Here are some select clippings from the past week showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. Note: Some links may have expired.)
How Maria Newman Found Her Compositional Power
WXXI News 09/10/2019)
“When I auditioned for and was accepted to Eastman,” she said, “I ran here as fast as I could. I really tried to stay out of composition, which was a very …
During her week-long residency at the Eastman School of Music from September 7-13, she’ll talk with students, perform, and hear the world premiere of a new piece she’s written for friend and guitarist Nicholas Goluses. …
Composer Maria Newman returns to Eastman School of Music
foxrochester.com
Award-winning composer Maria Newman, daughter of composer Alfred Newman and a 1984 graduate of the Eastman School of Music, is back in Rochester for a musical residency at the school this week. …
Misha Galant and Maxim Lando Named 2020 Gilmore Young Artists
(Broadway World 09/05/2019)
Mr. Galant gave his first full solo recital at age 12 […] He has also won numerous awards at piano competitions, including multiple prizes in 2015 at the first Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and at the Eastman Young Artists International Competition, the latter resulting in a four-year, full-tuition scholarship offer to attend the Eastman School of Music. He is a …
NEW MUSIC TUESDAY | Composer Samuel Adler – Violin Concerto [PREMIERE RECORDING]
(The Violin Channel 09/03/2019)
“Having been a violinist myself, I have studied most of the great violin concertos of the past – and therefore I endeavored to write a work in the traditional three movements that would be a challenge but also a pleasure for a good violinist to perform …” … the longtime Eastman School of Music and Juilliard School faculty member has said.
JAZZ | Eastman Jazz and Contemporary Media Faculty
(City Newspaper 09/04/2019)
To call it an embarrassment of riches would be an understatement. Pianists Bill Dobbins and Gary Versace will share the stage with trumpeter Clay Jenkins, saxophonist Charles Pillow, guitarist Bob Sneider, trombonist Mark Kellogg, bassist Jeff Campbell and drummer Rich Thompson. Between them are dozens of albums, tours and recordings with giants like Buddy Rich, Chuck Mangione and Paul Simon (to name just a few) and a great deal of musical simpatico. They just happen to be members of the Jazz and Contemporary Media Faculty of the Eastman School of Music. Various combinations of them will tackle standards and originals on the Kilbourn Hall stage Thursday. …
(City Newspaper 09/11/2019)
Every Tuesday, The Spirit Room hosts the Jazz Session Series, featuring the talented Eastman School of Music students and alumni in the Gray Quartet. Consisting of pianist Max Greenberg, guitarist Blake Pattengale, Rafael Enciso on bass, and drummer Stephen Morris, the quartet provides fresh, vibrant takes on vintage jazz classics and popular standards. Be on the lookout for Greenberg’s incisive but melodic keyboard riffs and Pattengale’s fluid, groove-oriented approach to the guitar.
College of Charleston Piano Series kicks off with recital by Johnandrew Slominski
(Charleston Post Courier 09/07/2019)
Slominski is the founder and director of “Classical Music on the Spot,” an intensive summer institute at the Eastman School of Music, dedicated to the study and practice of 18th-century style improvisation. He is a solo performer, collaborative pianist, competition winner, masterclass clinician and lecturer who has held positions at the University of Rochester, the … He also has served as a joint faculty member at the Eastman School of Music in both piano and music theory.
Clarinet quartet performs in Geller concert series Sept. 22
(Rome Sentinel 09/07/2019)
… and features the Syracuse and Rochester-based Onyx Clarinet Quartet. Onyx is the musical partnership of Alan Woy, Laurie Dobmeier and Terryann Gerber on B-flat clarinet, and Roxanne Woy on bass clarinet. […]
Alan B. Woy … Since 2008 he has served as co-conductor of the Eastman-Rochester New Horizons Bands and the New Horizons Clarinet Choir and teaches clarinet at the Eastman Community Music School. …
Pianist Anthony Beer ushers world-class chamber music to Middlebury church
(The Goshen News 09/5/2019)
He’d go on to study at IU South Bend with John Owings, Zeyda Ruga Suzuki, Tamera Orlovsky and Alexander “Lexo” Toradze before heading to Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
“When I was in Rochester, New York, I taught 24/7,” Beer said. “There was a corner right off of Gibbs Street … and they had three or four churches at this corner. Every Sunday, you would walk down to a recital … and you’d go in there and hear the best of the best. It blew me away.” …
St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy starts new classes today
(Finger Lakes Times 09/04/2019)
The three new instructors are Meng Zhou, piano; Ellen Sonnenberg, Suzuki violin and String Explorers; and Margaret Sawyer, piano.
• Margaret Sawyer […] At age 12, she continued piano lessons through the
• Meng Zhou, … From 2008 to 2014, she attended the Eastman School of Music and received master’s of music degrees I piano performance and literature. This year, she earned a doctor of music arts degree studying with Douglas Humpherys, chair of the Eastman School of Music’s Piano Department.
She served as teaching assistant for the Eastman School of Music for many years, winning the Eastman School of Music Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence in Teaching and a host of other awards and honors.
• Ellen Sonnenberg is a violinist from Wisconsin who currently performs in the violin section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She graduated with her master’s degree in violin performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music in 2018, studying with Juliana Athayde. She also completed her Bachelor’s Degree at Eastman in 2016, studying with Federico Agostini. …
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