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.)
Charles Castleman appointed professor of violin at Miami’s Frost School of Music
(The Strad 07/10/2014)
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has appointed Charles Castleman as its new professor of violin. The musician is currently professor of violin at the Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester in New York, where he has taught since 1975 and served as chair of the strings department for eight years. (Also reported by South Florida Classical Review)
A young virtuoso on the rise
(CEBU Daily News © 07/10/2014)
I walked into Lorenzo (Enzo) Medelâ’s humble home with his concert program stuffed inside my bag. I was going to have it autographed by the winner of several prestigious competitions: the Namcya (National Music Competition for Young Artists), PTGP (Piano Teachers’ Guild of the Philippines) and the UP College of Music and National Steinway Piano Competition. Before acquiring two scholarships and one grant from the Eastman School of Music, Enzo spent his high school days at La Salle Greenhills. He used to go to school everyday, but all of that changed once he decided to become a career pianist.
JAZZ | Dariusz Terefenko and Alexa Tarantino
(Rochester City Newspaper © 07/09/2014)
If you’ve ever heard him play, you know that Dariusz Terefenko is an extraordinarily brilliant pianist, recalling Art Tatum. Now we know he also has taste in other musicians. Terefenko, a professor at the Eastman School of Music, has decided to share the stage with recent Eastman graduate, saxophonist Alexa Tarantino.
Canadian Brass performs musical blend at the Southern Vermont Arts Center
(Bennington Banner © 07/10/2014)
One part is serious, professional music. The other part is for fun. The sartorial get-up of the Canadian Brass — tuxedoes and white running shoes — fairly sum up the approach of this ensemble to their craft. They perform upwards of 80 concerts a year, said Scully, the French horn player, as well as a fair amount of educational outreach themselves. They are now the ensemble-in-residence at the University of Toronto and have developed a summer course in brass at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.
OperaLancaster youth competition winners to perform
(Lancaster Newspapers 07/11/2014)
Three of the OperaLancaster Associates 2014 Youth Performance Award Competition winners will perform Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 29 E. Walnut St.
•Addie Rose Brown, who tied for second place in the college division (local singer Sarah Stine also came in second). Brown is currently studying vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music.
•Christiana Goslin, first-place winner in the high school division. She is headed to Eastman School of Music this fall to pursue a degree in vocal performance
Jon Hassell Goes Below the Belt, Challenges Phillip Glass to Dance-Off
(Spin © 07/10/2014)
You went to college in New York state?
Yeah, Eastman College of Music, University of Rochester. I was in with a bunch of radicals who were into serialism, Webern, and all that sort of thing. [Future Miles Davis bassist and A Tribe Called Quest collaborator] Ron Carter was in my class, but we were still on different sides of the spectrum there.
NRO ‘Stunning Strings’ concert in Breckenridge features violin, cello
(Summit Daily 07/09/2014)
Closing out the first half is Moritz Moszkowski’s Suite for Two Violins and Piano, featuring NRO violinists and assistant concertmasters Alexander Lee and Jessica Ryou. Lee is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music and has performed concertos with the Eastman School Symphony and the Pittsburgh Civic and Pittsburgh Youth Symphony orchestras. He is a sub for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and a finalist for the New World Symphony.
You never know where you’ll run into former students
(Green Bay Press Gazette © 07/07/2014)
In my duties at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., I have occasion to work with the director of advancement, who is responsible for raising funds at the school and university.
As a member of the faculty, I have been invited by the director of advancement to luncheons, parties, functions, soirees and concerts to meet with people who may be interested in providing financial support for our work at the music school.