Eastmanâs songSLAM took place Saturday, February 1, with a standing-room only crowd in Sproull Atrium! Hosted by Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching Alison dâAmato and co-founder of Sparks and Wiry Cries Martha Guth, the celebration of new song works premiered fourteen composer-performer teams with a wide range of styles, texts, and duo collaborations. Winners were…
Congratulations to Paul David Flood, PhD Musicology candidate, for being the 2024 winner of the Presser Graduate Music Award, a substantial grant from the Presser Foundation to support a professional-development project by a graduate student. During the summer of 2024, he traveled to Malmö, Sweden to pursue innovative ethnographic research into the cultural significance of…
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, the Monroe County Legislature presented baritone Holden Turner ’25E with a proclamation recognizing his achievements in music as the 2024-25 William Warfield Scholarship Fund recipient. Congratulations, Holden! Â âThe legacy of William Warfield is deeply inspiring to me as a young artist,â says Turner. âItâs a privilege to honor his…
Congratulations to senior horn performance major Morgan Chalmers for winning a position with the horn section of The United States Army Field Band, the touring ensemble of the Army music program. She will begin her appointment after she graduates in May 2025. Morgan is from the studio of Peter Kurau.
Congratulations to Yiran Zhao, a DMA conducting student, who is the winner of the American Prize in Composition in the college/university division for shorter works for chorus.
Congratulations to doctoral student Angela Rubin on winning the first AMP Up Grant. Angela received funding to support her efforts in developing an audience for her DMA recital that took place on Sunday, November 24, 2024 in Kilbourn Hall. Learn more about Angela’s funding award and performance here. Â
Congratulations to Ruixue Hu, a third-year Ph.D. student in music theory, for receiving Honorable Mention for the Society for Music Theory’s Diversity in Course Design Award. His award-winning syllabus, “Engaging with Timbre,” explores timbre in a wide range of global musical genres.
Congratulations to the winners of the Central New York Finger Lakes NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) chapter student auditions held at Buffalo State University on November 2, 2024, which included students from the voice studios of Joshua Conyers and Katherine Ciesinski: Treble Voices post High School: Evan Anderson, First Place 1st year Kai…
Congratulations to Jazz Voice student Harrison Candelario, from the studio of Sara Gazarek, for being selected by the Recording AcademyÂź‘s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team and the GRAMMY MuseumÂź as a recipient of the Quinn Coleman Memorial Scholarship. Aiming to elevate the next generation of Black and Brown music creators, this scholarship offers a comprehensive…