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.)
Eastman violin professor, and Saturday concert, search for hope in midst of Ukraine’s tragedy
(WXXI News 03/10/2022)
Oleh Krysa points out that going back to the 19th century, one of the founders of an early version of the Lviv Conservatory was a son of Mozart.
Some 2½ centuries after Mozart, history matters here. At the Eastman School of Music, and in Eastern Europe. … ((Also reported by WHAM, YouTube)
Author Robert Freeman’s New Audiobook ‘Woof! A Love Story of Dogs, Music, and Life’ is an …
(Digital Journal 03/11/2022)
Having made tenure at MIT, he directed the Eastman School of Music for twenty-four years, presided over the New England Conservatory for three, …
Check out the Rochester Lilac Festival free music lineup – Democrat and Chronicle
(Democrat and Chronicle 03/11/2022)
“Safely bringing back our free live music concert series is something that … trumpeter Herb Smith and the Eastman School of Music Lilac Quintet.
The Parker Quartet to Premiere Jeremy Gill’s New Work – The Violin Channel
(The Violin Channel 03/09/2022)
… Gill studied oboe, piano, and composition before attending the Eastman School of Music. Receiving his …
Galak Tika hopes to share sense of connectedness with Vermont – Bennington Banner
(Bennington Banner 03/09/2022)
When Emeric Viani, an elementary school teacher in Andover, Mass., first heard a Balinese gamelan, he was “immediately transfixed by the instruments, the patterns, the melodies, and how the music was so unlike anything else I had experienced to that point.”
At the time, 2004, he was attending the Eastman School of Music. He joined the school’s gamelan ensemble as soon as he could. …
Winston-Salem Symphony Celebrates Film Music in “The Sounds of Cinema – YES! Weekly
(YES! Weekly 03/09/2022)
Under the baton of Guest Conductor Stuart Chafetz, who is celebrated by orchestras and audiences around the country for creating fun and innovative performances, …
Chafetz holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and a master’s from the Eastman School of Music. …
Women Leading Atlanta Attractions, Hotels and Convention Venues
(Discover Atlanta 03/09/2022)
Jennifer Barlament
… Barlament’s master’s degree came from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. where she also founded the New Eastman Symphony.
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