Blind tenor Noah Carver is a student at the Eastman School of Music. He reads music in braille. Funds from two scholarships have allowed Carver to purchase equipment and software to aid in braille notation, translation, composition, and printing.

Dialogue on Disability, the week-long spotlight initiative takes place January 13-19, 2025. Tune in to learn more about seven musicians.

In 1988 his career took off when he won the ARD International Music Competition and earned praise from the late lyric baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

When Tobias was just a child, he developed Tourette Syndrome, a condition that causes thousands of uncontrollable physical tics every day.

Noble’s conducting aspirations were nearly shattered when leading classical figures told him he would never have a real conducting career due to his neurological disorder.

Watch the April 2024 Lotte Lenya Competition winning performance by Ana Karenza at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music.

In October 2024, Joshua Mhoon was the featured pianist in the Gateways Music Festival, held at the Eastman School of Music. Watch a video with his father when they appeared on the Tamron Hall Show.

Biss believes that honesty is an absolute priority for an artist; otherwise, all the technique, listening and understanding in the world amounts to little.

British pianist Nick van Bloss, is one of only a few concert pianists in the world diagnosed with severe, non-swearing Tourette Syndrome.