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.)
Pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout Plays Mozart and Beethoven as They Originally Sounded
(The Wall Street Journal 04/23/2021)
A student of both piano and flute, Mr. Bezuidenhout enrolled as an undergraduate at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. There he had his …
Samuel Xu to perform the Clara Schumann Piano Concerto with Verde Valley Sinfonietta
(Verde Independent 04/20/2021)
A resident of Chandler, and currently a sophomore attending the Eastman School of Music, Xu received a call only recently from Sinfonietta Maestro …
Hillsdale College unveils new chancel organ in dedication, recital
(The Hillsdale Daily News 04/22/2021)
…, members of the college and community gathered in Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College for an organ dedication and recital featuring internationally-renowned concert organist Nathan Laube. …
“Laube has knowledge of different organs all over the world, most of which he has played,” said James Holleman, chairman and professor of music, choirs, and orchestra at Hillsdale College. “His insight into each individual instrument, its unique qualities and idiosyncrasies, is tremendous.” …
Pianist Alexander Kobrin 2021: Steinway Society, SF Bay Area
(Patch.com 04/20/2021)
Koburn has performed with renowned orchestras and in major concert halls worldwide. He is on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and serves …
Sounds Around Town: Pat Donaher’s ‘Occasionally’ focuses on composition over improvisation
(MetroWest Daily News 04/19/2021)
There was undergrad work – on a scholarship – at Eastman School of Music, an eventual move to New York City as a working musician, then a return …
(Buffalo Rising 04/20/2021)
There was a slight change from the program as listed on the bpo.org website, and a welcome change, …, we enjoyed American composer Wayne Barlow’s “The Winter’s Passed” and it is every bit as haunting and as achingly beautiful as the Barber. For most of his career Barlow taught at Rochester’s Eastman School. If you don’t know this work for oboe and strings here’s a clip of the Eastman orchestra playing about four minutes of “The Winter’s Passed.”
Adults band together around music and memories
(Foster’s Daily Democrat 04/19/2021)
… national and international bands led by Roy Ernst, a longtime music education professor at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
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