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.)
‘Taps for Veterans’ performed by local senior musicians
(RochesterFirst 05/31/2021)
Monday, just over a dozen trumpet players, most of whom are from Eastman Community Music School‘s New Horizons …
Seraphic Fire To Release Hildegard Von Bingen: Ordo Virtutum June 11
(Broadway World 05/26/2021)
… “St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Ordo virtutum (variously translated as ‘The Play of the Virtues,’ ‘The Rite of the Virtues,’ and so on) is the only music drama from the Middle Ages for which we have a named composer,” writes Dr. Honey Meconi, author of the 2018 biography Hildegard of Bingen, professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester, and artistic advisor to Seraphic Fire for this project. “
Igor Lipinski to showcase “Masterpieces” in Buffalo
(Polish American News 05/27/2021)
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester he performed the “Paderewski Concerto” with the Buffalo Philharmonic, while still a …
Lee University Introduces International Piano Festival Competitors
(The Chattanoogan 05/27/2021)
Hans Chan, from St. Louis, Missouri, is a senior at Eastman School of Music, currently studying with Professor Alan Chow. Chan has won numerous awards …
RELIGION: First Presbyterian Church of Lyons begins major organ renovations
(Finger Lakes Times 05/28/2021)
Three graduate students from Eastman, three local organists, and one organist who had ties to the area presented three benefit concerts. By June … (Also reported by Wayne Post)
ISKL Alumni hosts Future Ready: Alumni Black Box Conversations – The Arts
(Re:locate Magazine 05/25/2021)
Kirstin Chavez is a graduate from New Mexico State University and Eastman School of Music and is currently Associate Professor and Artist in Residence in …
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