- December 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
December 16, 2021
Jacob Rose ’24, who plans to major in business with an emphasis on computer science, is using funding from the Meliora Scholars program to pursue research on how Leonard Bernstein helped American audiences gain a new appreciation for modern composers during the turbulent 1960s. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)
Rochester’s flexible curriculum gives Jacob Rose a chance to research Leonard Bernstein.
Jacob Rose ’24 will spend winter break at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress, poring over more than 3,800 letters, notes, musical scores, and anything else relating to America’s musical icon, Leonard Bernstein.
“I’ve always admired him as a person,” says Rose, who is researching how Bernstein helped American audiences gain a new appreciation for modern composers during the turbulent 1960s.
Rose is…
