Eichhorn, Jacob

Music TheoryJacob EichhornMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Jacob Eichhorn is a clarinetist and Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. His research focuses on musical meaning in twentieth- and twenty-first century concert music with a secondary interest in American roots music, especially Dolly Parton’s vast output. In his dissertation, “Daughter-Flower-(Whale)-Kaiju: Music as…

Shin, Jennifer

Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJennifer Shin Jennifer Shin is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of David Higgs, after having completed her Master of Music degree at Eastman in 2020. Most recently, she was awarded second prize and…

Montgomery, Jacob

Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJacob Montgomery Jacob Montgomery, a native of Raleigh, NC, is a doctoral candidate in the studio of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music. He graduated from the studio of David Higgs with his Master of Music in Organ Performance in Literature in 2020 after receiving degrees in both chemistry…

Mole, Amanda

Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAmanda Mole Amanda Mole is one of the leading concert organists of her generation and the winner of numerous international competitions, including first-prize at the 8th International Musashino-Tokyo Organ Competition (2017), first-place and audience prize at the Miami International Organ Competition (2016), and first-place at the Arthur Poister Organ Competition…

Johnson, Sarah

Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicSarah Johnson Sarah Johnson is the Associate Director of Music at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven Connecticut, and a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, where she studies with David Higgs. A native of Garland, Maine, Sarah began her…