in World Music. World Music is the term used to describe all of the musical traditions found throughout the world today, including…
← Certificate Programs The Certificate of Advanced Achievement in College and/or Community Music Teaching Program provides graduate students in applied music with opportunities to improve their teaching skills under the supervision of established teachers through coursework, seminars, and internships. Increasingly, as part of the interview process, candidates for faculty positions are asked specifically to demonstrate…
Advanced Diploma in Performance (stand-alone diploma) For the first time in its history, Eastman now offers a stand-alone performance diploma, providing students who have completed a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in music to focus on performance studies with our applied faculty. The program centers around private instruction as well as high-level chamber music and ensemble…
Instructor of Music Theory Matt Curlee conducts Eastman students in his composition Harmonic Maneuvers. Music theory is sometimes seen as the most cerebral and abstract branch of musical scholarship – a mixture of math, acoustics, and philosophy. But throughout history, many music theorists have also been composers; Rameau, Schoenberg, and Milton Babbitt are famous examples.…
David Chin conducts Eastman students in a Bach cantata at Reformation Lutheran Church. On Sunday, September 25, Eastman doctoral conducting student David Chin (MM’12) will be presenting a lecture concert on Bach’s Cantata No. 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief) at 3 p.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 North Chestnut Street. The…
By Erik Elmgren This year, the Eastman Computer Music Center (ECMC) has undergone a rebranding process and now is known as the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS). In addition to this new title, EARS has expanded to another room at the school, which will house state-of-the-art audio equipment enabling new learning and performance opportunities for…
By Dan Gross Tonight, September 22, at 7 p.m., in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall, the Rochester Fringe Festival presents Scarred by the Somme, the latest production of Table Top Opera, inspired by the centennial of World War I and the music of Claude Debussy. Dan interviewed Eastman Professor of Music Theory Matthew Brown, one of the…