Music Education for City Students
The Eastman School of Music successfully
completed a three-year, $1 million
Eastman Pathways challenge grant, made
possible through the Talented Students
in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of
the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
and the Surdna Foundation.
The school raised $1.52 million to establish
the Eastman Pathways Endowed
Fund. The grant called for Eastman to
match the endowment portion of the
gift on a dollar-for-dollar basis through
private donations.
Eastman Pathways, a partnership
between the Eastman School and the
Rochester City School District, provides
lessons and classes, mentoring, and
performance opportunities to talented
students from the school district who
study in the Eastman Community Music
School.