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.)
Opera selections at Bravo Nights
(Rochester Business Journal 01/30/2020)
Opera Guild of Rochester is hosting Bravo Nights, an unforgettable evening with Eastman School of Music graduate students Lauren Nash Silberstein, Matthew Zatko and Zoe Wang. …
(City Newspaper 01/29/2020)
When they are not working on their advanced studies, you’ll find two Eastman School of Music doctoral students playing at The Little Theatre Café in the Ibeji Quartet. The band is named after the Yoruba word for twins because of what can only be described as a mutual admiration society. American jazz pianist Ted Perry and Brazilian guitarist César Haas love each other’s musical heritage. When Perry and Haas are joined by Kyle Vock on bass, drummer Ryan Barski, and special guest Colin Gordon on saxophones, they’ll be playing a combination of standards and originals — including some Brazilian tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim and others. …
Eastman concert to highlight Debussy premieres
(Monroe County Post 01/27/2020)
Marie Rolf, senior associate dean of graduate studies and professor of music theory, will present “An Evening of Debussy Premieres” …
Annual Shutz Lecture will combine scholarship and song
(KU Today 01/27/2020)
Accompanist Russell Miller, a longtime friend and collaborator of Broxholm’s, is a distinguished faculty member at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and a specialist in American song.
Eastman School of Music Professor Works with Hannibal Students
(Oswego Daily News 02/01/20)
The Hannibal Central School District recently welcomed trombonist and music professor Mark Kellogg for several workshops with band students. Kellogg, a Hannibal native and current professor at the Eastman School of Music, met with middle and high school band members to discuss …
Three finalists named in Gurwitz International Piano Competition
(San Antonio Express-News 01/30/2020)
They are Jiale Li, Yedam Kim and Leonardo Colafelice of Italy. […]
Li, from China, studied at Julliard and is pursuing a master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
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