Fanfare

With one legendary faculty member and a host of alums competing, the Jacobs School will be heavily represented at the annual Grammy Awards ceremony to be held on February 11. This year's list of Grammy nominations includes a recording made at IU's Auer Hall by Distinguished Professor of Music Menahem Pressler and his Beaux Arts Trio, as well as an album featuring the talents of four acclaimed IU jazz alums, among others. Click for more >>

Two world-class concerts will take place this evening (Dec. 15) in different venues in the nation's capital: the Kennedy Center's Hall of Nations and the Library of Congress. Both feature Indiana University Jacobs School of Music-related musicians. Click for more >>

There’s still time to get that perfect holiday gift: the critically acclaimed new CD from Maestro Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops orchestra, Christmas Time is Here, featuring among its widely acclaimed guest artists the Singing Hoosiers, one of America's premier symphonic concert choirs specializing in popular music and the music of Broadway. Click for more >>

As 2006 draws to a close, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music would like to reflect on what an abundant year it has been and thank each of you who have helped to make our musical family so rich. May this season and the coming year bring peace and prosperity to you and yours, and a world filled with the strains of beautiful music!

Fanfare will be back in full force on January 12, 2007. Enjoy your break!  

After “a long winter’s nap,” the Jacobs School of Music kicks off its spring semester on Friday, January 12, with a recital by the Trombone Faculty, followed by Concentus and the IU Children’s Choir on the 13th, and pianist and faculty member Jean Louis Haguenauer on the 14th. Mark your calendars now for the IU Philharmonic Orchestra as it begins its spring schedule on January 24, and for IU Opera Theater’s double-bill production of Arlecchino and Too Many Sopranos on February 2, 3, 9, and 10. This is only the beginning of a semester filled with operatic, orchestral, chamber, choral, jazz, and band performances, plus so much more!

This edition of Fanfare celebrates the accomplishments of Leonard Slatkin, Janice Chandler-Eteme, Michael Hatfield, Elizabeth Baldwin, Rachel Copeland, Egils Sefers, Carmund White, Jamey Aebersold, Jordan Bisch, and many more!

Read reviews of the Singing Hoosier’s “Chimes of Christmas” concert and Peter Jacobi’s other reviews for The Herald-Times, as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer’s profile of tenor and alumnus Lawrence Brownlee. We keep track of these articles and many more from around the state and globe for your information and convenience.