The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) runs from June 24 until 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 will be blogging regularly during the next nine days with reports and interviews highlighting Eastman’s involvement in…
Michael Alan Anderson, associate professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music, has received Chorus America’s 2016 Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal. The national award is presented to emerging choral leaders and conductors for their role in developing a professional ensemble. Andersen has served as artistic director of the Chicago…
Danny Ziemann – photograph by Nadine Sherman The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) opens tonight, June 24, and runs until 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 will be blogging regularly during the next nine…
Eastman Community Music School saxophone student Grace Frarey has been named this year’s recipient of the Rochester International Jazz Festival / Eastman School of Music (RIJF/ESM) Jazz Scholarship. The 18-year-old Canandaigua resident will pursue a double major in jazz studies and music education at Eastman beginning this fall. The scholarship program is sponsored by Xerox…
Members of the Eastman Viola Ensemble with Professor Carol Rodland (fifth from left) Eastman viola students (and their teachers Carol Rodland and George Taylor) were in the spotlight several times during the 2016 American Viola Society Festival, which was held this year from June 8 through June 11 at Oberlin College Conservatory. Four of the…
Genre-bending percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck brings his ensemble The Claudia Quintet to the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) this year, one of numerous Eastman School of Music alumni, students, and faculty members performing on the fest’s stages. Eastman has been involved in the festival since it was founded in 2002. Held in the…
Eastman BroadBand, a chamber music ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, makes a return engagement this summer to soundSCAPE in Maccagno, Italy. From July 1 through 14, the group will serve as the festival’s resident ensemble for the second year in a row. Founded by Professor of Composition Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and Chair and Professor…
From concert halls to music camps, the Eastman Saxophone Project will bring its innovative programing and versatile performances to a variety of audiences in China this summer. Local audiences can see and hear what makes this Eastman School of Music ensemble unique and renowned when the group presents a free send-off concert at 7:30 p.m.…
by Andrea Schuler, Summer@Eastman Program Coordinator Members of the 2015 Classical Music on the Spot class, with instructors Gilad Rabinovitch (wearing a blue shirt) and Johnandrew Slominski (wearing a tie), both in the back row Eastman Assistant Professor of Theory Johnandrew Slominski is the creator and director of one of Summer@Eastman’s most unusual offerings, Classical…
Imagine hearing the sounds of classical music reverberating through the chambers of Mammoth Caves or echoing across the Cascade Mountains. This summer, an ensemble of Eastman School of Music musicians is performing from sea to shining sea, bringing newly composed works to majestic locations during the National Park Service’s centennial year celebrations. “In this increasingly…