Eastman School of Music Posts and Musings
The original version of this article appeared in the printed edition of the Winter 2022 Eastman Notes magazine. Since it appeared, we’ve been able to update a number of commissioned titles and other facts, which are reflected in this online version. It officially began last fall, and it is still going strong. Eastman’s centennial celebration…
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Kodak Hall, the Eastman Jazz Ensemble presents its final concert of the 2022 spring semester – which will also be the final concert for Bill Dobbins as its director. The occasion includes the first performance of Dobbins’ latest work (and an Eastman Centennial commission), Legacy. We asked Bill about this…
by Raffi Wright Instructor of Opera Lindsay Warren Baker has been part of Eastman’s Voice and Opera Department since 2001. She teaches a variety of acting and movement classes and is a key member of Eastman Opera Theatre’s production team. We are thrilled that she has developed “Acting and Embodiment for Singers” for Summer@Eastman! This…
By Raffi Wright Summer@Eastman is excited to welcome a new brass institute to our roster in 2022: the Eastman Summer Tuba & Euphonium Institute. Eastman alumnus Scott Tegge (Chicago-based performer and tuba/euphonium instructor at Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois) joins Eastman faculty members Don Harry and Mark Kellogg in this week-long program…
By Raffi Wright Looking forward to Summer at Eastman 2022, I sat down with Eastman alumnae Hannah Dick (percussion) and Mina Esary (composition), who will be teaching their new online course “Notes From Scratch: Introduction to Improvisation and Composition.” Here are some highlights of our time talking together: For both Hannah and Mina:…
When composer Ania Vu ’17E first heard about the Eastman Centennial Celebration “100 Concerts to Celebrate 100 Years”, she forwarded the website to pianist Eunmi Ko ’06E (MM), ’12E (DMA), to which Eunmi replied with “We should do something!” Fast-forward seven months: the two are about to have their project The Music She Writes begin…
“If Music Be the Food…,” the chamber music series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will close its thirteenth season with a live concert on Sunday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Road 14607. The mission of “If Music Be the Food…” is to increase awareness and support food insecurity in the…
Wellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
When Emma Gierszal, a DMA student in percussion performance and a member of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, chose a paper topic for a seminar in Nineteenth-century American Music taught by Professor Michael Anderson, it led her down an interesting path. Emma’s interest in ragtime, and some advice from Professor Anderson, led her to the Sibley…