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.)
Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown Welcomes the Cornell Jazz Ensembles
(Broadway World 10/16/2019)
Directed by Paul Merrill, the talented student musicians will present a … He earned a B.M. in jazz performance from …, and studied at the Eastman School of Music as a graduate student from 2005-2016.
Eastman Musician Finds a Home, Friends at Senior Living Center
(Spectrum News 10/19/2019)
A unique partnership is benefiting everyone involved at a Rochester senior living community. The residents of Valley Manor Episcopal Senior Life Communities received quite the treat on Friday. Matthew Figel studies the piano at the Eastman School of Music, an instrument he loves for its versatility. …
(City Newspaper 10/9/2019)
At the age of 12, Dan Willis […] was already playing his saxophone and oboe on the Buffalo jazz scene. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music, in 1992 he headed to New York, where he gained a reputation as an adventurous player on sax and EWI (Electric Wind Instrument). For over a decade, Willis has led a quartet whose name is derived from the nickname of French composer Erik Satie. In 2010, Velvet Gentlemen recorded an album of Satie’s music. The group also features guitarist Pete McCann, heir apparent to fusion guitarist John McLaughlin, who has endorsed McCann’s work with the Mahavishnu Project. Rounding out the band are Evan Gregor on bass and drummer Ian Froman.
Composer, bassist Mark Bergman finds inspiration in Wyoming landscape
(Casper Star-Tribune Online 10/08/2019)
Joining Bergman’s trio for the piece is Casper pianist Susan Stubson. … He also has a musical connection with Stubson, a fellow alum from the Eastman School Music in Rochester, New York, where Bergman earned his bachelor’s degree in music. …
Pianist Jeffrey Brown to Perform Guest Recital
(Illinois Wesleyan University 10/18/2019)
Brown is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned a Performer’s Certificate, a Master of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts. Currently, Brown is Professor of Piano and Interim Director of the School of Music at Western Illinois University. …
CFA’s Victor Coelho Got Plenty of Satisfaction Editing a Book about the Rolling Stones
(BU Today 10/09/2019)
Coelho brought in his friend Covach, director of the U of R Institute for Popular Music and an Eastman School of Music professor of theory, as co-editor. The contributors they chose include …
Norwalk Youth Chamber director returns to roots with Wilton performance
(CT Insider 10/11/2019)
As a classical music educator, Nick Revel encourages his students to be self-expressive rather than concentrating on concert-perfect excellence, something that he says is not necessarily the norm in the genre’s curriculum. … I auditioned to many of the country’s top conservatories and ended up at the Eastman School of Music, where in the very first week, I realized I had made the right choice, and I had found my people.” …
NJYS Youth Symphony, CL4tet & Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra To Perform …
(New Jersey Stage 10/15/2019)
Helen H. Cha-Pyo is in her second season as the Artistic Director of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts and Principal Conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony. … and a Master of Music degree in conducting and organ performance from the Eastman School of Music. She served as assistant conductor to Eastman Philharmonia and the …
Led by Mark Filsinger, Buffalo Jazz Collective kicks off fourth year larger than ever
(WBFO 10/16/2019)
Filsinger attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester for all of his collegiate studies. He graduated in 2002 with a classical trumpet and musical education degree for undergrad. He went back for a masters in jazz studies which he finished in 2006 and later completed his PHD in Music Education in 2012. It was after his graduate degree he started to arrange/compose more often.
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