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Eastman School of Music Announces Two Jazz Faculty Hires and an Endowed Concert Series

Eastman School of Music Announces Two Jazz Faculty Hires and an Endowed Concert Series

Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to share two new faculty hires in the Jazz & Contemporary Media (JCM) department, as well as a newly endowed concerts series, all serving to enhance the stellar reputation and offerings of Eastman jazz. Appointed to begin the 2025-26 academic year, Otis Brown III is ...

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Eastman School Of Music Appoints Sara Gazarek To Design And Lead New Jazz Voice Program

Eastman School Of Music Appoints Sara Gazarek To Design And Lead New Jazz Voice Program

Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, announces the launch of a newly conceived Jazz Voice track in the undergraduate Jazz and Contemporary Media degree program. To lead and design this new program, Eastman has appointed Sara Gazarek as Associate Professor of Jazz Voice within the Jazz and Contemporary Media (JCM) department. Joining Eastman ...

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The Spring Season Brings Guest Artists and Premieres for Eastman Jazz

The Spring Season Brings Guest Artists and Premieres for Eastman Jazz

Two of Eastman’s top jazz ensembles will kick off the Spring season with incredible performances, Eastman Jazz Lab Band and Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble perform March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. As the season continues there will be guest appearances by John Clayton, Carmen Bradford, Maria Schneider and more as well as world premieres ...

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Eastman School of Music's Keystone Centennial Event - Opens the Doors

Eastman School of Music's Keystone Centennial Event - Opens the Doors

On March 4, 1922, the Eastman School of Music officially opened its doors to the community. On that date, all the main building’s floors had been completed, including the Main Hall (now Lowry Hall), the Cominsky Promenade, and the stunning Kilbourn Hall. A chamber music concert was given that evening to dedicate the concert space that ...

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Eastman School of Music Centennial Celebration Hosts Conferences, Festivals, and Artists-in-Residencies

Eastman School of Music Centennial Celebration Hosts Conferences, Festivals, and Artists-in-Residencies

The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, is proud to announce three major festivals, multiple national academic conferences, and several artists-in-residencies during its three-semester-long centennial celebration. Beginning in fall 2021 and continuing throughout 2022, Eastman will feature numerous performances by world-renowned artists—including composers, vocalists, instrumentalists, and quartets—both alongside student groups and as part ...

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Eastman Community Music School World Campus: Launch of New World-Wide Program

Eastman Community Music School World Campus: Launch of New World-Wide Program

For more than a century, Eastman School of Music’s historic campus has attracted leading performers and teachers from around the world. With the launch of the Eastman Community Music School World Campus, the opportunity to join the school’s community, for individual lessons or classes, is now available to anyone, regardless of age or geographic location. “The ...

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Emiliano Lasansky

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The music of bassist and composer Emiliano Lasansky unifies elements of the past and present in exciting and unexpected new ways. Born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa and currently residing in Los Angeles, CA, Emiliano currently maintains a busy schedule as a performer across the West Coast and beyond. Recent highlights include a 2024 composition award in the Bridges Competition - David Baker Prize at the Ravinia Music Center, 2023 ASCAP Foundation composition award as well as a master’s degree from the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA (formerly the Thelonious Monk Institute).

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John Pittman

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Featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's mini series "One to Watch", Toronto-based trumpeter/composer/educator John Pittman is in high demand as both a soloist and lead player on the jazz, commercial and salsa scenes because of his big sound, high energy and melodicism.. His playing has been described as having a “wide dynamic and emotional range" consisting of ideas that are “very unique” even when performing within more traditional contexts. Pittman is the winner of several arts grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council as well as the 2006 -2007 Rayburn Wright Scholar and the 2007 Schirmer Prize winner for an outstanding performance major at the prestigious Eastman School of Music. In Toronto, Pittman is featured on a regular basis as a member of The Heavyweights Brass Band, The Toronto Jazz Orchestra, The Lula All-Stars, Conjunto Lacalu, The Yani Borrell Orchestra, and The Chris Hunt Tentet


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