Past Events

“An Introduction to Colombian Art Song: A Discussion of Selected Works by Jaime León and Antonio María Valencia”

Repertoire Anna Clyne: This Moment (2022)John Williams: Bass Trombone Concerto (1985)Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (1888) About the Conductor Thomas Wilkins is principal cond...Read more

Featuring Jeffery Meyer, conductor; Daniel Cui, Stephen Hartke, and Daniel Pesca, composers; Xak Bjerken, piano; and Robert Wente, baritone

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via LIVE@jacobs! Repertoire Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50 (1882) Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor (1892) ...Read more

Join us for a conversation with Jonathan Elias, considered one of the most successful composers and producers in the field of music for advertising.  Students! Sign up here >

Presented by the Latin American Music Center

Jacobs Berlin Experience Five graduate voice students were selected through a competitive process to travel to Berlin where they will learn about German culture and careers in voice and opera, to...Read more

University Student Organization

This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the rich music, dance, and poetic tradition of Mexican son jarocho!

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A unique and immersive concert experience, IU Jacobs School of Music faculty member Jiji Kim presents an immersive sound bath concert.

Repertoire Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus,” WoO 45 (1796)Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 45 (1838)Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy Tale) (191...Read more

As part of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s residency at Indiana University, we invite you to an engaging panel discussion! Students! Sign up here >

Presented by Music in General Studies

Join us for an engaging discussion with John Morris Russell, celebrated conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and a passionate advocate for American musical storytelling.  Students! Sign up ...Read more

With premieres by David Dzubay and the 2025 NOTUS Student Composition Contest prizewinners; featuring Eric Kim, cello; Brittany Lasch, trombone; Melivia Raharjo, piano; Nicholas Hilliard, cello; an...Read more

Sponsored by the Jacobs Office of Wellness and Arts Health Initiatives (OWAHI)

Sponsored by the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; Music in General Studies, Jacobs School of Music; Dhar India Studies Program and IAUNRC (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center), ...Read more

Join a discussion with internationally acclaimed pianist George Li, praised by The Washington Post for his “staggering technical prowess” and depth of expression.  Students! Sign up here >

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About the Artist Mitchell Shiner is a vibraphonist, drummer, composer, and educator based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shiner earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the Indiana University Ja...Read more

Visit the Organ Department blog for more information about Choral Compline by Candlelight. About the Director Jeffrey Smith is professor of practice in organ and sacred music at the Indiana Uni...Read more

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Mitchell Shiner, director/vibraphone; Natalie Boeyink, bass; Andy Miller, percussion

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“From Vivaldi to Shostakovich” | Faculty/Guest Chamber Music Recital | Featuring Faculty and Students of the Woodwind and Brass Departments

“There is Nothing Like a Dame: In Honor of Women’s History Month”

An Afternoon Salon

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Jackson Stiver, trombone

With performances by faculty, alumnus guest artists, and students of the Guitar Department and more

Jacobs Mainstage Season

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Jacobs Mainstage Season

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Atar Arad

2025 American Trombone Workshop Preview Concert

Jacobs Mainstage Season

Jacobs Mainstage Season

Phil Ford, J. F. Martel, and Jacob Foster, “Care of the Dead: Ancestors, Traditions, and the Life of Cultures”

Supported by a Jacobs School of Music Diversity Grant

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via LIVE@jacobs! Repertoire Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 (1797)Brahms: Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (1891) About the Artists ...Read more

About the Artist Acclaimed as “a star” (The New York Times) and “a consummate perfectionist on the cello” (Politiken), Danish cellist Toke Møldrup has performed across Europe and the Uni...Read more

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University Student Organization

Collins Memorial Lecture Details Please join us on March 5th, 2025 for an enriching lecture by Nikki Snelson   Nikki Snelson (she/her/hers) has been working on Broadway and beyond as ...Read more

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Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc (1981) Takemitsu: Rainspell (1982) Honstein: Patter (2009/10)...Read more

On the 40th anniversary of the night of John Lennon’s untimely death, IU Auditorium will host Remembering John Lennon 40 Years Later with Glenn Gass.

