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.)
(Philanthropy Magazine July 2018)
George Eastman Shares His Musical Addiction
Passionate enthusiasms play a big role in American philanthropy. When donors love something, and pour themselves into improving and sharing the object of their love, wonderful things can happen. One of the great philanthropists in American history—George Eastman, the man who created Kodak and popularized photography—was a man of potent enthusiasms. …
And Eastman’s runaway passion for music led to one of his greatest gifts to the world. He singlehandedly created and built to world prominence the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. The Eastman School was important in Americanizing great music. Before it arrived, you generally had to go to Europe if you wanted to be a top conductor, or a concertmaster, or a composer. Eastman himself oversaw every detail of the construction of the glorious 3,100-seat Eastman Theater he personally built into one of the most wondrous concert halls in the country.
Today, the Eastman School of Music remains one of America’s exemplary cultural institutions. It trains 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students annually. Faculty have included seven Pulitzer winners and numerous Grammy awardees. And Eastman alumni now sparkle at the top of musical pyramids all across the continent. …
True to its founder’s intent, the Eastman School continues to offer not only international-level training for professionals, but also stimulating instruction for children and amateur adults, and many offerings for the public at large. Today, Eastman’s Community Music School enrolls about a thousand children and adults each year. It helps people make and enjoy all kinds of beautiful sound—just like its creator.
Children and Youth Workshops at Lakes Area Music Festival
(Walker Pilot Independent 07/14/2018)
School is out, but the learning has just begun at the Lakes Area Music Festival! Audiences of all ages will find numerous opportunities to experience music and the arts in a new way through the programs of the LAMF’s 10th annual season, …
Both invigorating musical exploration will be led by Alexander Peña, a classical musician and teaching artist from the Eastman Community School in …
Musicians to perform at Horned Dorset
(Oneonta Daily Star 07/13/2018)
Musician Ethan Cypress will perform compositions he created during his recent residency at the Horned Dorset Arts Colony …
Born and raised in a musical family in Oneonta, … He is pursuing graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester.
Hat violinist retires Tchaikovsky performance in Carnegie Hall
(Medicine Hat News 07/12/2018)
If a musician is going to “retire” a certain performance so to speak, there are few better ways to do it than how Ciara Hager did last month. … She said all of those experiences helped prepare her for her current studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and for her performances now and in the future.
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