Fanfare

With an already impressive and growing international career as a virtuoso performer, teacher, pedagogue and musical commentator, hornist Jeff Nelsen has been appointed Associate Professor of Music at the IU Jacobs School of Music. Nelsen is best known for his years as a member of the Canadian Brass (2000-2004). Click for more >>

Enjoy two distinguished Jacobs ensembles as they give us even more to celebrate during this particularly festive month. The renowned Orion String Quartet, Jacobs quartet-in-residence, returns December 4 and 5 for a performance on the fourth and master classes each day. Click for concert info >> The IU Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring faculty violinist Alexander Kerr, kicks off its triad of December performances on the seventh at the MAC, performing the program it will present December 18 in Fort Wayne and December 19 in Chicago. Click for concert info >>

Jacobs alumnus Jeremy Denk, MM'93, whose piano playing has been described as "effortlessly virtuosic and utterly joyous" by the New York Times, will return to Bloomington this Sunday, December 3, when he joins the acclaimed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as soloist at 8pm in the IU Auditorium. Click for more >>

In addition to Nutcracker performances this weekend, the Orion String Quartet on December 4, and the IU Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Alexander Kerr, on December 7, there is still plenty to enjoy before the holiday break. This weekend also showcases the University Chorale on Saturday, while Mary Goetze conducts the International Vocal Ensemble on Sunday, with very special guest Jean 'Binta' Breeze. Vocal harmonies continue later that day with the All-Campus Choir, followed by the Symphonic Choir joining the Chamber Orchestra, as well as into the week, with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble on December 4, the Motet Choir on December 5, and the Singing Hoosiers in The Chimes of Christmas; on December 6. Start celebrating the season now, with Jacobs!

It's the perfect holiday gift and yet another expression of just how talented the singers who make up Indiana University's Singing Hoosiers are. A critically acclaimed new CD from Maestro Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops orchestra, Christmas Time is Here, features among its widely acclaimed guest artists the Singing Hoosiers, one of America's premier popular music symphonic concert choirs specializing in popular music and the music of Broadway. Click for more >>

This edition of Fanfare applauds the achievements of Christopher Cook, Brian Horne, Mike Hanson, Natsuki Hori, Joni Chan, Emily Honeyman, Austin Jaquith, Cary Boyce, Carole Farley, Chia Patiño, and many more! Click for more >>

Read reviews of IU Opera Theater’s Hansel and Gretel and Peter Jacobi’s other reviews for The Herald-Times, as well as the Jewish Journal’s profile of alumnus Joshua Bell. And you won’t want to miss the FABulous Playbill Arts photo gallery and article about alumna Angela Brown’s latest triumph as Aida. We keep track of these articles and many more from around the state and globe for your information and convenience. Click for more >>