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 Olympic connection | RochesterFirst
(RochesterFirst 02/18/2022)
Mark Watters knows the pressure of trying to deliver a gold medal performance.
The Director of the Beal Institute at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester is a two-time Music Director for the Olympic Games. Watters was in charge of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 1996 Centennial Summer Games in Atlanta and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. (Also reported by Daily Advent, YouTube)
Rediscovering the genius of R. Nathaniel Dett – WXXI News
(WXXI News 02/19/2022)
The Rochester Oratorio Society is preparing to perform a major work by the first Black graduate of the Eastman School of Music: R. Nathaniel …
Thirty Years In, Rick Braun Is Eponymous at Last – JazzTimes
(JazzTimes 02/18/2022)
Trained classically at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, Braun also cut his teeth playing straight-ahead jazz in clubs.
Patrick Holcomb Receives ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize for ‘Persephone’
(Broadway World 02/17/2022)
Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Holcomb is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music as a recipient of the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull University Fellowship. …
‘How is this classical music?’ Composers’ fury at Grammys shortlist – The Guardian
(The Guardian 02/20/2022)
Stewart [Curtis], who studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has performed as a classical soloist at the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and held chamber music residencies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. …
Highland Around Town — Feb. 23 edition – Belleville News-Democrat
(Belleville News-Democrat 02/18/2022)
▪ St. Louis Classical Guitar Great Artist Series: Thomas Viloteau — 8 p.m. Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis. French guitar phenomenon Thomas Viloteau is the winner of the Guitar Foundation of America and the Francisco Tárrega competitions, author of the best-selling technique book “In the Black Box,” only guitarist to ever win the Arthur Foote Award from the Harvard Musical Association, winner of the Northern Trust/Piper Enrichment Award which allowed him to commission Sergio Assad’s Suite Brasileira 3, and Artist in Residence for the APM show Performance Today. He holds a Doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music and teaches at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. For tickets and info: stlouisclassicalguitar.org.
Getting to Know the Musicians of the BPO – Associate Principal Double Bassist, Brett Shurtliffe
(Buffalo Rising 02/18/2022)
He later studied at the Eastman School of Music, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate – an experience he remembers as “a transformative and magical four years.” …
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars – Tucson Weekly
(Tucson Weekly 02/17/2022)
Maestro José Luis Gomez introduces the music of Ulysses Kay. The nephew of New Orleans jazz trumpeter King Oliver, Kay was born in Tucson in 1917. A prodigy, he studied piano, violin, and saxophone at the University of Arizona and the Eastman School of Music before finishing his education in Rome after receiving a Fulbright Scholarship, the Julius Rosenwald Fellowship, and the Rome Prize. Kay is recognized as one of the leading black composers of classical music in the 20th century. …
An intimate interview with opera’s power couple | The Manila Times
(The Manila Times 02/20/2022)
Our featured artists this afternoon are opera’s power-couple, Rachelle Gerodias-Park, a soprano, and Byeong-in Park, a baritone. …
She received her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in NYC; she holds …
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