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Please enjoy scenes from our annual Holiday Sing c

Please enjoy scenes from our annual Holiday Sing concert, set to a performance by 4M Percussion of “Trepak” from “The Nutcracker” — written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and arranged by Eastman student Izaiah Gonzales ‘26E.

Happy Holidays to all! ✨

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A holiday greeting from our organ students! ✨

Performing Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” are Ryan Chan (DMA) and Charlie Francis (MM), with registrants Jennifer Shin (DMA) and Augustine Sobeng (DMA). Visit Facebook.com/EastmanSchool to watch the full “Nutcracker” medley!

🎥 Tuesday Pipes weekly concert series at Christ Church, December 2024.

Congratulations to baritone Holden Turner ‘25E f

Congratulations to baritone Holden Turner ‘25E for being chosen as this year’s William Warfield Scholarship recipient! On January 19, 2025, Holden will be joined by Grammy Award-winning baritone Kenneth Overton and many other acclaimed performers, for a 4:00 PM concert in Kilbourn Hall.

Purchase tickets at eastmantheatre.org 🎟️ (Discounted before 12/31!)
Learn more: esm.rochester.edu/news

🎥 Holden performs a solo during Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Dona Nobis Pacem” with the Eastman Philharmonia and Eastman-Rochester Chorus (May 2024)

Celebrating our many students, faculty, and alumni

Celebrating our many students, faculty, and alumni who will be taking part in The Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference in Chicago this week ✨ Don’t miss the Eastman Harmonie—an auditioned subset of the Eastman Wind Ensemble—TONIGHT (12/17) at 7:30 PM in Kilbourn Hall before they head to the Windy City!

Concert details: esm.rochester.edu/events
Learn more about ESM’s presence at Midwest: midwestclinic.org

Empty halls and smiling faces mean just one thing… the semester ends today 🥳 Students, good luck wrapping up your finals! #EastmanLife

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Each year, we close our Holiday Sing concert by in

Each year, we close our Holiday Sing concert by inviting everyone in attendance to join together in singing “Dona Nobis Pacem” — one of Eastman’s most beloved traditions!

We hope you enjoy this year’s performance, led by William Weinert with piano accompaniment by Ben Baker ✨

What could be sweeter than this table of Christmas

What could be sweeter than this table of Christmas cookies? How about an evening at the theatre with your family and friends! Join us for ELF in Concert THIS SATURDAY, December 14 at 2:00 or 7:00 PM in Kodak Hall 🎁

Experience your favorite Christmas film transformed with the music of a live symphony orchestra, conducted by Mark Watters! Purchase tickets at EastmanTheatre.org #ElfInConcert

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Snuck into the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra rehearsal this afternoon and they sound GREAT! The marvelous Mei-Ann Chen leads from the podium, joining us as one of this season’s guest orchestral conductors.

Join ESSO for their final concert of the semester TONIGHT in Kodak Hall at 7:30 PM. This program, featuring the music of both Mendelssohns, is free & open to the public. Livestream: esm.rochester.edu/live

It was a wonderfully festive week at Eastman! ✨

It was a wonderfully festive week at Eastman! ✨ From a celebration of international holidays and a special dinner for our students (served by Deans Sheeran and Hain!) to our annual Holiday Sing concert, we have officially ushered in the final days of our fall semester!

Thank you to The Hollywood Reporter for recognizin

Thank you to The Hollywood Reporter for recognizing Eastman as a top music school* in the world, with emphasis on our Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media!

“[Eastman] offers a highly exclusive two-year master’s program limited to no more than six students a year. Mark Watters is in his seventh year as director of the program, which was established by composer Jeff Beal ’85E (House of Cards). This year, the school has added a recording and mixing class taught by Grammy-winning engineer Stephen Roessner.”

Link to the full article can be found on our FB: facebook.com/eastmanschool

*See for yourself! Join us next Saturday, December 14, as many of our Beal Institute students, along with other ESM instrumentalists and vocalists, perform ‘ELF’ in Concert at 2:00 & 7:00 PM in Kodak Hall! 🎟️ EastmanTheatre.org

Spend next summer in Paris! 🇫🇷 Applications

Spend next summer in Paris! 🇫🇷 Applications for Eastman’s 11th annual Theory and Analysis of Contemporary Music course in Paris are now OPEN!

