Eastman School of Music Archives - News Center

A digital audio workstation with a computer monitor running digital audio software, audio equipment, speakers, keyboards, and a guitar.

Campus & Community

Coursework: Exploring music through technology

October 29, 2026

When URochester music students trade reeds, strings, and sticks for software, a world of creative possibility emerges.

Composer Jeff Beal smiles while conducting, holding a baton in a black-and-white portrait.

Campus & Community

Life lessons with Jeff Beal

October 29, 2026

His journey from Eastman to the Emmy stage has taken him from coast to coast and across multiple musical boundaries.

Eastman School of Music student string quartet and percussionist perform for Monroe County Jail residents and staff.

Campus & Community

Measure by measure: Making music inside Monroe County Jail

October 29, 2026

A new partnership explores what happens when incarcerated people are given the chance not just to listen to music but to create it.

Collage of URochester students in their first-day-of-classes outfits, with mascot Rocky in the middle.

Campus & Community

First impressions: Rochester Review checked in on the first day of classes

October 29, 2026

Everyone had somewhere to be, a syllabus to read, and a semester to figure out. We stopped them anyway.

Students take notes during class.

Campus & Community

11 new URochester academic programs to know about

September 2, 2026

All corners of the URochester have created new and forthcoming programs for students to learn, discover, heal, and create.

Students attend the Candlelight ceremony during Welcome Week.

Campus & Community

Yellowjackets from the start: Welcome Week sets the tone for a new school year

August 30, 2026

Excitement, anticipation, and school spirit abound as new and returning students arrive at URochester for the start of the 2026–27 academic year.

Portrait of Curtis Stewart holding a violin, lit dramatically against a reddish background with soft shadowed text.

From the Magazine

The class that changed me: Curtis Stewart ’08, ’08E

August 18, 2026

The Grammy nominee recalls the violin lessons at Eastman that at once terrified and inspired him.

John Blackshear against a white background next to blue text that reads "ever wonder" and a thought bubble that reads "how does someone become a criminal?" to explain incarceration and the prison pipeline.

Society & Culture

What crime and prison reveal about incarceration—and about us

URochester researchers on how childhood trauma, parental incarceration, and even discipline in schools shape criminal justice outcomes.

Jacob Factor plays the French horn across from Amy Lerner while wearing a custom neck brace to treat pharyngoceles.

Campus & Community

An out-of-this-world design hits the high notes

Medicine, engineering, and pedagogy experts harmonize to help a French horn student overcome a rare throat condition.

ornate owl with the words Faculty Awards next to it.

University News

Awards spotlight accomplishments of URochester faculty

An NSF CAREER Award, young scholar recognition, and a hall of fame induction are among recent faculty achievements.