When Emma Gierszal, a DMA student in percussion performance and a member of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, chose a paper topic for a seminar in Nineteenth-century American Music taught by Professor Michael Anderson, it led her down an interesting path. Emma’s interest in ragtime, and some advice from Professor Anderson, led her to the Sibley…
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Tuba MirumDIRECTOR | Justin Benavidez, Associate Professor of Tuba Directed by Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium Justin Benavidez, Tuba Mirum consists of the combined euphonium and tuba studios at the Eastman School of Music. The ensemble gives a variety of concerts, with repertory ranging from Bach to Zappa. During the past year, the ensemble…
Eastman Saxophone ProjectDIRECTOR | Chien-Kwan Lin, Professor of Saxophone The Eastman Saxophone Project (ESP) is directed by Chien-Kwan Lin and is comprised of his studio at the Eastman School of Music. Colin Crake serves as the ensemble’s Assistant Director and chief arranger. Since their founding in 2010, ESP has quickly become one of the most…
Eastman Trombone ChoirCO-DIRECTORS | Larry Zalkind and Mark Kellogg The Eastman Trombone Choir played its first concert in November 1941. Founded by the school’s legendary trombone professor, Emory Remington, the Trombone Choir is the longest continuously serving ensemble in Eastman’s 100-year history. It also holds the distinction of being the first such curricular ensemble at…
Eastman Percussion EnsembleDIRECTOR | Michael Burritt, Professor of Percussion The Eastman Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Burritt, is a two-time winner of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition and has performed at the international convention as a result in the 2013 and 2017. The group was also the featured ensemble at…
Horn ChoirDIRECTOR | Peter Kurau, Professor of Horn The Eastman Horn Choir was founded in 1968 by Verne Reynolds, Professor Emeritus of Horn at the Eastman School of Music, who served as its director until his retirement in 1995. From its inception, the Choir’s mission has been threefold: to provide an expanded ensemble experience for…
Mbira EnsembleCO-DIRECTORS | Jennifer Kyker and Glenn West Theorist Martin Scherzinger started Eastman’s Mbira Ensemble in 2004. Played by Shona-speaking communities in Zimbabwe, the mbira is an instrument with 22 to 28 metal keys (lamellae) fixed to a wooden soundboard, which is then placed in a gourd resonator, used to amplify its resonance. Rattling pieces…
GamelanDIRECTORS | Ken Luk and I Nyoman Suadin Gamelan at Eastman, as in Bali, is a communal effort. Our members include Eastman students, faculty, and staff, as well as many members of the Rochester community. The music is learned through the oral/aural tradition without the use of notation, and therefore requires the players to work…
The Schola Cantorum performs the Office of Compline each Sunday night at Christ Church, 141 East Avenue. The Schola specializes in performing Gregorian chant, choral music from the Renaissance and baroque, and choral improvisation. This critically acclaimed ensemble has collaborated with Manfred Cordes and Weser-Renaissance Bremen,Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Players, and organists Edoardo Bellotti, Hans Davidsson, David…