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.)
New ‘Arts in the Loop’ effort aims to use artistic activity to draw people downtown
(WXXI News 03/21/2019)
Jim Doser, director of the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music, is one of the people involved in these discussions. He says the hope is to create art, media and technology exhibits throughout downtown.
Eastman Music School chair weighs in on Google’s interactive Bach Doodle
(Democrat and Chronicle 03/21/2019)
No matter what kind of music they make, students and faculty at the Eastman School of Music revere the “absolute mastery” of Johann Sebastian Bach, says Bill Weinert, chair of the school’s conducting and ensembles department. …
(Rochester Business Journal 03/21/2019)
Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artists Series continues with The Cheng-Chow Trio. Alan Chow, associate professor of piano, plays alongside his twin brother, Alvin Chow, and Alvin’s wife, Angela Cheng. On the program are works by Milhaud, Debussy, Copland, Gershwin and more. 7:30 p.m. on Saturday March 23 in Kilbourn Hall. esm.rochester.edu
(Rochester Business Journal 03/21/2019)
Eastman School of Music‘s Eastman-Ranlet Series is bringing the Elias String Quartet to Rochester this weekend. The quartet takes its name from …
University of Houston – Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts presents Guest Recital: David Higgs
(CultureMap Houston 03/23/2019)
The Moores School of Music presents a solo organ recital by David Higgs, professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music. One of America’s leading concert organists, Higgs is also chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music.
Lomazov Rackers Piano Duo to Give Impromptu Classical Concerts Performance at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church …
(Key West The Newspaper 03/22/19)
This piano duo have lots in common in addition to being husband and wife. Each holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music, in …
Marina Lomazov … She holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, the latter honoring her with the highly-coveted Artist’s Certificate – an honor the institution had not given a pianist for nearly 20 years. …
(City Newspaper 03/20/2019)
Sometimes you just can’t hold a student back. Trumpeter Nathan Kay is a senior at the Eastman School of Music, brimming with his own jazz compositions, so he’s assembled a sextet to play his tunes at the Bop Shop. Not surprisingly, Kay found most of his bandmates right on Gibbs Street. He’ll be joined by fellow Eastman senior Drew Voghel on tenor saxophone, Master’s student Stephen Morris on drums; doctoral student Matt Landon playing guitar, Eastman graduate Max Greenberg on piano and bassist Mikailo Kasha.
A Jeff Spevak preview: the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festivalstrong
(WXXI News 03/19/2019)
The ticketed shows at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre have already been announced. The June 21 opening night show is the Steve Gadd Band, featuring the Irondequoit native, Eastman School of Music grad, Grammy winner and longtime favorite drummer of Paul Simon and James Taylor.
Quartet aims to make music integral to community life
(The Ellsworth American 03/19/2019)
The Ying String Quartet, an innovative ensemble that became known for making chamber music an integral part of life in an Iowa farming town back in the 1990s, will perform American-Chinese composers’ works as well as Debussey and Tchaikovsky starting at …
Currently the Eastman School of Music’s quartet-in-residence, the Ying String Quartet’s members include Robin Scott, violin; Janet Ying violin; Phillip Ying, viola and David Ying, cello. They teach in the string department and lead a rigorous chamber music program. …
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