Images of Eastman
A few words about the images at the top of our web site...
Five students from Eastman’s Department of Jazz and Contemporary Media Studies enjoy the winter weather with an impromptu jam session outside the School.
Eastman faculty members are all leaders in their fields. In this photo, Professor of Guitar Nicholas Goluses helps an Eastman graduate student refine his technique.
Eastman’s Music Education program is one of the finest in the country. In this photo, clarinetist Lisa Dixon (BM ’03) gets hands-on experience with a young trumpet player.
Pulitzer Prize-winning alum Robert Ward (BM ’39) works with students during a recent performance of his opera Claudia Legere.
Students at Eastman are given many opportunities to integrate electronic processes to both enhance old sounds and to create new sounds. The Eastman Computer Music Center celebrates its 25th anniversary during the 2006-2007 academic year.
As part of the School’s Music for All program, Hilary Abigana (’06) shows off her instruments to an enthralled group of youngsters.
Associate Professor of Musicology Martin Scherzinger instructs percussionist Melanie Sehman (DMA ’05) in the intricacies of the Zimbabwean mbira.
Clarinetist Bill Kalinkos (BM ’03) performs during an Internet2 master class with Andrew Mariner, listening from more than 1000 miles away.
Thanks to the Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative, students have the opportunity to perform on the School’s Italian Baroque Organ, the only instrument of its kind in North America.
Professor of Musicology Gretchen Wheelock works with a graduate student to examine a rare score in the Sibley Music Library, the largest academic music library in North America.
Conductor Brad Lubman rehearses the Philharmonia Orchestra during the School’s Penderecki Festival in 2004.
Lauren Woodward (BM ’07) sings with the Eastman Women’s Chorus in St. Mary’s Church in Rochester.
Jazz guitarist Will Chapin (BM ’07) rehearses with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble during a master class with bassist David Finck.
Jason Holmes (BM ’07) works on his choral conducting skills at a recent performance.
Eastman regularly brings in today’s most important composers to work with both performance and composition students. In February of 2005, Sir Harrison Birtwistle visited Eastman as part of a three-day residency.
The low teacher-to-student ratio at Eastman ensures that each student will get personal attention from the School’s world-renowned faculty. In this photo, Professor of Theory Robert Wason discusses various compositional techniques during a theory class.
Violinist Ian Swensen interacts with an Eastman student during a master class in Howard Hanson Hall.
The faculty at Eastman are not only leaders in their chosen field - they are seasoned pedagogues. In this photo, a student works with Professor of Piano Nelita True, who recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Keyboard Pedagogy Conference (USA).
The saxophone section of the Eastman Wind Ensemble prepares for a concert in the Eastman Theatre.
The Eastman Theatre underwent significant renovations during the summer of 2004. The new stage and shell provide a superior performing experience for students like bassist Greg Chudzik (BM ’06).
A viola student rehearses with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra.
Benton Hess, Distinguished Professor of Voice at Eastman, prepares students for a performance of Puccini’s La rondine in Kilbourn Hall.
Members of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble rehearse for a concert in the Eastman Theatre.
Many Eastman students sing with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, which performs with Eastman’s Philharmonia Orchestra each year.