Mona Seghatoleslami

Practice. Study. Repetition. These are the familiar patterns of learning: for a musical instrument, a new language or most other skills. Dreaming. Resting. Feeling. Are these modes the break from that work, or can they also be a part of it?  Those interlocking experiences were on my mind while listening to Jeff Beal’s new album, […]

Four pianists, a cantor and a composer walk into a recording studio. The result? Not a punchline, but a richly varied collection of inventive works that revel in the possibilities of the piano. These pieces are part of a centuries-old tradition of writing preludes and fugues — carefully constructed works exploring interwoven musical lines. What […]

Here’s an album to turn on when you’re looking for something bright and fun in the midst of winter — whether you’re embracing the season’s chilly energy or trying to combat its gloom.  From the first note of Jeff Tyzik’s “Jazz Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble,” there’s brightness, bounce, lift and energy. In […]

Is physical media dead? Or is it having a comeback? If the latter is the case, let’s have more unusual physical forms, like the guitar-shaped USB drive on which you can find the Suen-Kam Guitar Duo’s debut album, “Between Strings.” Guitarists Shiuen-Huang Suen and Kenneth Kam met through the Eastman School of Music as graduate […]

This international trio takes its name from the literary sisters, inspired by their passion for fervent storytelling.

The debut from jazz combo The Sonic Alchemists travels well-worn paths from jazz history.

Eastman School of Music’s Timothy Long conducts the music from an opera about a missing Indigenous girl.

Composer Daniel Pesca provides a musical companion to memory.