FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Ten faculty members from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music have been chosen to receive the IU Trustees’ Teaching Award for the 2022-23 academic year.
The university-wide Trustees’ Teaching Awards are bestowed before the completion of each academic year to full-time tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty who have demonstrated their excellence in teaching.
Faculty applications for the $2,500 award are reviewed by a selection committee of peers.
The school’s 2023 award recipients are:
- Chih-Yi Chen, senior lecturer in music (collaborative piano)
- Dominick DiOrio, professor of music (choral conducting); director, NOTUS
- Jane Dutton, professor of music (voice)
- Janette Fishell, professor of music (organ); chair, Department of Organ
- Sung-Mi Im, lecturer in music (chamber music)
- Mark Kaplan, professor of music (violin)
- Konrad Strauss, professor of music (audio engineering and sound production)
- Elzbieta Szmyt, professor of music (harp); chair, Department of Harp
- Demondrae Thurman, professor of music (euphonium); chair, Department of Brass
- Jeffrey Turner, professor of music (double bass)
“The Jacobs School of Music is known worldwide for its excellent faculty, whose teaching makes a true impact on students,” said Lissa May, associate dean for instruction. “Congratulations to this year’s award winners, many of whom were nominated for the award by their students.”
Offering more than 1,100 performances annually, including five operas, one musical and three ballets, the IU Jacobs School of Music plays a leading role in educating musicians, dancers, scholars, composers, music educators and audio engineers around the globe.
At Jacobs, approximately 1,600 students from all 50 states and over 55 countries study in a conservatory atmosphere—amidst the academic resources of a major research university—with more than 170 full-time faculty members who are among the finest performers, scholars, composers and educators today.