music notes on a sheet

Music to his ears

When Christian Woehr ’73E was an undergraduate viola student at the Eastman School of Music in the early 1970s, he...

Grammy Goodness

Three Eastman School of Music alumni were winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards this spring....

Illustration by David Cowles

Jazz Music Is Protest Music

Jazz was invented by Black artists in the late 1800s as a combination of harmony and rhythmic and soulful expression....

Rohan Krishnamurthy ’13E (PhD) playing the drums

Carnatic Crossover

Rohan Krishnamurthy ’13E (PhD) was nine years old when he first performed as a musician, and the world has been...

Tom Toner ’00E (DMA) playing the drums

And the beat goes on

One day during the fourth grade, Tom Toner ’00E (DMA) and his classmates watched and listened to a full array...

top of a guitar with nothing else around it

It’s Always Rock and Roll

Multi-instrumentalist Sasami Ashworth ’12E released her debut album to considerable acclaim earlier in 2019, followed by an international tour that...

Tuning in to Sonic Culture

Take out your earbuds and just listen. The world may “look” different, says musicologist Gabrielle Cornish ’13, ’16E (MA). (Illustration:...