Jamal J. Rossi, the current dean of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, announced today he will not seek reappointment following his current appointment term, which ends following the 2023-2024 academic year. Rossi has served as the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean since 2014, presiding over a transformational period for the…
The Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) emerged from the Eastman Computer Music Center, founded by Allan Schindler in 1981, as a platform for research, experimentation and realization of new music and sound art at the Eastman School of Music. Eastman is delighted to announce that composer Dr. Mikel Kuehn ’93E (MA), ’95E (PhD) has been appointed as…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce four full-time faculty appointments to the Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching department for the 2023-24 academic year: Patrick Diamond, Associate Professor of Opera and Director of Production for Eastman Opera Theatre Joshua Conyers, Assistant Professor of Voice Kiera Duffy, Associate Professor of…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce two full-time faculty appointments to the Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion department for the 2023-24 academic year: Justin Benavidez, Associate Professor of Tuba Andrew McCandless, Associate Professor of Trumpet “The Winds, Brass and Percussion Department of the Eastman School of Music welcomes Justin…
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce a new full-time piano faculty appointment for the 2023-24 academic year: Ran Dank, Associate Professor of Piano. “The Piano Department is very excited to welcome Ran Dank to the faculty at Eastman,” shares Piano Department Chair Alan Chow. “He is a brilliant…
Jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen visits the Eastman School of Music to work with students and perform with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman New Jazz Ensemble on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 in Kilbourn Hall. The visit serves double duty for the Vancouver native: she also gets to spend time with her sister, Christine Jensen,…
This year at Eastman, about 330 students are enrolled in chamber music groups. Most perform this weekend in Eastman’s Chamber Music Extravaganza, a multiday chamber music festival where audience members can spend full days catching a variety of chamber groups. The concerts primarily take place in the acoustically brilliant and intimate Hatch Recital Hall and…
When bass-baritone singer Jan Opalach came to the Eastman School of Music 15 years ago, he had been a principal opera singer with the New York City Opera for 30 years. New York City Opera at the time was going through fiscal troubles (and eventually folded) and coming to Eastman “just dovetailed into what had…
When Wegman Family Professor of Violin Renée Jolles first came to Eastman as a faculty member in 2013, she was surprised to find a lack of Rochester-area concerts that observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). She launched an annual Holocaust Remembrance Day concert in 2014 at the Eastman School of Music to pay tribute to…