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.)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Appoints Matthew Loden As Chief Executive Officer
(Broadway World 04/30/2018)
Mr. Loden has violin performance degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music, and has regularly performed with orchestras and ensembles around the world. In the United States alone, he has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center for the …
A Conversation With Laura Caviani
(Jazz Police 04/25/2018)
Laura had been at Lawrence University in the 80s, and studied with Fred there, as well as at Eastman School of Music (where she attended the Summer camp with prominent jazz composers Patty Darling and Maria Schneider…no big deal). Fred must have told Laura I was coming. She enthusiastically …
Eastman partners with Hochschule for ‘Impulse III’
(Monroe County Post 04/23/2018)
Eastman School of Music partnered with Hochschule fur Musik Freiburg in Germany to present “Impulse III,” a free program of avant-garde films and … The program will include George Antheil’s “Ballet Mecanique” and films from the same time period, such as “Entre’Acte” with music by Erik Satie and …
Mathematician, musician honored for scholarly and creative activity
(SUNY Oswego 04/24/2018)
SUNY Oswego professors Ampalavanar Nanthakumar of the mathematics department and Eric Schmitz of music have earned the 2018 President’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.
Schmitz — whose doctor of musical arts degree is in jazz and contemporary media, writing/performance from University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and master’s degree in percussion performance from University of Northern Iowa — also earned praise from former teachers.
SUNY Geneseo music groups to present Brahms’ ‘A German Requiem’
(The Livingston County News 04/26/2018)
Three instrumental and choral music companies — the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, the Geneseo Festival Orchestra and the Geneseo Chamber Singers — will perform Brahms’ “A German Requiem” … Also featured will be two soloists: soprano Keely Futterer and baritone Jorell Williams.
Futterer is starting her doctoral work at the Eastman School of Music. She also sings opera and has sung with numerous regional opera companies and symphony orchestras. Williams is an American operatic baritone with a variety of experience from standard repertoire to premiere pieces. He sings …
HSO continues classics series with ‘A Star Returns’
(HollandSentinel.com 04/25/2018)
The Holland Symphony Orchestra’s Classics III series continues this weekend with the concert, “A Star Returns.” The program features soprano Sarah Ashcroft VandenBrink. …
VandenBrink is completing a doctor of musical arts degree in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music. The final work on the concert will be Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No.5 in E Minor.” This symphony is perhaps one of Tchaikovsky’s most often-played and well-known works. The Jack H.
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