Browse our blog for posts related to Summer@Eastman’s programs, people, and interesting musical topics. This page will feature stories from the current academic year; please visit our blog archive for earlier articles.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Eastman Summer Tuba & Euphonium Institute
Professor Justin Benavidez previews Summer@Eastman’s newest brass institute.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Summer Wind Conducting Institute
An interview with DMA Conducting student Mason St. Pierre, who first came to Eastman as a Summer Wind Conducting Institute participant.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Varieties of Christianity
We’re excited to be offering our first online Humanities course this year! Read this interview with Professor Eric Scherbenske to learn more.

ECMS Summer 2024: Embracing Challenges through Creativity
Eastman Community Music School Director Petar Kodzas previews Summer 2024 offerings.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Music and Movement
This new online course surveys music, theater, and dance from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Latin American Musical Modernism
An interview with Jonathan Sauceda (Associate Dean and Head of Sibley Music Library, Assistant Professor of Musicology) about his upcoming doctoral seminar.

Summer@Eastman Spotlight: Jazz Improvisation for Classical Pianists
Eastman Jazz faculty Dariusz Terefenko introduces his new institute.

Imperfect Balance: Juggling It All While Being Human
Meet Summer@Eastman’s Marketing Intern, Reginald Bowens, a DMA candidate for the degree of Jazz Performance in Piano and the Arts Leadership Certificate.