Composer Andre Myers ‘96E was having a tough time at Eastman as an undergraduate, dealing with culture shock, writer’s block, and the type of existential questions about the future that many music majors face. When he showed up without music to his composition lesson with David Liptak ‘75E (MM) ‘76E (DMA)—Eastman’s longtime professor of composition…
Eastman Opera Theatre (EOT) presents Daniel Catán’s Spanish-language opera Florencia en el Amazonas (1996), inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera. This opera will conclude the 2022-23 EOT season and takes place in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre from March 30-April 2. Alongside conductor Wilson Southerland, Octavio…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists, inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe. The next Wellness at Eastman seminar will be on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 6 p.m.: Evolution and Alarm Bells: Understanding the Roots of Performance…
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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.) How this string quartet mimics the human voice | Music Features | CITY News. Arts. Life. (City Newspaper 02/13/2023) It’s rare for a composer…
Damselfly is a soprano voice, flute, and harp trio based in the United States and Switzerland dedicated to the music of contemporary composers. Professor of Composition and Chair of the Composition Department Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon met the performers while directing the soundSCAPE music festival in Italy. He has since written and transcribed works for the trio,…
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The Cominsky Promenade, on the second floor of the Eastman School of Music’s main building, is the home of an impressive collection of portraits of former Eastman faculty members, from the earliest years of the school to the present day. Since 2007, the following criteria are followed relative to faculty portraits: Retirement following service on…