Offered as a graduate-level seminar, classes will meet regularly throughout June 2025 with events that include concerts, lectures, films, masterclasses, and open rehearsals, coinciding with ManiFeste 2025.

The application deadline is Friday, December 13, 2024. Learn more: summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/paris

Today’s the day! Be sure to submit your applicat

Today’s the day! Be sure to submit your applications to the Eastman School of Music by 11:55pm EST this evening (Sunday, December 1) ✨ Best of luck to all our applicants!

To apply, visit esm.rochester.edu/admissions.

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Have you purchased your tickets to ELF in Concert

Have you purchased your tickets to ELF in Concert yet?! 🎄 We’re just a few weeks away from welcoming Buddy the Elf to Kodak Hall!

Under the baton of six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor Mark Watters, audiences will enjoy every note of John Debney’s complete score live to picture. Join us on Saturday, December 14 at 2:00 or 7:00 PM. Purchase tickets at EastmanTheatre.org 🎟️ #ElfInConcert

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It’s all smiles in Eastman’s classrooms! ✨ I

It’s all smiles in Eastman’s classrooms! ✨ If you can picture yourself joining our wonderful community of students, be sure to submit your application THIS WEEK!

Applications are due Sunday, December 1 and the deadline will not be extended this year. Our Admissions offices will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday, so please reach out with any questions before Wednesday, November 27. Learn more & apply by visiting esm.rochester.edu/admissions

Internationally celebrated soprano and conductor B

Internationally celebrated soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, and acclaimed pianist Bertrand Chamayou, personally invite you to attend their Rochester debut performance on Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall!

Purchase tickets at EastmanTheatre.org.

🎥 Enjoy this excerpt of Wolf’s ‘Kennst du das Land’ from Hannigan’s most recent North American tour (with pianist Robert de Leeuw).

Building relationships with your community is a vi

Building relationships with your community is a vital skill for musicians to develop new audiences and grow the impact of their artistry. Our newly formed “AMP Up” grant, supported by Dean Sheeran in collaboration with Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership, is a chance for Eastman students to do just that — engage our University and broader Rochester communities through their music. 
The first AMP Up recipient is violist Angela Rubin, who has opted to promote her upcoming DMA recital with the funds. Join her in Kilbourn Hall this Sunday, November 24 at 8:30 PM for a moving program of all-female composers.

🎥 Angela Rubin, accompanied by Cynthia Liu, performs her arrangement of Amy Beach’s Sonata in A minor (fourth movement).

TONIGHT in Hatch Recital Hall! Join Saxology, the

TONIGHT in Hatch Recital Hall! Join Saxology, the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet, and 5 Others—under the direction of Charles Pillow—for a concert of iconic tunes written and arranged for jazz saxophone and rhythm section! Free & open to the public at 7:30 PM.

Livestream & details: esm.rochester.edu/events

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday for

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday for Eastman Experience Day! We hope you enjoyed touring campus as much as we enjoyed showing you around.

To all prospective students: Don’t forget to submit your applications by December 1! ✨

Questions? Email admissions@esm.rochester.edu

This evening, graduate conducting student Yonatan

This evening, graduate conducting student Yonatan Dvir helms the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra in Kodak Hall! The program features works by Farrenc and Tchaikovsky, as well as contemporary composer Missy Mazzoli. Professor of Double Bass James VanDemark offers his artistry as soloist.

Don’t miss this performance tonight (11/11) at 7:30! Details & livestream: esm.rochester.edu/events

Until then, enjoy this excerpt from ESSO’s rendition of Brahms’s Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a, led by Anthony Parnther. View the full piece: youtube.com/eastmanschool

Eastman’s Jazz Voice professor Sara Gazarek (and

Eastman’s Jazz Voice professor Sara Gazarek (and her vocal supergroup säje), along with several of our distinguished graduates, have received nominations in the 67th GRAMMY Awards ✨ Congratulations to all!

For a complete list of ESM nominees, see our official press release: esm.rochester.edu/news

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