Here are some select recent clippings 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.)
Eastman conference to focus on gender equity in music
(WXXI News 03/02/2020)
The Eastman School of Music holds its first Gender Equity in Music Conference on Tuesday. Organizers say that the goals for the daylong event … (Also reported by RochesterFirst)
(Rochester Business Journal 03/05/2020)
Eastman School of Music presents Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem,” a powerful choral masterpiece that denounces war and honors those who have fallen. The requiem requires two orchestras, a symphonic chorus, a children’s chorus and soloists; it is a large-scale work that is rarely performed. Featured groups include the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, Bach Children’s Chorus of Nazareth College and more. …
(City Newspaper 03/04/2020)
Bassist, singer, and composer Katie Ernst was bending ears even before graduating from the Eastman School of Music. Now a major player in the …
Celebrating the Charlie “Bird” Parker Centennial at the 2020 ColaJazz Festival
(charlestonchronicle.net 03/03/2020)
“What better way to celebrate one of jazz music’s most influential improvisors … Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning, vibrant, young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. […] She holds a master’s degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School and bachelor’s degrees in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music.
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