December 17, 2020

Pacifica Quartet, IU Jacobs School of Music quartet-in-residence, nominated for Grammy Award

The Pacifica Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where its members serve as full-time faculty members, has received its second Grammy Award nomination. The ensemble’s latest album, “Contemporary Voices,” was nominated in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category. Pacifica won the same category in 2008 with “Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5.”

November 17, 2020

Inaugural David N. Baker professorship awarded at IU Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music awarded its inaugural David N. Baker Professorship to Brent Wallarab, associate professor of jazz studies, in a virtual presentation during its livestreamed Latin Jazz Ensemble concert last night in IU Bloomington’s Musical Arts Center.

October 27, 2020

IU Jacobs School of Music musicology alumna receives top international awards

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music alumna Elizabeth Elmi has received the 2020 International Musicological Society Outstanding Dissertation Award, in addition to a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.

October 21, 2020

IU football and Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon ring in season together

Following a seven-week delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Big Ten football season is finally here, and the Indiana University Hoosiers will kick off their season at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday as they host Penn State.

July 23, 2020

Philip Ponella named chief digital officer for IU Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has named Philip Ponella chief digital officer, effective Aug. 1, in addition to his roles as Wennerstrom-Phillips Music Library Director and director of music information technology services.

July 22, 2020

Hollywood film ‘The Outpost’ premieres with score by IU Jacobs School of Music professor Larry Groupé

One might be tempted to say that Emmy Award-winning composer and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music professor Larry Groupé scored again when his soundtrack for Hollywood’s “The Outpost,” based on CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s bestselling book of the same name, premiered July 3 nationwide via select theaters and video-on-demand services.

June 25, 2020

IU Jacobs School of Music awards Georgina Joshi Graduate Fellowship to soprano Mary Catherine Wright-Beath

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has awarded its prestigious Georgina Joshi Graduate Fellowship, given to a graduate student to assist with full-time study at the school, to soprano Mary Catherine Wright-Beath.

June 05, 2020

Brenda Brenner appointed interim Eugene O’Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean of the IU Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has named Brenda Brenner, associate professor of music in music education, as interim Eugene O’Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean, effective July 1.

May 21, 2020

IU Distinguished Professor André Watts elected to American Philosophical Society

Indiana University Distinguished Professor André Watts, Jack I. and Dora B. Hamlin Endowed Chair in Music, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. A world-renowned and Grammy Award-winning pianist, Watts joined the faculty at the IU Jacobs School of Music in 2004 and was named a distinguished professor in 2017.

May 15, 2020

Jacobs School of Music professor Eric Smedley appointed IU director of athletic bands

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has named Associate Professor Eric M. Smedley as IU’s new director of athletic bands. The director position includes taking charge of the university’s 300-member Marching Hundred.

May 11, 2020

Gwyn Richards, dean of the IU Jacobs School of Music, to step down June 30

Gwyn Richards, the David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean of the Jacobs School of Music, will step down June 30, after a successful two-decade career as the school’s leader, to return to the faculty in choral conducting. During Richards’ tenure, the renowned school’s faculty increased, its facilities expanded, and it received unprecedented support from benefactors, including a $40.6 million gift from Barbara Jacobs and her family, after whom the school is named.

November 15, 2019

IU Jacobs School of Music expands guitar department offerings

IU Jacobs School of Music expands guitar department offerings