Tag: Music

Music and Vision

January 4, 2024 by creineke

Music and Vision

EWU’s Jonathan Middleton explores the potential of “data-to-music” algorithms.

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A Gift of Music

The newly varnished bodies of stringed instruments dry in the sun

An alumnus craftsman and his wife present Eastern with a tuneful, long-lived contribution. By Eastern Magazine Lynn Nelson ’69 is a luthier; i.e., a maker of stringed musical instruments. During a Thanksgiving event in Hargreaves Hall earlier this year, Lynn and his wife, Gail, presented the university with a gift as unique as it was

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Entrepreneurially Teaching

Piano keyboard with a computer and headphones

An Eastern arts expert masters the business case study. By Eastern Magazine Jonathan Middleton, a professor of music at EWU, is a champion of the fine arts. He is not, strictly speaking, a business person. But after a recent conference he may need to update his CV. In September, Middleton and Jeff Culver, an information

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Pianist, Teacher, Hall of Famer

January 17, 2020

Jody Graves plays the piano

Jody Graves, a music professor and director of piano studies at EWU, in October was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame. By Eastern Magazine Applauding her “passionate commitment to teaching and inspiring young people,” Steinway CEO Ron Losby said that Graves’ dedication to her students was both “commendable and rare.” Eastern

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