Undergraduate finds room to explore business, computer science, and an American music icon

Rochester’s flexible curriculum gives Jacob 玫瑰 a chance to research 伦纳德伯恩斯坦.

24岁的雅各布·罗斯将在 纽约公共图书馆 和 美国国会图书馆, 阅读超过3个,800个字母, 笔记, 乐谱, and anything else relating to America’s musical icon, 伦纳德伯恩斯坦.

“我一直很钦佩他这个人,罗斯说。, who is researching how Bernstein helped American audiences gain a new appreciation for modern composers during the turbulent 1960s.

罗斯正打算 商科专业 重点是计算机科学 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场. 然而，多亏了澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 开放课程, 玫瑰 also has the flexibility to explore his passion for music, which began when he started piano lessons at age 5.

玫瑰 intends to minor in music and in audio and music engineering. He’s taken piano lessons at the University’s renowned 伊士曼音乐学院. He’s even provided keyboard accompaniment for several student vocal groups and musical ensembles, most recently playing in the pit orchestra for a recent 校园外的百老汇 展示.

罗斯获得了3美元的梅利奥拉澳门威尼斯人网上赌场奖,为了支持他关于伯恩斯坦的澳门威尼斯人网上赌场项目, 这可能会导致一篇澳门威尼斯人网上赌场论文, 演讲, 或两个.

A closer look at the composer, conductor, humanitarian

根据音乐评论家 住Henahan, Bernstein was “one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.著名的作曲家 西区故事 was the first American-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra 和 first conductor to share and explore music on television with a mass audience, including a popular series of Young People’s Concerts. 他也是一名越南战争抗议者, 也是民权的坚定拥护者, 核裁军, 以及艾滋病毒/艾滋病的澳门威尼斯人网上赌场和认识.

玫瑰说 he first became familiar with Bernstein by performing and listening to his music from 西区故事. “But I’ve also been listening to a lot of the pieces he conducted,他说.

玫瑰, 他来自巴尔的摩, MD, 也跟着马林·阿尔索普, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor who studied under Bernstein. 她的 Instagram的帖子 and concert 笔记 furthered his interest in Bernstein, as did her foreword in 伦纳德·伯恩斯坦青年音乐会 作者:Alicia Kopfstein-Penk.

在咨询了琼·鲁宾之后, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center, 马修·贝利·谢伊, associate professor of music and chair of the Arthur Satz Department of Music, 玫瑰 decided to focus his Meliora Scholars project specifically 在伯恩斯坦的 relationship to what was defined as “popular” music in his times and compare that with the “current reckoning that classical music is going through,他说.

“当音乐家, we are trying to introduce new styles and genres of music, heading away from the tradition of performing the music of mainly old, 白色, 欧洲作曲家. I will be looking at Bernstein as both a composer and an educator, and to what extent he transformed the world of music.”

Most of his research so far has been online or reading books from the University’s music and arts collections. But 玫瑰 is already intrigued by what he is learning.

“There’s one quote saying that people normally turn to music for comfort during uncertain times, 20世纪60年代发生了很多动乱,罗斯说. “But serious music at that time was not really pleasing to the public.”

伯恩斯坦帮助“改变了表演准则”,把古斯塔夫·马勒带回了交响乐大厅, and advocating for American composers like Aaron Copland and selected modernist composers, 玫瑰说.

他渴望了解更多. “Just the introduction to one of the books has given me so many sources to look into,罗斯说.

“I am incredibly grateful to the Meliora Scholars program for giving me the opportunity to explore the life and impact of 伦纳德伯恩斯坦,罗斯说. “I have loved being involved with the performance aspect of music for so many years but being able to do research into a topic that I have not yet delved into is certainly a gift.”

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