Distinguished Professor David N. Baker received the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Living Jazz Legend Award for lifetime achievement on March 3, 2007, in Washington, DC, along with such jazz luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Al Jarreau, Dame Cleo Laine, Wynton Marsalis, and Marian McPartland. Click here for more >>

The Indiana University Wind Ensemble, directed and conducted by Stephen W. Pratt, has been invited to perform the opening concert of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) on March 28 in Ann Arbor, MI. The ensemble was selected following a rigorous screening process by a distinguished panel of musicians.
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Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater, which has staged a number of world premiere performances in recent years, will add to its list of firsts during its 2007–2008 season, announced March 5. The upcoming season at the IU Jacobs School of Music features the nation's first collegiate performance of the opera A Wedding by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom, who has commissioned IU Opera Theater for two previous collegiate premieres.
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Don’t miss IU Ballet Theater’s encore performance of the fantastical Cinderella, this weekend only! Enjoy this Saturday as the Day of Percussion as well as the return of the annual Travel Grant Competition. And be sure to relish the amazing Orion String Quartet, followed by the Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, while looking forward to Songs by Lita Grier, with Charles Webb, piano, before David Baker directs the Jazz Ensemble on Monday evening. Spring has sprung, and everything is blooming here at Jacobs! Click here for more >>

This edition of Fanfare applauds the accomplishments of Paul Elliott, Lawrence Hurst, Edwin Penhorwood, Lindsay Ammann, Carolina Castells, Chia-Ying Chiang, Michael Match, Clint Needham, Andrea Baiocchi, Stacy Garrop, Melissa Hoag, Kate Lindsey, and many more! Click here for more >>

Link directly to Peter Jacobi’s previews and reviews in The Herald-Times; now, no password needed! (Our sincere thanks to the HT.) Also, be sure to read the Opera News profile of mezzo-soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen. We keep track of these articles and many more from around the globe for your information and convenience.
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