Music
The Eastman School offers ongoing world-class concerts, while the River Campus hosts award-winning a cappella groups, jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras, and chamber concerts.
Eastman to Go
Students at Eastman School of Music don't confine their talents within the academic setting. By performing throughout the Rochester area, at schools, hospitals, businesses, libraries and more, the Eastman to Go initiative, an updated version of Eastman’s Music for All program started in 1995, spreads the joy of music and inspires others to explore their own creative powers.
Gateways Music Festival brings African-American classical musicians to Rochester
Fewer than two percent of orchestras musicians in America are of African descent. The Gateways Music Festival, in partnership with the Eastman School of Music, is changing that via concert performance, community building, and mentorship.
Eastman School of Music

As one of the world's premier music schools, the Eastman School of Music has been enriching the musical life of Rochester since 1921. Today, the School presents more than 700 concerts a year in the magnificent Kodak Hall Eastman Theatre and intimate Kilbourn Hall – providing the Rochester community with an exceptional opportunity to experience world-class music in a world-class setting.
College Music Department

Chamber music, a capella, brass, gospel, jazz, even a Spooktaculr - you can hear it all from the College Music Department ensembles.
View this semester's concert/events calendar
Student Music Groups
- After Hours
a cappella group - Korean Percussion Group
- Marching Pep Band
- No Jackets Required
popular music - Mariachi Meliora
- Midnight Ramblers
a cappella group - Trebellious
a cappella group - Undergraduate Musicians Council
- Vocal Point
a cappella group - YellowJackets
a cappella group
Student Ensembles: River Campus
Student Ensembles: Eastman School
- Collegium Musicum
- Gamelan
- Jazz Lab Band
- Eastman Chorale
- Eastman Horn Choir
- Eastman Jazz Ensemble
- Eastman Marimba Ensemble
- Eastman New Jazz Ensemble
- Eastman Opera Theatre
- Eastman Percussion Ensemble
- Eastman Philharmonia & Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra
- Eastman Repertory Singers
- Eastman-Rochester Chorus
- Eastman Saxophone Project
- Eastman School Symphony Orchestra
(freshman/sophomore) - Eastman Studio Orchestra
- Eastman Trombone Choir
- Eastman Wind Ensemble
- Eastman Wind Orchestra
(freshman/sophomore) - Eastman Women’s Chorus
- Mbira Ensemble
- Musica Nova
- Ossia
- Tuba Mirum