The Eastman Composition Department is devoted to teaching students who wish to pursue a professional and/or academic career in concert and computer music composition. We have no stylistic or sectarian agendas; our goal is to help students learn to write the music that inspires and interests them. Our programs of study equip students with a…
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.) Eastman School Olympic connection | RochesterFirst (RochesterFirst 02/18/2022) Mark Watters knows the pressure of trying to deliver a gold medal performance. The Director of the…
Emlyn Johnson, DMA, 2015 Emlyn Johnson is a flutist and project leader dedicated to bringing music to the ears of new audiences. Johnson is the co-director of Music in the American Wild, an initiative that celebrates American people, places, and stories through the commission and performance of new music. Since 2016 she has commissioned more than…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu Two of Eastman’s top jazz ensembles will kick off the Spring season with incredible performances, Eastman Jazz Lab Band and Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble perform March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. As the season continues there will be guest appearances by…
Last November, Associate Professor of Musicology Michael Anderson and his Chicago-based vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua contributed music for two important occasions. One was local—the inauguration of Chicago’s Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, formerly the Athenaeum Theatre. The other was a global occasion–the 700th anniversary (in 2021) of the death of the great Italian medieval…
Community Engagement For The Enrichment of Community Life When George Eastman purchased the property on Gibbs and Main Street to build a school of music and theatre, one of his primary goals was to provide the citizens of Rochester with a place to study, make, and enjoy music. Etched on the façade of the famed…
On March 4, 1922, the Eastman School of Music officially opened its doors to the community. On that date, all the main building’s floors had been completed, including the Main Hall (now Lowry Hall), the Cominsky Promenade, and the stunning Kilbourn Hall. A chamber music concert was given that evening to dedicate the concert space…
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.) Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Makes Carnegie Hall Debut With World Premiere Of … (Harlem World Magazine 02/02/2022) Originally based in North Carolina, the festival relocated…
Cello Studies at Eastman Do you imagine yourself playing in a great orchestra or renowned chamber ensemble, soloing with orchestras, performing recitals, teaching at a prestigious music school, running a chamber music festival, or developing your own private teaching studio? If so, welcome to the Cello Department at Eastman! All of these career paths reflect…
Media only: Katey Padden, Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator, (585)451-8492, kpadden@esm.rochester.edu American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, and writer Vijay Iyer, who has been described by the New York Timesas a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder rhapsodist, historical thinker, and multicultural gateway,” will be the Eastman School of Music’s 2022 Glenn Watkins Lecture Series…
