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Jazz Performance Workshops

Jazz Performance WorkshopsDIRECTOR | of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Jazz Performance Workshops were instituted in the fall of 1999 under the supervision of Harold Danko, with the purpose of integrating classroom jazz studies and small group performance. Since that time, workshop groups and soloists have consistently won Down Beat Magazine awards and been invited…

An Eastman Professor Remembers Queen Elizabeth II

During September and early October, Eastman’s Associate Professor of Cello Guy Johnston  ’03E is performing as a concerto soloist with The Hallé and directing the Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival in his native England. Like many other British natives, he was profoundly affected by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September, and offered us…

Equity and Inclusion – Land Acknowledgement

EQUITY AND INCLUSION Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge with respect the Seneca Nation, known as the “Great Hill People” and “Keepers of the Western Door” of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We take this opportunity to thank the people whose ancestral lands the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester currently occupies in Rochester, New York.…

Performer’s or Artist’s Certificate

← Certificate Programs The Performer’s Certificate recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding performing ability. A candidate for the Certificate must be an Eastman undergraduate or graduate student, or an arts and sciences student matriculated in the Bachelor of Arts degree program with a concentration in music. They must be in residence, receiving instruction in applied music…

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Christine Jensen 2022

Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media

Christine Jensen Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media     DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor JensenBIOGRAPHY As a Downbeat Critic’s Poll winner for Rising Star Big Band, Arranger, and Soprano Saxophonist, Christine Jensen is constantly in motion leading her own jazz orchestra and small ensemble. Her jazz orchestra recordings have gone on to win…

Advanced Diploma

→ Graduate Admissions Main Advanced Diploma in Performance 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…