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.)
Renée Fleming, World Premieres, And More Set For Santa Fe Opera 2019 Season
(Broadway World 05/09/2018)
The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Harry Bicket, collaborates with Ms. Fleming on Kevin Puts’ Letters From Georgia and Richard Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs). …
Letters from Georgia was commissioned by the Eastman School of Music with generous support from Bette and Joseph Hirsch. In a review of Letters performed by Ms. Fleming and the Eastman Philharmonia at Alice Tully Hall in November 2016, Berkshire Fine Arts wrote: “Puts goes inside the words to … (Also reported by Albuquerque Journal)
New York Youth Symphony Season 2018/19 Announcement
(Broadway World 05/10/2018)
NYYS 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 …
(Broadway World 05/09/2018)
A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Mr. Wittenburg’s training includes Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied with Fernando Laires and Alan Feinberg, and held a Fellowship in opera coaching, as well as a …
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester
(Rochester Business Journal 05/09/2018)
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester announces that Timothy Long has been appointed associate professor of opera and music director of Eastman Opera Theatre.
Christina Custode gifts us with her second release of 2018, ‘Just in Case’
(OrcaSound 05/11/2018)
Christina Custode is a Recording Academy artist and multi-award winning singer songwriter and pianist currently based out of Niagara Falls, NY. Her first EP (2011) sold out all physical CDs within the first 10 months of release. The project, all music and lyrics written and arranged by Christina Custode, put Custode on the singer/songwriter map and heralded as an excellent start to a long and promising career. Custode is a graduate from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. …
Encore! Ying Quartet returns to Cedar Valley for concerts
(Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier 05/13/2018)
In 1993, […] was the year the Ying Quartet arrived in Iowa to begin their one-year residency in Jesup. They were one of three ensembles brought to Northeast Iowa as part of the National Endowment for the Arts Chamber Music Rural Residency Initiative.
Twenty-five years later, the Grammy-nominated Ying Quartet returns to the area …
They had been in residence at the Eastman School of Music from 1989 to 1991 and won the 1989 International Cleveland Quartet Competition.
Sacred Music In A Sacred Space Explores Sacred, Secular Dualities Of Poulenc In Final 17-18 Concert
(Broadway World 05/10/2018)
Poulenc’s Gloria concludes the concert featuring soprano soloist Wendy Baker and brings the program full-circle. … Wendy Baker, soprano, has performed predominantly in the operatic and oratorio repertories, recently having had success singing works as wide-ranging as Bach, Mozart and Poulenc. She has a Master in Music Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music and she obtained a Bachelor of Music in …
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