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.)
Kentucky’s Louisville Orchestra Launches Inaugural Composers Program
(The Violin Channel 07/27/2022)
A Louisville native, Tyler Taylor is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Eastman School of Music, and the University of Louisville. He has recently been commissioned by the Washington and Lee University Orchestra, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Albany Symphony Contemporary Ensemble, and Louisville Orchestra, among others. (Also reported by Courier-Journal, LEO Weekly)
Guitarist Simon Fletcher’s new composition features sounds for all seasons
(City Newspaper 07/26/2022)
For guitarist Simon Fletcher, a Rush native and Eastman School of Music alumnus, the premiere of his 12-part instrumental composition “Soundtrack …
Eastern Music Festival announces six young artists winners of 2022 concerto competition
(Greensboro News and Record 07/25/2022)
Brooke Walden, 19 (Westfield, NJ), will be performing the Hüe Fantasy. Walden recently finished her sophomore year at the Eastman School of Music under the mentorship of Bonita Boyd and Anne Harrow, where she held principal positions in the Eastman Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, OSSIA New Music and the Opera Theatre. Walden previously studied with … (Also reported by YES! Weekly)
The Beethoven Project: John O’Conor and Ailbhe McDonagh | The Journal of Music
(The Journal of Music 07/25/2022)
Irish cellist Ailbhe McDonagh is an international soloist, chamber musician and composer who performs throughout Europe, Asia and the USA. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, she studied with world-renowned cellists Steven Doane, Nora Gilleese, Aisling Drury-Byrne and William Butt. …
Houston Symphony Announces Allen Hightower As Director Of The Houston … – The Katy News
(The Katy News 07/25/2022)
… He went on to earn a master’s degree in choral conducting from the Eastman School of Music where he was a student of Baroque scholar Alfred Mann, …
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