Composer Mark Watters says new media is changing the score
The Emmy winner has composed musical scores for movies, television, video games, even the Olympics. At the inaugural Light and Sound Interactive, he shares his thoughts on this rapidly changing field.
What’s vinyl got to do with it?
As new technologies take form, they often change habits and practices in ways few could have predicted at the time. At this week’s Light and Sound Interactive conference, Darren Mueller will examine vinyl’s impact on creating and consuming music.
Eastman School of Music announces new master’s degree in music leadership
Eastman alumni lead many of the country’s most prestigious traditional and non-traditional musical arts organization. A new master’s program is designed to enable the next generation of music leaders.
Patient plays saxophone while surgeons remove brain tumor
A team of surgeons, brain and cognitive science researchers, and music theorists worked together to preserve a musician’s ability to experience music, ending in a remarkable saxophone solo on the operating table.
Bringing the music
Eastman School of Music alumnus Thapelo Masita ’17 rehearses for the final orchestra performance of the Gateways Music Festival in Kodak Hall. Now in its 24th year, the festival brings together classical musicians of African descent for a week of workshops and free performances. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)
What we learn when a machine ‘listens’ to Miles Davis
Two undergraduates are spending their summer analyzing a recording that was first released nearly four decades before they were born.
A musical feast
The Gateways Music Festival, with an orchestra composed entirely of professional classical musicians of African descent, deepens its partnership with the Eastman School of Music. This year’s festival begins on August 8.
Students’ Association leaders share excitement for new year
The president and vice president of the Students’ Association on the River Campus and at the Eastman School of Music welcome students for the 2017–18 academic year.
Eastman musicians hit Jazz Fest stages
Current students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Eastman School of Music will be appearing throughout this week’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Michael Stefiuk appointed director of music activities at Eastman
An experienced leader in the orchestral field, Stefiuk will provide artistic and programming direction for Eastman concerts series and manage operations of the school’s performance venues.