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.)
Librettist Gene Scheer is awed Biden cited his ‘American Anthem’ at inauguration
(The Times of Israel 01/29/2021)
Scheer, 62, was trained at the Eastman School of Music in New York. … He wrote songs in his youth, but now mostly writes librettos, lyrics for operatic … (Also reported by The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
(The Bozeman Daily Chronicle 01/29/2021)
… Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp, was a Distinguished Professor the University of Maryland, College Park, The Eastman School of Music (1989 …
William Paterson Jazz Room Launches ‘At Home’ Series
(Patch.com 01/27/2021)
The William Paterson Jazz Room has gone virtual as the coronavirus pandemic persists into 2021. Here are the upcoming dates and acts. …
John Fedchock’s New York Sextet
Sunday, March 21 at 4 p.m.
- From the Jazz Room: “John Fedchock is one of the veteran stars of the jazz trombone world. He spent a number of years with the Woody Herman Orchestra, not only as one of the band’s main soloists but also as one of its most widely known arrangers. An Eastman School of Music graduate and student of the great Rayburn Wright, he went on to tour with Gerry Mulligan, Louis Bellson, and Rosemary Clooney. “
Still Dreaming: A Musical Tribute to MLK
(Patch.com 01/31/2021)
Soprano Brianna Robinson will be singing the powerful and dramatic song cycle “Songs of Love and Justice” by Adolphus Hailstork, from the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ms. Robinson is an Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera, and is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Ohio Wesleyan University.
Getting to Know Yuki Numata Resnick, Executive Director Buffalo String Works | Part I
(Buffalo Rising 01/25/2021)
My teacher at Eastman was Zvi Zeitlin, a legendary professor known for his stern demeanor, and he scared me at first. But I realized not long after that this was his way of encouraging me to fulfill my potential, and he turned out to be like my musical grandfather in many ways. A scary grandfather on the outside, but warm and caring on the inside! … …
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