What is the “Eastman Advantage”? We prepare our students as artists, scholars, teachers, and leaders. We are a comprehensive music school in which performance and research mutually inform and enhance each other within a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud of our talented alumni who exude these qualities in their varied careers. Below they speak about what their education at Eastman gave them.
The Eastman Advantage
Happy Centennial, Eastman!
From 18 Eastman Alumni (16 graduate, 2 undergraduate) who are on the faculty at Florida State University
Rob Kapilow – What Makes Eastman Great?
DMA Lecture Recitals
The artistry displayed by Eastman’s DMA alumni is deeply informed by their research, and the scholarship of Eastman’s PhD alumni is enriched by their experience as performers and composers. They are articulate teachers and leaders who share their musical insights with all types of audiences. The range of their extraordinary work is shown in the DMA lecture recitals below, followed by a lecture recital co-presented by PhD alumnus David Keep and DMA alumna Sarah VandenBrink, now colleagues at Hope College.
Albert Kim
2013 Lecture Recital Prize Winner
“A New Concert Transcription of Ravel’s La Valse”
Rosanna Moore
“Choreography in R. Murray Schafer’s The Crown of Ariadne“
Chad Somers
“A Method to the Madness: A Pedagogical Model to the Extended Techniques in Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King“
Lee Wright
2014 Lecture Recital Prize Winner
“Spirituals on Stage: The Concert Spiritual as a Reflection of Racial Progress in America”
David Keep and Sarah Vandenbrink
Hope College
