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IU composers excel in Third International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest
IU Jacobs School of Music composition students, alumni and faculty works for wind ensemble excelled at this year’s Frank Ticheli Composition Contest. Four IU-related winners, out of nine awards total,...
View Article2013 Composition Department prizes announced
The faculty of the Jacobs School of Music Composition Department is pleased to announce results for the following annual internal competitions. 2013 DEAN’S PRIZE COMPOSITION COMPETITION Category A...
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2013 Austin B. Caswell Award winners
Congratulations to this year’s Austin B. Caswell Award winners, Evita Jovic and Charles D. Helge. The awards, which honor the best papers written during the previous calendar year for a Jacobs...
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Congratulations to student Mengyi Yang, First Prize Winner of the 2013...
Congratulations to student Mengyi Yang, First Prize Winner of the 2013 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition. A student of Professor Emile Naoumoff, Mengyi will give her debut...
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Inaugural Lawrence P. Hurst Medal in Double Bass awarded
Ian Berg was the recipient of the inaugural Lawrence P. Hurst Medal in Double Bass May 4, 2013, at the commencement ceremony in the Musical Arts Center. Former students of Hurst from both the Jacobs...
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Wasmuth Quartet wins Silver Medal at Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
Congratulations to the Wasmuth Quartet (Brendan Shea and Jonathan Ong, violin; Abigail Rojansky, viola; and Warren Hagerty, cello) who have won the Silver Medal in the Senior String Division at the...
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Kenari Quartet wins Silver Medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
Congratulations to the Kenari Quartet (Robert Eason, soprano saxophone: Durand Jones, alto saxophone; Corey Dundee, tenor saxophone; and Steven Banks, baritone saxophone), who have won the Silver Medal...
View ArticleSang Mi Ahn’s composition to be performed at ICMC 2013
Sang Mi Ahn’s “Convergence” (for alto saxophone and electronics) was accepted for performance at the 2013 International Computer Music Conference … Continue reading → Continue reading →
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Violinist Timothy Kantor is featured as “Young Artist-in-Residence” on...
Violinist Timothy Kantor, a doctoral student studying with Mark Kaplan, is featured as “Young Artist-in-Residence” this week (May 20-24) by American Public Media’s Performance Today. He is joined by...
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Roger Kalia appointed Assistant Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
The Charlotte Symphony and Music Director Christopher Warren- Green have named Jacobs School student Roger Kalia as the Orchestra’s new assistant conductor. Kalia will perform publicly with the...
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Dan Carson wins principal bass with Alabama Symphony
Congratulations to Dan Carson, a student of Bruce Bransby, who recently won the audition for principal bass of the Alabama Symphony. “Dan Carson is an unusually talented musician and an excellent...
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Roger Kalia receives 2013 Career Assistance Award from Solti Foundation US
Jacobs School student Roger Kalia has been awarded a 2013 Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation US, as one of four recipients nationwide. Here is an excerpt from the press release: The...
View ArticlePreview: Peter Jacobi introduces “The Impresario” in the HT before today’s...
Music Beat ‘The Impresario’ offers opera in small, delectable bites By Peter Jacobi H-T Columnist June 16, 2013 Those who love the voice have events to look forward to this summer. Opera is back in the...
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Richardson to present at 2013 Midwest Clinic: An International Band &...
Brett A. Richardson, an Associate Instructor and third-year Doctoral Wind Conducting student of Professor Stephen W. Pratt, has recently been invited to present at the 2013 Midwest Clinic: An...
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REVIEW (Herald Times – Peter Jacobi): Menahem Pressler, Festival Orchestra a...
HeraldTimesOnline.com Review: Menahem Pressler, Festival Orchestra a sumptuous feast By Peter JacobiH-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com June 17, 2013 The Festival Orchestra had only rehearsed since the...
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REVIEW (HT – Peter Jacobi): Battling sopranos tested in ‘The Impresario’
HeraldTimesOnline.com Review: Battling sopranos tested in ‘The Impresario’ By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer June 18, 2013 It was not under the auspices of IU Opera Theater, which has been dormant during...
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MUSIC REVIEW (HT): Opera has magic power in Tuesday’s (Dido & Aeneas) production
HeraldTimesOnline.com ‘DIDO AND AENEAS’ By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com June 27, 2013 Dominick DiOrio, in taking charge of the Indiana University Jacobs School’s choral program for...
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IU harpist Alexandra Mullins wins top award at American Harp Society National...
Jacobs School harpist Alexandra Mullins, who studies with Susann McDonald, has won the Young Professional division of the American Harp Society’s National Harp Competition held last week in Los...
View ArticleREVIEW (HT): SUMMER BAND CONCERT 1
HeraldTimesOnline.com SUMMER BAND CONCERT 1 Music review: Musicians’ performance impressive By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com June 28, 2013 The weather Wednesday night was absolutely...
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Jacobs School students win first and second place in American Guild of...
Katie Minion and Nicholas Quardokus celebrate their wins with IU Organ Department Chair Janette Fishell Congratulations to two Jacobs School of Music students, who have won first and second place in...
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