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A Kodak Moment (or Whole Morning for that Matter!)

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Foley Schuler
Published July 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM EDT
George Eastman with the Kodak Camera
Dave Stanwick
George Eastman with the Kodak Camera

Tune in this week to Sunday on Blue Lake with your host Foley Schuler for a slightly belated musical birthday celebration of George Eastman (b. July 12, 1854).

George Eastman not only revolutionized photography—making it available to the masses with his invention of the Kodak Camera and also roll film—but also made a lasting impact on music through his philanthropic endeavors, which included founding the great music school in Rochester, New York that bears his name, and also founding the Rochester Philharmonic. This week on Sunday on Blue Lake, host Foley Schuler will mark the anniversary of his birth (July 12) with a whole morning of ensembles, performers and composers associated with the esteemed Eastman School of Music.

You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday morning from 9 until noon on Blue Lake Public Radio.
Foley Schuler
Encouraged by creative parents, Foley began his music career at age 7, studying violin with Jean Manning at North Muskegon Public Schools. As a Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp camper, he became Blue Lake Public Radio’s first high school intern. Foley earned an English Literature degree from Hope College, and Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson College. He has performed with the West Michigan (formerly West Shore) Symphony; served on the English Department faculty at Muskegon Community College, and been the Music, Art & Theatre reviewer for the Muskegon Chronicle. He follows his love of the arts around the globe, but says, “There is no place like the Blue Lake setting, sharing extraordinary music with our listeners.” Foley hosts Blue Lake Public Radio’s weekday classical music from 1 to 5 p.m. and “Sunday on Blue Lake”.
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