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.)
10 artsy summer camps for kids in Rochester
(Democrat and Chronicle 05/31/2018)
Summer at Eastman
26 Gibbs St., Rochester. Throughout the summer, The Eastman School of Music’s “Summer@Eastman” program offers over 50 programs for campers in elementary school to adult, including: residential and full-day music camps, music workshops and various institutes. A new offering this summer is the Adventure Music Camp for students entering grades five to nine, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 30 to Aug. 3.
NEW TO YOUTUBE | Masumi Per Rostad & Alan Chow – Glinka Viola Sonata [2017]
(The Violin Channel 05/31/2018)
Eastman School of Music faculty members, violist Masumi Per Rostad and pianist Alan Chow performing Mikhail Glinka’s Viola Sonata in D Minor.
Eastman announces new organ scholarship fund
(Messenger Post Media 0/31/2018)
The Nathan J. Laube Organ Scholarship will support undergraduate and graduate organ majors in the Eastman School of Music Department of Organ, Sacred Music and Historical Keyboards.
The scholarship, named after assistant professor Nathan Laube, was established by a donation from Mark Woodworth and Randi Ravitts Woodworth, whose daughter Madeleine studied pipe organ in Laube’s studio for four years and graduated from Eastman in May 2018.
(City Newspaper 05/30/2018)
If you’re looking for music that feels like discovering a sixth sense, Tigue has unique powers and might just be the answer. You’ll be hard pressed to be able to compare the Brooklyn-based band (and Eastman School alums) to anyone else. Tigue is a trio of percussionists creating music that is abstract, minimalistic, and easy to get lost in. Tigue’s music is made to be felt, not mulled-over, and by default, these dreamy tunes are made to be danced to.
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