FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Five faculty members from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music have been chosen to receive the IU Trustees’ Teaching Award for the 2019-20 academic year.

The university-wide Trustees’ Teaching Awards are bestowed before the completion of each academic year to tenured and tenure-track faculty who have demonstrated their excellence in teaching.

Their applications for the $2,500 award are reviewed by a selection committee of peers.

The school’s 2020 award recipients are:

• Brenda Brenner, associate professor of music (music education); chair, music education
• Carolann Buff, assistant professor of music (choral conducting)
• Kimberly Carballo, academic specialist; coordinating opera coach (IU Opera Theater)
• Peter Miksza, associate professor of music (music education)
• John Raymond, assistant professor of music (jazz studies–trumpet)

“The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to recognize these faculty members as this year’s Trustees’ Teaching Award recipients, for their pedagogical excellence.” said Lissa May, associate dean for instruction. “The Jacobs School takes pride in its outstanding faculty, and we are grateful for opportunities such as this to recognize them.”

The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, along with the Office of the Provost, will hold a reception in the fall honoring all of this year’s recipients of the IU Trustees’ Teaching Awards.