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.)
Sunday’s Grammy winners included works featuring RPO, super-producer Bob Ludwig
(WXXI News 01/26/2020)
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Ward Stare, and Eastman School of Music graduate and sound engineer Bob Ludwig, were a part of the two winners at Sunday’s 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. …
Classical: Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ with violinist Vadim Gluzman and the Orpheus Chamber
(Morning Call 01/26/2020)
Baritone Jan Opalach has performed over 50 roles during his distinguished career. In 1980, he was invited by Beverly Sills to join the New York City Opera, where he was a principal artist for 30 years. In addition to singing numerous operatic title roles, he’s appeared with prestigious orchestras nationwide and across the globe, including the Baltimore, Dallas, and Houston symphonies, the London Sinfonietta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among many others. Presently associate professor of voice at the Eastman School of Music, Opalach’s teaching career started as an adjunct in the Music Department at Lehigh University.
(City Newspaper 01/22/2020)
Neither opera written by each composer — presented by Eastman Opera Theatre in its winter double bill — are well-known. …
(City Newspaper 01/22/2020)
Conductor and Eastman School of Music alumnus Lee Wright started the choral ensemble First Inversion in 2014 as a way to bridge the invisible divide in the local community between Eastman vocalists and singers who performed outside of the confines of the institution. …
Chicago’s classical scene has Grammy magic, mojo that comes from a group of creative women on …
(Chicago Tribune 01/24/2020)
There are a few explanations for this sustained record of achievement, but there is one common denominator: women. Together, the names of Julia Nicols-Corry, Deirdre Harrison, Reba Cafarelli, and Alyssa Martinez form a super pack of women who direct the operations behind the creative virtuosity of Cedille, Eighth Blackbird, Third Coast Percussion and the Spektral Quartet. […]
Cafarelli began her studies as a bassoonist at the Eastman School of Music, but her entrepreneurial flair led her to the Chicago Center for …
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