Yiran Zhao
Congratulations to Yiran Zhao, a DMA conducting student, who is the winner of the American Prize in Composition in the college/university division for shorter works for chorus.
Elizabeth Freimuth ’96E
Congratulations to Elizabeth Freimuth ’96E on her appointment as professor of horn at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Freimuth received bachelor’s degrees from Eastman in French horn and music education. She is currently the principal horn and Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO).
Angela Rubin
Congratulations to doctoral student Angela Rubin on winning the first AMP Up Grant. Angela received funding to support her efforts in developing an audience for her DMA recital that took place on Sunday, November 24, 2024 in Kilbourn Hall. Learn more about Angela’s funding award and performance here.
Ruixue Hu
Congratulations to Ruixue Hu, a third-year Ph.D. student in music theory, for receiving Honorable Mention for the Society for Music Theory’s Diversity in Course Design Award. His award-winning syllabus, “Engaging with Timbre,” explores timbre in a wide range of global musical genres.
Eastman Voice Winners: National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Congratulations to the winners of the Central New York Finger Lakes NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) chapter student auditions held at Buffalo State University on November 2, 2024, which included students from the voice studios of Joshua Conyers and Katherine Ciesinski: Treble Voices post High School: Evan Anderson, First Place 1st year Kai…
Harrison Candelario
Congratulations to Jazz Voice student Harrison Candelario, from the studio of Sara Gazarek, for being selected by the Recording Academy®‘s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team and the GRAMMY Museum® as a recipient of the Quinn Coleman Memorial Scholarship. Aiming to elevate the next generation of Black and Brown music creators, this scholarship offers a comprehensive…
A Q&A With Graduate Student Talia Berenbaum, Eastman Philharmonia Composition Winner
Talia Berenbaum ’24E is the Eastman Philharmonia Composition Competition winner. Read about Talia’s background as a trombone player and composer and her new work to be performed on November 13.
Gavin Rice
Congratulations to undergraduate jazz bassist Gavin Rice for winning the 2024 Young Talent Award from the Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Festival, a festival dedicated to the preservation of early jazz/popular music from the turn of the century to the 1930s. The award is given to a young musician ages 18–23 who shows extreme talent and…
Timothy Long ’92E (MM)
Timothy Long ’92E (MM), Artistic and Music Director of Eastman Opera Theatre, was featured in the New York Times today: “The Musician Building the Great Native American Songbook.” Long—a pianist, conductor and teacher—conceived his project to fill a cultural need: “There is no repertoire like this in existence.”
Historical Organs Featured in Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative Festival Return: The Organ Throughout the Roaring 20s
Rochester’s historical organs will feature in concerts and talks in the EROI Festival 2024, which is centered around the organ reform movement of the 1920s.