At a Glance
- Renowned faculty members with a broad variety of expertise, providing a comprehensive experience.
- Individual attention from the entire organ faculty in a friendly and supportive environment.
- Regular access to an unparalleled selection of historic and modern instruments of many kinds.
- With a metropolitan area of over 1 million residents, there are abundant opportunities for paid employment in Rochester area churches, and many performing opportunities for students in Rochester and beyond.
- Instruction in improvisation, sacred music, choral music, continuo, harpsichord, piano, organ repertoire, jazz piano, theatre organ, clavichord, organ building, and more.
- Personal instruction in “Healthy Keyboard Technique” for all incoming students.
- Access to Sibley Library, the largest university music library in the Western Hemisphere.
- Frequent performances and master classes by some of the world’s leading organ artists. Students recently enjoyed performances and masterclasses by Diane Meredith Belcher, Bine Bryndorf, Ken Cowan, Isabelle Demers, Scott Dettra, Vincent Dubois, Bruce Neswick, and Stephen Tharp; presentations by Christopher Anderson, Michel Bouvard, Wm. A. Little, Wilma Jensen, Robin Leaver, Annette Richards, Kerala Snyder, and David Yearsley, among others.
- Eastman hosts the annual Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative Festival (EROI) festival, one of North America’s premier organ events.
- Recent Eastman students have won organ competitions around the world: the AGO’s National Young Artists’ Competition in Organ Performance; the AGO’s National Competition in Organ Improvisation; the Westfield International Organ Competition; the American Theatre Organ Society National; the Royal Canadian College of Organists; Arp Schnitger (Germany); Chartres (France); St. Albans (UK); Schnitger (Holland); Pipeworks Dublin (Ireland); Tokyo-Musashino (Japan); Odense (Denmark); Mader (CA); Miami International (FL); Rodland Memorial (NJ); Taylor (GA); and Schweitzer (CT).
- Eastman students are recipients of funding from many outside scholarships and academic awards.
- All graduates who desire it find full-time employment in music; others are easily accepted into the finest graduate schools in North America and Europe. Our recent graduates hold many top positions in academia and in ecclesiastical settings.