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.)
New York Youth Symphony Announces 55th Season
(Broadway World 07/08/2017)
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
The Composition program, led by Dr. Kyle Blaha, has broken new ground in its acclaimed sessions for younger composers to examine orchestration styles, techniques, and skills. […] Dr. Kyle Blaha received his D.M.A. and M.M. from Juilliard and his B.M. from Eastman School of Music with high distinction in composition, clarinet, and German. He has studied composition with Darrell Handel, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Carlos Sanchez Gutierrez, Samuel Adler, Philip Lasser, and Robert Beaser and Solfège with Mary Anthony Cox.
ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS
Julia Bullock made her debut with the New York Philharmonic performing Bernstein’s West Side Story Concert Suite No. 1 with Alan Gilbert in New York City parks, … Ms. Bullock earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, and her Master’s degree at Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
‘Mozart Reincarnate’ Pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout Joins The Australian Chamber Orchestra For …
(Broadway World 06/05/2017)
Bezuidenhout, who grew up in the Gold Coast before moving abroad to study at the Eastman School of Music, credits his upbringing in Australia as …
Chris Bates’ Good Vibes Trio Returns to Reverie, June 8
(Jazz Police 06/06/2017)
With veteran performers/composers Dave Hagedorn on vibes and Phil Hey on drums, Good Vibes Trio (2014, Technecore), … Dave Hagedorn teaches percussion, jazz studies and world music. His education includes a BS in Music Education from the University of Minnesota, an MM in Percussion Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, and a DMA from the Eastman School of Music.
In The Spotlight – The Sarasota Music Festival
(WWSB ABC 7 06/07/2017)
The Sarasota Music Festival is now in it’s 53 rd year, …
And for the 15th year, faculty member Steven Doane, Professor of Cello, at Eastman school is back,drawn here by these students. Professor Doane …
Christina Custode receives Best Singer Songwriter Award at Roswell Film Festival
(Niagara Frontier Publications 06/08/2017)
Custode is a classically trained pianist, vocalist, composer/arranger and graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Additional …
Meeker choir members perform at Carnegie Hall
(Rio Blanco Herald Times 06/08/2017)
Past and current members of the Meeker High School choir were in New York City to perform Monday at Carnegie Hall. The 12 Meekerites became part of a 180 voice choir accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
This choir sang two pieces. The first was composed by Howard Hanson (1896–1981) who spent most of his life during the last century writing symphonies for the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York. … The group sang Hanson’s arrangement “Song of Democracy” which was built on a poem by Walt Whitman (1819–1892).
Fiddling around: WNY Fiddle Kids to perform Sunday in Bradford
(Bradford Era 06/08/2017)
Heather Pennington, group leader and violin teacher of the young performers, […] She studied under a local teacher and after high school Pennington received a full scholarship to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. She earned a degree in violin performance and music education.
Organist/pianist returning to Federated Church for celebration
(Kendall County Now (subscription) 06/08/2017)
Donna Havasi Hartley, organist/pianist, will return for the 100 year Jubilee Celebration of the Federated Church of Sandwich …
At 16 she was the youngest student ever accepted into the Eastman School of Music and had the privilege of studying with Madame Rosina Lhevinne at the Julliard School.
Ogunquit Performing Arts’ 23rd annual Chamber Music Festival
(Seacoastonline.com 06/07/2017)
The engaging Cascabel Trio performing at the Dunaway Center … The trio got together several years ago, on a winter evening, over a few glasses of wine, when three wildly overbooked Boston musicians, a violinist, cellist, and pianist, …
Janice Weber, pianist, is a summa cum laude graduate of the Eastman School of Music. She has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, …
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