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.)
(GQ Magazine 11/07/2019)
But Reddick isn’t only an incredibly successful actor; he’s also a student of one of the most prestigious music schools in the country. (He spent his early years at the Eastman School of Music). Honestly it all begs the question: what can’t Lance Reddick do? …
Opera review: the dark satire of Eastman Opera Theatre’s fall double bill
(City Newspaper 11/08/2019)
Eastman Opera Theatre presents “Mahagonny Songspiel” & “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” … Kilbourn Hall at Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Jeff Beal: From the tranquility of Idaho to the chaos of Pollock and thermonuclear war
(WXXI News 11/07/2019)
Beal, a California native, studied composition and trumpet at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in music.
Black Violin’s hip-hop meets classical; a Far Side close to home; a killer film fest
(WXXI News 11/7/2019)
The Eastman School of Music produced one such dynamic curiosity as well in Break of Reality, a quartet of three cellos and a percussionist that have …
Eastman Opera Theatre presents intriguing double bill
(City Newspaper 11/6/19)
From November 7 through 10, EOT’s Associate Artistic Director Stephen Carr leads a dual production of composer Kurt Weill’s pre-World War II cantata “Mahagonny Songspiel” and Viktor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” — written while the composer was a prisoner of the Nazis at the Terezín concentration camp.
Rochester in Focus: Eastman Opera Theatre’s fall season
(WHEC 11/4/2019)
As part of our ongoing Rochester in Focus series, Stephen Carr and Alexis Peart stopped by the News10NBC studio.
Carr is the associate artistic director of Eastman Opera Theatre, and Peart is a student at the school.
(City Newspaper 11/6/2019)
And now the program, a collaboration with members of the Eastman School of Music Jazz Department, has released a CD celebrating Keri Lopatin …
Leonard Slatkin conducts Jeff Beal at the Eastman School of Music
(SoundTrackFest 11/07/2019)
2019-11-07 – 17:05 h. Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin will lead the Eastman Philharmonia this Friday, November 8th, at the …
Valley Manor names 2019 artist-in-residence
(Monroe County Post 11/6/2019)
The artist-in-residence program at Valley Manor gives a student from the Eastman School of Music the chance to live in and perform for the community. This year’s student is Matthew Figel, who is majoring in piano performance and musical arts.
(Hawaii Business Magazine 11/5/2019)
During their successful businesses and 19-year marriage, Holly and Ashley Harding have also learned better how each other communicates. …
The Hardings first shared a passion for music. They met at the Eastman School of Music in New York where both trained as classical musicians. He played saxophone and she clarinet and they eventually made a living with their music in Boston.
Country artist brings holiday spirit to Sanderson
(Lakeshore Advance 11/06/2019)
The Guitar Society of Brantford and Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant present guitar virtuoso Lynn McGrath of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, …
Saxophone Quartet Premieres Two Pieces for MMModern in Old Lyme
(CT Examiner 11/09/2019)
The quartet formed while the players were students at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, said Michael Sawzin, the group’s tenor …
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