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.)
Listening During Covid, Part 7: Celebrating the Diversity of American Music – The Arts Fuse
(The Arts Fuse 10/31/2021)
Shall We Gather, songs by Stephen Foster, Carrie Jacobs-Bonds, Kurt Weill, Aaron Copland, Arthur Farwell, Florence Price, William Grant Still, Ricky Ian Gordon, and others. Lucas Meachem (baritone) and Irina Meachem (piano). …
Let’s start with the latter (recorded during the pandemic). Shall We Gather is the first recital CD by renowned operatic baritone Lucas Meachem. I first remember him performing, rivetingly, as a master’s student at the Eastman School of Music. But I only realized how wide his range is, in every sense, when I heard the recording of …
Meet the Rochester pianist who makes silent movies sing | Culture | CITY News. Arts. Life.
(City Newspaper 10/26/2021)
As far as the audience for the Dryden’s “Silent Tuesdays” film series was concerned, the accompanist, Philip Carli, hit all the right notes. What wasn’t apparent to anyone was that Carli was making the notes up on the spot. …
In the intervening years, Carli studied music history and literature, with an emphasis on film history at Indiana University, and earned a doctorate in musicology at the Eastman School of Music. He has recorded …
Six reasons why regionality still matters for the global music streaming business – Music …
(Music Business Worldwide 10/27/2021)
This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music. His research investigates how music streaming has affected music industries, creative practices, and listening habits.
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival announces artistic director transition – Augusta Free Press
(Augusta Free Press 10/29/2021)
He will be succeeded in his role as artistic director by Eastern Mennonite University professor and music program director David Berry. …
Berry maintains a rigorous schedule of teaching, performing, adjudication and artistic direction, including as the coordinator of chamber music and member of the artistic planning committee for the Gateways Music Festival. The festival is hosted by Berry’s undergraduate alma mater Eastman School of Music and celebrates the contributions of musicians of African descent to classical music, and features over 120 players from major American orchestras and university faculties. ..
Q&A: Jamey Simmons, 2021 State Honors Jazz Ensemble Conductor – Watch the concert here!
(PBS Wisconsin 11/02/2021)
… and his Master of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music. Simmons is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Middle …
‘A Quick 5’ with Hollis Thoms, Composer | Maryland Theatre Guide
(Maryland Theatre Guide 10/26/2021)
I went to Northwestern University and Eastman School of Music for my graduate degrees in music. I have written about 170 works including …
WNCC flute instructor set to perform recital this week | Education | starherald.com
(Star-Herald 11/01/2021)
Western Nebraska Community College’s Performing and Visual Arts will present WNCC flute instructor, Norman Menzales …
Born in Macon, Georgia, Menzales has a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied with Tadeu Coelho, and a Master of Music and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he served as a teaching assistant for world-renowned flutist and pedagogue Bonita Boyd. …
Garth Fagan Dance 50th Anniversary Season – New York – TheaterMania
(TheaterMania 11/03/2021)
SAVOR Tony, Olivier and Bessie Award-winner Garth Fagan’s epic dance honoring Frederick Douglass “The North Star”! RELISH Bessie Award winner Norwood Pennewell’s New work “Dreamer” with music by Eastman School of Music Alum Baljinder Sekhon and ENJOY critically acclaimed revivals as well as Weekend Matinees with The Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble. …
Welcoming The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Class of 2023 – The UCLA …
(UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music 10/27/2021)
The Class of 2023 includes …
Emiliano Lasansky, bass, was born in Iowa City, IA. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including a DownBeat Student Award, third place in the International Society of Bassists Competition, and two residency fellowships at the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Workshop at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has studied with Jeff Campbell, Bill Dobbins, Dariusz Terefenko and Gary Palmer. Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Lasansky has performed with artists including Dennis Mackrel, Jimmy Greene, Harold Danko and Clay Jenkins. He has served as a teacher at the Rockport Jazz Camp and Birch Creek Music Performance Center.
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