Eastman’s pedal clavichord was built by Joel Speerstra of the Göteborg Organ Art Center in Sweden, and is modeled on Johann David Gerstenberg’s 1766 pedal clavichord in the Leipzig University collection. The instrument is an excellent teacher in its own right and a wonderful tool for the development of healthy keyboard technique, involving appropriate use…
“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist,” wrote the 19th-century composer Robert Schumann. To shed a bit of light during one of the darkest events of the 21st century, an Eastman professor will be presenting a recital this month to benefit displaced Ukrainian music students.…
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.) Listening During Covid, Part 12: Adventures in Ethnic and National Diversity – The Arts Fuse (The Arts Fuse 06/05/2022) In our second CD, a…
Eastman’s School Historian, Vincent Lenti, recently published the third volume of his history of our school. In this excerpt from Nurturing the Love of Music: Robert Freeman and the Eastman School of Music (Meliora Press), Dr. Lenti sums the extent of Freeman’s ideas and influence, which profoundly changed the school’s faculty, administration, and campus,…
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About EROI 2012 EROI festival concert at Christ Church. Craighead Saunders Organ at Christ Church. Quick LinksOrgan, Sacred Music & Historical Keyboards Organ Study Audition Repertoire Harpsichord Study Sacred Music Study Instruments Events Current Students Files for Current Students Alumni Departments Main When the Eastman School of Music opened its doors in 1921, it housed…
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The most recent addition to Eastman’s collection of keyboard instruments is a 19th-century pédalier by the Belgian firm Derdeyn. While having some original repertoire (for example, pieces by Robert Schumann and Eugene Gigout), the pedal piano was an important practice instrument in the 19th century. While the Cavaillé-Coll organ at Ste-Clotilde, Paris, was being constructed…
Eastman owns a fine art harmonium built by the French firm Mustel, something of a Rolls-Royce of 19th-century harmonium builders: while rival firms produced hundreds of instruments per year, Mustel typically produced less than a dozen. There is a significant amount of repertoire from fin-de-siècle France specifically for the harmonium, and practicing works for organ…
The following harpsichords are owned by Eastman, and are available for regular use by students: A two-manual harpsichord by William Dowd, patterned after instruments by the 18th century German harpsichord maker Michael Mietke. A single-manual harpsichord by Anderson Dupree, restored by Kevin Spindler, built according to the tradition of the Ruckers family in the early…