Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Music School

On May 21, 2007, composer/conductor Douglas Lowry, formerly the dean of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, was appointed Dean of the Eastman School, to begin serving on August 1, 2007The Eastman School of Music (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York, United States. The Eastman School is the professional school of music associated with the University of Rochester. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.

Today, there are more than 900 students enrolled in the collegiate division of the Eastman School (approximately 500 undergraduate and 400 graduate students). Students come from almost every state of the United States, and approximately 25% of students are from foreign countries. Each year about 260 new students enroll (approximately 135 freshmen and 125 graduate students), selected from more than 2,000 applicants. About 1,000 students (ranging in age from 18 months to over 80 years of age) are enrolled in the Eastman School’s Community Music School.

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