Jazz Festival Diary #7: Eastman professor Harold Danko

The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) concluded on July 2. Among the hundreds of musicians gathering for this major musical event are many Eastman faculty members, alumni, and students. Free-lance writer Dan Gross posted regularly on the Eastman School blog during the XRIJF with reports and interviews highlighting Eastman’s involvement. Here, Dan interviews…

Eastman News Highlights July 5, 2016

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.) Celebrating the National Park Centennial (The New York Times 06/30/16)  Last September, the National Park Service kicked off Every Kid in a…

Kilbourn Hall Renovation 2016

(Photos by Kurt Brownell unless otherwise noted) In April 2016, the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music announced two gifts totaling $700,000 to support substantial renovations to the school’s historic Kilbourn Hall. The Avangrid Foundation committed $400,000 to the project and the Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Inc. contributed $300,000. The Avangrid Foundation,…