Here are some select recent clippings 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.)
Live learning and virtual concerts go hand-in-hand at the Eastman School of Music
(Classical 91.5 10/07/2020)
The creativity has been outstanding as so many have learned to use technology both to learn and share their art. Eastman School of Music has …
12 College Vocal Programs You Should Know
(Backstage 10/08/2020)
… of Rochester, the Eastman School of Music is a small institution with a 6-to-1 ratio of students to faculty members. …
Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm chases jazz legend Charlie Parker
(City Newspaper 10/12/20200
“It was such a serendipitous project to get,” says Chisholm, who is also an Eastman School of Music alumnus and an instructor at Hochstein School of …
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Presents First in Series of Virtual Performances
(Town Topics 10/07/2020)
… Princeton Symphony Orchestra Music Director Rossen Milanov has programmed three virtual concerts for October and November, mixing classical standards with works by contemporary composers. …
Following introductory remarks by Milanov and Princeton Symphony Executive Director Marc Uys, the broadcast began with George Walker’s Lyric for Strings.
American composer George Walker was a pioneer of African American musical performance in this country. The first African American graduate of the Curtis Institute, doctoral recipient from Eastman School of Music, and Pulitzer Prize winner for music, among …
Twilight Jams at Asistencia to feature Izaak Weatherwax Trio
(Redlands News 10/08/2020)
Weatherwax grew up in the inland area and has had the good fortune to perform with and learn from many outstanding jazz musicians, including Carl Allen who recorded with Sammy Davis Jr., Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Herbie Hancock.
Pianist Allen earned his master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in Jazz Performance and Composition/Arranging. He also earned the artist …
A virtual concert 10 years in the making: University organist debuts Vierne Project Oct. 8
(Princeton University 10/07/2020)
It was 2009. On his drive home from work one day, Princeton University organist Eric Plutz began to wonder. … Plutz, who earned his bachelor’s in organ performance at Westminster Choir College in Princeton and his master’s in music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, said
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