One of the newest student ensembles at the Eastman School of Music, the Eastman Jazz Voice Ensemble, will present its first concert on Monday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. Led by Eastman’s Associate Professor of Jazz Voice, GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist Sara Gazarek, the 14-member ensemble will perform a wide-reaching set of repertoire — from traditional and swing-oriented jazz voice ensemble arrangements to contemporary works, featuring soloists with backing and polyphonic ensemble moments accompanied by rhythm section.
This concert marks the beginning of Jazz Voice’s place in the Eastman canon and the first performed exclusively by Jazz Voice majors and other vocalists interested in learning about singing jazz. Gazarek says, “It’s an exciting opportunity to share what the presence of a new Jazz Voice degree might represent for the Eastman community at large—our ensemble is made up of jazz voice majors, opera students and even a student from our River Campus. All of them have come together to learn, shape, communicate and share the music that moves them, in the hopes that it moves the audience as well.”
This upcoming Eastman Jazz Voice Ensemble concert is free and open to the public, and available for livestreaming. Visit our website to learn more about this concert and all upcoming events at Eastman.
Media only: Lauren Sageer, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Digital Content,
(585) 451-8492, lsageer@esm.rochester.edu
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About Eastman School of Music:
The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854–1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. It was the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Mr. Eastman’s dream was that his school would provide a broad education in the liberal arts as well as superb musical training.
More than 900 students are enrolled in the Collegiate Division of the Eastman School of Music—about 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. They come from almost every state, and approximately 23 percent are from other countries. They are taught by a faculty comprised of more than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. They are Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Guggenheim fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Each year, Eastman’s students, faculty members, and guest artists present more than 900 concerts to the Rochester community. Additionally, more than 1,700 members of the Rochester community, from young children through senior citizens, are enrolled in the Eastman Community Music School.
About the University of Rochester:
The University of Rochester is one of the nation’s leading private research universities, one of only 62-member institutions in the Association of American Universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives undergraduates exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.