June 06, 2022

IU Musical Arts Center receives gift of paintings by architect Evans Woollen

Six paintings by the late Evans Woollen, the leading Midwest architect who designed the Musical Arts Center at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, are now on display in the lobby of one of his signature creations.

April 28, 2022

Pianist Spencer Myer appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music faculty

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Spencer Myer as associate professor of music in piano, effective Aug. 1.

April 13, 2022

Abra K. Bush of the Peabody Institute announced as dean of IU Jacobs School of Music

Abra K. Bush, currently senior associate dean of institute studies at The Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, has been named David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, effective July 1, subject to approval by the IU Board of Trustees. She is the school’s first-ever woman dean and is one of very few women to lead a prominent U.S. school of music.

April 12, 2022

Han Lash appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music composition faculty

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Han Lash as associate professor of music in composition, effective Aug. 1.

March 30, 2022

Jacobs School of Music professor wins American Academy of Arts and Letters award

Aaron Travers, associate professor of music in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, is one of four composers who will receive an Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters this year.

March 24, 2022

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in residence at Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is once again hosting the Grammy Award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in residence as it works with Jacobs students before performing Friday at the IU Auditorium.

February 16, 2022

Indiana General Assembly honors IU Jacobs School of Music

A concurrent resolution honoring the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music on the 100th anniversary of its founding will be presented on the State Senate floor Thursday, Feb. 17.

February 08, 2022

Clarinetist Gábor Varga appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music faculty

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Gábor Varga as associate professor of music in clarinet, effective Aug. 1, 2022, pending approval of the Trustees of Indiana University.

February 04, 2022

Li-Kuo Chang appointed professor of viola at IU Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Li-Kuo Chang as professor of music in viola, effective Aug. 1, 2022, pending approval of the Trustees of Indiana University.

January 31, 2022

‘Highway 1, USA’: the opera less performed

Director Kimille Howard is currently an assistant stage director at the Metropolitan Opera, among numerous other credits. We caught up with her as she visited the Jacobs School of Music for the first time—in the driver’s seat for William Grant Stills’ Highway 1, USA, opening this Friday, Feb. 4, at the Musical Arts Center.

December 03, 2021

Jacobs School of Music alumni nominated for Grammys

Four alumni from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music have been nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards.

November 19, 2021

IU Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater wins national award

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater recently won the most prestigious award in the National Opera Association’s 2020-21 Opera Production Competition.