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 School of Music alumni receive Grammy nominations | New York Colleges
(Spot On New York 12/02/2021)
University of Rochester posted a new article on their website that has the following title: ‘Eastman School of Music alumni receive Grammy … (Also reported by Celebrity Land)
Eastman Jazz Lab Band performing as part of Centennial Celebration | WUHF – Fox Rochester
(Fox Rochester 11/30/2021)
The Eastman School of Music continues its centennial celebration now with the Eastman Jazz Lab Band playing a concert at Kilbourn Hall Monday, …
How Rochester Tuba Christmas became a low-brass holiday highlight
(City Newspaper 12/01/2021)
Notably, Alec Wilder, a Rochester-born composer and Eastman School of Music professor, created the four-part musical arrangements for the carols at the inaugural concert in New York City that are still used today.
See the Disney songbook come to life at the JCC CenterStage | RochesterFirst
(RochesterFirst 12/02/2021)
The Eastman School turns out magnificent singers and we have eight singers who are really unbelievable. I really can’t believe we were blessed …
Ranking the Top 20 Music Schools for Composing for Film and TV in 2021 – The Hollywood Reporter
(The Hollywood Reporter 11/21/2021)
- Eastman School of Music. Rochester, New York. Eastman‘s two-year master’s program was founded by Jeff Beal (Netflix’s House of Cards) and is …
FCBuzz Weekend Lineup Includes Ann Gardner: Expanding the Perception of Light in New Canaan!
(Hamlet Hub 11/18/2021)
Guest performers, George Taylor on viola, and Renee Jolles on violin, both from Eastman School of Music, will accompany the Principal Orchestra in …
Nicole Cabell Debuts as Fiordiligi with SF Opera | San Francisco Classical Voice
(San Francisco Classical Voice 11/16/2021)
… a well-timed appointment to the faculty of her alma mater, the Eastman School of Music in her new home town of Rochester, New York.
Christopher Otto and JACK Quartet Imbue Music with Mathematics on ‘rag’sma’ – PopMatters
(PopMatters 11/29/2021)
Not surprisingly, Otto pursued a dual undergraduate degree in math and music composition from the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music. …
Catching up with friends – Gene Bertoncini on the Scene and on the Radio for Thanksgiving …
(WZUM Jazz Pittsburgh 11/24/2021)
… some music gigs and travel, including a special concert at the Eastman School on November 9, 2021. Gene still lives in the heart of Manhattan.
Meet the ‘one-woman wrecking crew,’ saxophonist Alexa Tarantino | KNKX Public Radio
(KNKX 11/18/2021)
… studies from The Juilliard School and bachelor’s degrees in jazz saxophone performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music.
Double bassist Thomas Martin: Man for all seasons | Premium Feature | The Strad
(The Strad 11/28/2021)
Though from the old Philadelphia school and trained on gut strings, … In 1958 Martin got a scholarship to go to the Eastman School of Music, …
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