Eastman Showcase
From rock bands to tango ensembles, from a new-age pop harpist in Korea to a classical pianist in Tunisia, from music in the kitchen to music at the Kennedy Center - Eastman students are busy expanding the boundaries of the musical arts in all parts of the world. Each month, the “Eastman Showcase” shines a light on a different Eastman alumnus, faculty member, or current student. Click on the links below to read more!
2008
Teaching Talent Honored (05/08)
Eastman not only produces the world’s best musicians, it also produces some of the world’s best music teachers. Every year, several outstanding teachers-in-training are chosen for the Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence in Teaching...
Putting on a Happy Face (03/08)
One of Broadway’s great “Golden Age” composers is also an Eastman grad – Charles Strouse (BM ‘47). Strouse celebrates his 80th birthday on June 7...
New Music in the House (02/08)
The Fifth House Ensemble has presented performances and educational concerts in the Chicago area since 2005. Its charter members include its executive director, flutist Melissa Ngan Snoza (BM ’02), and her husband, double bassist Eric Snoza (BM ’01)...
A Splendid Series (01/08)
While it is common to hear one Beethoven violin sonata on a recital program, it is quite rare to hear all ten played by one violinist in a series – but all ten Beethoven sonatas will be offered by Eastman School Professor of Violin Oleh Krysa ...
2007
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An Eastman Scholar in Italy (11/07)
Professor Patrick Macey, scholar of Medieval and Renaissance music and chair of Eastman’s musicology department, recently traveled to Bologna, Italy, to take part in Il movimento domenicano al femminile: storia, figure, istituzioni...
Brazen Talent (10/07)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s vaunted brass section has shone for many years ... Christopher Martin (BM ’97) was appointed CSO first trumpet in 2005, a position at the top of the orchestral trumpet world...
A Little Ying Music (9/07)
It’s certainly not unusual for the acclaimed Ying Quartet to be featured in Strings magazine, as it is in the October 2007 issue. What is unusual is the composer under discussion – not Beethoven or Bartók, but Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim...
Songs Sung Blue (8/07)
Judging from critical response to her newest album, Sky Blue, Grammy-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider (MM ’85) definitely did it right...
Play Mstislav For Me (7/07)
When the great Russian cellist, conductor, and human rights advocate Mstislav Rostropovich died in April of this year, Eastman cello students wasted no time in arranging a musical tribute to him...
Old Friends and Lots of Love (6/07)
On May 27, interim dean Jamal Rossi presented a visibly moved Chuck Mangione with the Eastman School of Music Alumni Achievement Award before a full Eastman Theatre audience.
Someone’s in the Kitchen (5/07)
The May 2007 issue of Chamber Music magazine features an article about New York City’s Music Kitchen, founded by violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins (BM ’93)
Cover Girl (4/07)
Sandra Dackow (BM ’73, MM ’77, PhD ’87) appears on the cover of the March 2007 issue of Instrumentalist...
Tony and the Tony Winners (3/07)
Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey (MM ’01) appeared in the recent Los Angeles Opera production of...
Helping Others Find a Voice (2/07)
An Eastman alum is named a 2007 Coca-Cola Company/NFAA Distinguished Teacher in the Arts...
Marimba Master (1/07)
A notable Eastman percussion alumnus receives a very prestigious honor...
2006
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Home for the Holidays (12/06)
Several Eastman alumni are featured on a recent Holiday CD release...
Dr. Walker's Weekend (11/06)
A prominent alumnus enjoys a weekend at Eastman...
Brass Revival (10/06)
Golden moments from the Eastman Brass Quintet...
Guitar Heros (9/06)
News about three of Eastman's notable guitar alumni...
The Musical Entrepreneur (8/06)
It's not just about getting a job any more. Musicians have to create the jobs they want...
A Voice of Grace (7/06)
An Eastman alumna makes the cover of Classical Singer...
Three Decades of Praise (6/06)
The University of Rochester’s Gospel Choir has spent three decades under the direction of one man...
A Big Win! (5/06)
Eastman Students Win Music Educators National Association Competition...
Learning About Lenny (4/06)
An Eastman student does some digging on the early life of Leonard Bernstein...
