Campus Life Bryce Davis ’20: Combining music and finance into a fulfilling career April 8, 2025 The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected opportunities.
From the Magazine A ‘boom’ in women’s sports December 1, 2024 Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business.
The Arts Is gospel music losing its Black roots? November 15, 2022 Musicologist Cory Hunter identifies a notable contemporary shift in the century-old musical form.
The Arts Taking a page from poetry to understand the music April 18, 2022 Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.
Campus Life Eastman scholar finds a home in Rochester’s early music community May 18, 2021 Cambridge organ scholar earns her second doctorate at the Eastman School of Music.
University News Named positions celebrate the work of Rochester’s faculty February 8, 2021 The University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed eleven faculty members to named professorships in honor of their work as researchers, scholars, and teachers.
The Arts The show must go on(line) October 16, 2020 University campuses look and feel different this fall, but as we continue to social distance and limit the capacity of large spaces, Rochester musicians have found ways to stay connected with their audiences.
The Arts Cultural visionary Arthur Satz leaves the largest endowed gift ever to support the humanities at Rochester October 8, 2020 The gift establishes the Arthur Satz Department of Music and will fund a minimum of five professorships in the humanities within the School of Arts & Sciences.
Voices & Opinion Rochester pop music expert on guitarist Van Halen’s ‘deep roots in rock’ October 7, 2020 In an opinion article for CNN, rock historian John Covach writes that behind Eddie Van Halen’s “blistering guitar solos” was an “exceptional musical gift and keen pop intelligence.”
In Photos Baseball in December? Absolutely. December 10, 2019 Rachel Waddell, musical director for the Department of Music, joins Mittsy the Rochester Red Wings mascot for a community concert celebrating “150 Years of Baseball.” The University’s Chamber Orchestra and Concert Choir joined students from Rochester’s Roberto Clemente School No. 8 for a concert mimicked at night at the stadium.