Here are some select clippings from the past week 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.)
British Cellist Guy Johnson Appointed to Eastman School of Music Teaching Faculty
(The Violin Channel 01/17/2018)
The Eastman School of Music has today announced the appointment of British cellist Guy Johnston to their cello teaching faculty.
(City Guide 1/22/2018)
Born & raised in Los Angeles, Jared Schonig began playing the drums at age 14. He won 7 Downbeat Student Music Awards before graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 2005, during which time he also performed with Joe Locke and Dr. Lonnie Smith. … He also co-leads The Wee Trio, which was named “a group to watch” by Downbeat Magazine and has five critically-acclaimed albums to its name. …
SMTD’s Collage Concert has a little bit of everything
(The Michigan Daily 01/16/2018)
The Collage Concert at the University is based off of the “Prism Concert,” a tradition started at the Eastman School of Music that quickly spread to music and performing arts schools all across the country. Even some high schools have taken up the challenge. The idea is to surround the audience in a ‘prism’ of sound. Acts perform back to back, with no time in between for applause, on different corners and sides of the stage.
(Arkansas Times 01/18/2018)
Is it any wonder the Pennsylvania-born Samuel Barber chose to set James Agee’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” to music? It’s all right there in the text — … For this concert, as part of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Intimate Neighborhood Concerts series, Barber’s meditation will be sung by soprano Keely Futterer, a Dover native studying for a doctoral degree at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. …
For the Love of Music presents solo piano concerts for the new year
(Sierra Vista Herald 01/19/2018)
John Milbauer will perform a program of solo piano music, which he calls “Which Side are you On?” The collection of pieces includes Gypsy Dances, Hungarian Peasant Songs, a Mazurka and Polonaise by Chopin, and “Which Side are you on?” from Frederic Rzewski’s North American Ballads.
Milbauer studied music, classics, and government at Harvard College before earning degrees from the Eastman School of Music, … He was awarded the Eastman Performer’s Certificate — the highest performance honor of the school — …
Byron Stripling brings his swing back to BPO
(Buffalo News 01/16/2018)
Stripling attended the Eastman School of Music. He later played in the Count Basie Orchestra, both in the trumpet section and as a soloist, under the direction of Thad Jones and Buffalo’s Frank Foster. He has toured with countless big names, from Dizzy Gillespie to Sonny Rollins. He has virtuosity and …
Classical: The King’s Singers are experts in British art of vocal harmonizing
(Allentown Morning Call 01/17/2018)
Renowned organist Mark Laubach will present a recital .. A graduate of Westminster Choir College and the Eastman School of Music, Laubach has performed in many of the most prominent churches and concert halls in the United States, Great Britain and Germany, including Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and King’s College Chapel in …
Welcome Inside the World of Capitol Chamber Artists
(Times Union 1/15/2018)
Mary Lou Saetta is Executive Artistic Director and violinist/violist of Capitol Chamber Artists. Celebrating its 49th season in 2018, Capitol Chamber Artists has established a national and international reputation for musical excellence through live performance and recording. … Mary Lou Saetta, violinist and co-founding member (with Irvin Gilman) of Capitol Chamber Artists holds a Bachelor and Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music. …
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