A Little Love Music (3/06)
The recent Disney/Touchstone picture Casanova, starring Heath Ledger, has an important Eastman School connection...
Amplifying the Avant-garde (3/06)
A Eastman grad student performs some unual works for cello...
Drumming Up Excitement (2/06)
The North Carolina-based Open Dream Ensemble creates original works combining dance, music, drama, and design...
The Song Continues (1/06)
Eastman alumni perform at Carnegie Hall...
2005
Principal-ed Players (12/05)
Many Eastman students dream of being first-chair players in a prominent orchestra...
Eastman Legends on CD (11/05)
This fall's CD releases include several that feature names (and music) familiar to Eastman alums...
Disturbing Images, Exciting Sounds (10/05)
The Nexus Percussion Ensemble performs music to an unusual film...
In Friendship (9/05)
Paul Miller's musical interests converged last month, when he premiered a viola version of In Freundschaft by Karlheinz Stockhausen...
Keeping the Faith (8/05)
Professor of Double Bass James Van Demark demonstrates his versatility in an unusual concert in Toronto...
Broadway, Molto Vivace (8/05)
With help from an Eastman alumna, children at Japan’s Yokota Air Base got to display their abilities at everything from tap dancing to flute playing...
A Singer For the World (7/05)
Nicole Cabell wins one of the world's most prestigious vocal competitions...
As Best As They Can! (6/05)
If the future of indie rock is not pronounced “SNMNMNM,” it won't be for lack of trying...
In the Kitchen with Mozart (5/05)
Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins brings music to an unlikely venue...
Prolific Mr. Puts (4/05)
This promising composer and recent Eastman grad has been keeping very busy...
Benefiting from Beddage (3/05)
Jazz saxophonist Shirantha Beddage raises the roof, while raising funds for tsunami victims...
Bringing American Tunes to Tunisia (1/05)
Thomas Rosenkranz enjoys an unusual gig in Tunisia...
2004
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It Take Five to Tango (12/04)
What leads a blond, Scottish-Irish, classically trained pianist to the sinuous, sexy, quintessentially Latin music of Tango?
AKA Harpist K (11/04)
Jung Kwak climbs the Korean charts with a shocking pink electric harp and a new-age pop CD...
Eastman Composer is Competition Finalist (10/04)
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez will soon be traveling to Malaysia to hear his piece played...
Semper Musicus (9/04)
Conductor Kenneth W. Megan, Jr. assumes a very important position in the U.S. Coast Guard...
Bassoonist Wins Avery Fisher Career Grant (9/04)
Peter Kolkay takes the lowest woodwind instrument to new heights...
“Seascapes” for Sibley (6/04)
Dominick Argento is at the center of Alumni Weekend 2004...
A Musical Ambassador to Siberia (5/04)
Flutist Sophia Gibbs Kim returns from a musical journey abroad...
Famed Opera Composer Visits Eastman (4/04)
Carlisle Floyd inspires Eastman vocalists...
A Fine Old Sherry! (3/04)
Once thought to be lost, the music is revived...
Eastman Grad Hired at St. Patrick's Cathedral (2/04)
Jennifer Pascual wins one of the most prestigious jobs in American church music...
Eastman Composer wins Fromm Commission (2/04)
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon will use the $10,000 commission to write a substantial new piece for the Tarab cello ensemble...
Eastman Professor to receive Susan B. Anthony Award (1/04)
The University of Rochester recognizes the trailblazing achievements of Jean Barr...
2003
Eastman alumnus wins composer Masterprize (12/03)
Christopher Theofanidis wins $42,000 for Rainbow Body ...
Alarm Still Sounding (12/03)
They started at ESM, but now they are taking the NYC new-music scene by storm...
Bringing Copland to China (11/03)
Jun Qian becomes an “ambassador of friendship” by bringing American classical music to his home country...
An American Scholar in Rome (11/03)
What will Assistant professor of Musicology Roger Freitas be doing this year?
Eastman Student Performs at Kennedy Center (10/03)
It's a modern-day Cinderella story...
Down Beat honors Eastman Professor and Students in Annual Awards Issue (10/03)
The magazine recognizes some amazing talent at Eastman...