Complex sentence: For more than 80 years, Eastman's composition department has been producing some of the world's most acclaimed composers and teachers, and many of the most highly acclaimed and respected composers of the 20th century have served on the composition faculty of the school.
Split into simpler sentences: For more than 80 years, Eastman's composition department has been producing some of the world's most acclaimed composers and composition teachers. Likewise, some of the most highly acclaimed and respected composers of the 20th century have served on the composition faculty of the school.