EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1921 by George Eastman. Part of the University of Rochester.

Location:
Rochester, NY

Founding Date:
1921

Enrollment:
900

Official Website:
http://www.esm.rochester.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Angelo Badalamenti	Composer	22-Mar-1937		Scored several David Lynch films
Nicholson Baker	Author	7-Jan-1957		Double Fold
Renée Fleming	Singer	14-Feb-1959		The Beautiful Voice
Paul Horgan	Author	1-Aug-1903	8-Mar-1995	Great River: The Rio Grande
Irene Manning	Actor	17-Jul-1912	28-May-2004	Yankee Doodle Dandy
Mitch Miller	Musician	4-Jul-1911	31-Jul-2010	Sing Along with Mitch
Stu Phillips	Composer	9-Sep-1929		Television composer, Knight Rider
Lance Reddick	Actor	31-Dec-1969		Desmond Mobay on Oz
Charles Strouse	Composer	7-Jun-1928		Bye Bye Birdie
Vladimir Ussachevsky	Composer	3-Nov-1911	2-Jan-1990	Tape music composer
William Warfield	Singer	22-Jan-1920	25-Aug-2002	Porgy and Bess

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eugene Goossens III	Conductor	24-May-1893	13-Jun-1962	Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46
Martha Graham	Dancer	11-May-1894	1-Apr-1991	Innovator of modern dance
Nicolas Slonimsky	Musicologist	27-Apr-1894	25-Dec-1995	Preeminent musicologist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard Hanson	Composer	28-Oct-1896	26-Feb-1981	Symphony No. 4
Walter Hendl	Conductor	12-Jan-1917	10-Apr-2007	Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58
Sol Linowitz	Business	17-Dec-1913	18-Mar-2005	Negotiated return of the Panama Canal

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