An encore broadcast of a 2019 performance by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater

Sponsored by the Jacobs Flute Academy

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Kurtág: A kis csáva (The Small Snag) Op. 15b Pärt: Fratres (1977; version for string quartet, 1989)Farkas...Read more

“Where Are We and How Do We Move Forward from Here?: A Look at the State of Art Music and Music Academics Through the Lens of Black Musicians”

Music Theory Colloquium Series | Five Friends Master Class Series – Honoring Robert Samels

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We are pleased to invite you to a spend an exclusive evening with Associate Professor Jamie Tagg and Jacobs School alumnus and professional recording engineer Drew Vandenberg as they demonstrate how t...Read more

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Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Selections from Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Gioacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia

Music Theory Colloquium Series | Five Friends Master Class Series – Honoring Robert Samels

Joseph S. C. Lam (University of Michigan), “Chinese Theories and Practices of Guyue (Ancient Music): An Interpretive Overview”

Sonia Lee, “‘We Cannot Separate Our Pain from Our Resistance’: Trauma and Political Activism in the Black and Brown Freedom Movements”

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Wayne Wallace is professor of practice in jazz studies and jazz trombone at the IU Jacobs School of Music. A seven-t...Read more

“A Concert in Observance of the Quatrocentenary of the Birth of Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)”

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 3

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Sehrwald: The other side of disassociation (2020, premiere) Dozza: Isolation (2020, premiere) Godfrey: O...Read more

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 2

Join members of the Fifth House Ensemble for a fun Zoom-Jam!

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 1 With welcome by Alain Barker & Ed Comentale

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Presented by the Latin American Music Center Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! About the Director Joe Galvin is a multi-instrumentalist who earne...Read more

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Pagán-Pérez: Justice Fanfare (2020, consortium premiere) Lenthe: Freedom Ring Beautiful (1998) J. Miller/...Read more

Joseph S. C. Lam (University of Michigan), “Songs Confucius Sang: Sounds, Memories, and Performances”

Javier León, talk and virtual film screening of Afro-Peruvian experimental play Karibú

About the Director Greg Ward is assistant professor of music in jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A saxophonist and composer born in Peoria, Illinois, Ward has perfor...Read more

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Simulcast from Scholes Street Studio in New York City

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Composer Ryn Jorgensen and IU Jacobs School of Music Associate Professor Larry Groupé are scheduled to be present for a virtual conversation and interactive Q&A moderated by IU Cinema Assistant D...Read more

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Live from the Georgina Joshi Recording Studio

IU Auditorium is proud to present the Trombones of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra live at Prebys Amphitheater. This free performance is open to IU students, faculty, and staff.

Philippe Canguillhem (University of Toulouse), “The story and contents of a precious manuscript written by ‘the first published black composer’: Vicente Lusitano’s Expertise in Oral Counterpoi...Read more

With LA Phil principal horn Andrew Bain and business strategist Rupal Bain

“Sanguine and Celestial Fantasias for a Halloween Night”

Featuring Tehvon Fowler-Chapman, Katie McGuiness, and Nina Zhou!

Beatrice Capote, “Iya la panza, panza, Iya”

Speakers Lissa May, associate dean for instruction, Jacobs School of Music Frank Diaz, associate professor of music in music education, Jacobs School of Music DeeDee Dayhoff, assistant dean for ...Read more

Ruben Valenzuela (artistic director, Bach Collegium San Diego), “Music at Mexico City Cathedral, 1650-1750”

Judith Rodríguez: “Im/positions: Nominalizing the Black Aesthetic in Puerto Rico”

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! John Raymond is assistant professor of music in jazz studies (trumpet) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. ...Read more

Elizabeth Weinfield (The Juilliard School), “Finding ‘Voice’ as a Scholar-Performer”

This summer, the IU Jacobs School of Music introduced Jeremy Allen as David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean (Interim), succeeding Gwyn Richards, who has returned to the Choral Conducting faculty after ...Read more

“The Music of Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-1543): Songs, Marian Motets and Instrumental Music from the German Reformation”

***NOTE NEW START TIME***

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Originally performed at the Musical Arts Center by the Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater on October 18, 2014

Ayana Smith, “Creating Real Change: Race, Representation, and Early Music Pedagogy”

Featuring performances by Jacobs School of Music students from the Guitar, Historical Performance, Orchestral Studies, Piano, Voice, and Woodwinds departments

A roundtable examining “Whose Renaissance?” in relation to questions of “heritage,” lineage and belonging in light of the current context of a wider reckoning with the past.

Livestream Q&A with four-time Tony Award-winning producer and IU alumna Harriet Leve on Facebook and Zoom.

Join JSoM alums, along with representatives of the DC Chapter of the IU Alumni Association, for an info session and panel discussion on strategies for early career success in our nation’s cultural c...Read more

Music has always been a tool for storytelling and uniting. Artists and activists alike use music as a vehicle to shed light on social realities. From soul to jazz to hip-hop, musicians in Chicago have...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Featuring performances by Jacobs School of Music students from the Ballet, Organ, Piano, and Strings departments

“What creates a sense of ‘welcome’ in our classroom and community?”

Featuring performances by Roger Roe (English horn), The Singing Hoosiers (Chris Albanese, director), and students of the IU Jacobs School of Music

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.