Multiple GRAMMY Wins For Eastman School of Music

Adding to a long history of its award winners, The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester is celebrating even more success at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards this weekend - 

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Alma | säje including Sara Gazarek, Associate Professor of Jazz Voice

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Rectangles and Circumstances | Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion including Jason Treuting ’99E, percussion 

Alumni also played on and contributed to winning performances, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Best Engineered Album, Classical), Los Angeles Philharmonic(Best Orchestral Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition), and Cleveland Orchestra (Producer of the Year, Classical), with many more nominated - more here.

Interested in learning more about how this Billboard Top Music Business Schoolnurtures and develops award winners?

Programs include —

• Beal Institute: Founded by Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal and directed by Emmy Award-winning composer Mark Watters, preparing students for careers in film scoring and contemporary media.
• Vocal Jazz Program: Led by Grammy-winner Sara Gazarek.
• EMuSE program (Electroacoustic Music Studios at Eastman): A cutting-edge exploration of music and technology.
• ENCORE Chorus: An intergenerational program supporting adults diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and their caregivers.
• New Horizons program: A national program to help senior citizens to learn instruments.
• Pathways program: Offers scholarships to students from Rochester City School District.
• Upcoming events: including Trey Anastasio & more.

About Eastman School of Music:

The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854–1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. It was the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Mr. Eastman dreamed that his school would provide a broad education in the liberal arts as well as superb musical training. 

More than 900 students are enrolled in the Collegiate Division of the Eastman School of Music — about 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. They come from almost every state, and approximately 23 percent are from other countries. They are taught by a faculty comprised of more than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. They are Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Guggenheim fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Each year, Eastman’s students, faculty members, and guest artists present more than 900 concerts to the Rochester community. Additionally, more than 1,700 members of the Rochester community, from young children through senior citizens, are enrolled in the Eastman Community Music School.