Past Events

Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Alberto Tamayo, piano; Daniel Plazas, violin; Andrés Almanza, double bass; Francisco Avellaneda, guitar; Giovanni Parra, director/bandoneón | Presented by the Latin American Music Center

Repertoire A. Clyne: Masquerade (2013)W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, K.595Prokofiev: Selections from “Romeo and Juliet” Suites Nos. 1-2, Opp. 64bis/ter (1936)* *Scenario by S...Read more

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Dexter Edge, “Hearing Holiday: Analyzing Billie Holiday’s Singing”

NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble – Dominick DiOrio, conductor/director; Commentary by J. Peter Burkholder

Repertoire Dumond: Comme un hommage à Ravel (Étude mélodique No. 3) (c.1972/80)Hand: Undercurrents (2023)Ravel/Topchii: ‘Modéré’ from “Sonatine” (1905)J. S. Bach/Manoukian: Partita in C...Read more

About the Artist Aviram Reichert—acclaimed for his deeply intelligent interpretations, phenomenal technique, and ravishing tone—won the bronze medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Pian...Read more

Repertoire Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2 (c.1799)Ben-Haim: Five Pieces, Op. 34 (1943)Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major (1927)Franck: Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21 (1884) About...Read more

About the Director Tom Walsh is Robert J. Waller Sr. and Robert J. Waller Jr. Professor of Music (saxophone) and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Mu...Read more

Faculty/Student Recital

About the Artist Pianist Gilbert Kalish is leading professor and head of performance activities at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. As head of the performance faculty, Kalish had ...Read more

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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

“Howld Fast” – Featuring music by Tudor composers Robert White, Christopher Tye, Robert Parsons, and Osbert Parsley | Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

“Autumn Cornucopia”

Guest/Student Recital: Steven Mayer, piano, with William Sharp, baritone, and Elizabeth Hile, flute | Panel 5: Ives, the “Concord Sonata,” and American Literature | Discussion with audience and al...Read more

Philharmonic Orchestra – Arthur Fagen, conductor | Featuring William Sharp, baritone; Steven Mayer, piano; with Peter Bogdanoff, video artist; Commentary by J. Peter Burkholder

Allen C. Guelzo (History, Princeton University) and Denise Von Glahn (Musicology, Florida State University)

Mixed Ensemble & Solo Concert | Featuring the Chamber Orchestra (Jeffery Meyer, conductor); Zachary Coates, baritone, and Allan Armstrong, piano; and Gilbert Kalish, piano; Commentary by J. Peter ...Read more

Featuring an Ives song performance by Madelyn Deininger, mezzo-soprano (pianist to be announced)

Featuring an Ives song performance by Chandler Benn, baritone; Elizabeth Hile, flute; (pianist to be announced)

Featuring an Ives song performance by Nate Paul, tenor (pianist to be announced)

About the Artist Dominik Wagner aims to liberate his instrument from its existence in the shadow of the cello and present new facets of the double bass. He succeeds not only with an engaging stag...Read more

Faculty String Quartet-in-Residence – Pacifica Quartet: Simin Ganatra, violin; Austin Hartman, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello; Commentary by J. Peter Burkholder

Music for Clarinet and String Quartet

Repertoire Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1885/97)Koussevitzky: Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 (1902)Koussevitzky: Four Short Pieces, Opp. 1/2/4 Gershwin/Wagner: Rhapsody in Blue (1924...Read more

Voice & Piano Faculty/Student Recital | Songs on themes of Nature, Memories, Love, and Personality

Featuring performances by guest artists William Sharp (baritone) and Steven Mayer (piano)

About the Artist Pianist Gilbert Kalish is leading professor and head of performance activities at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. As head of the performance faculty, Kalish had ...Read more

Musicology Colloquium & Ives Festival Keynote Event

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New Music Ensemble – David Dzubay, director/conductor; Kimberly Carballo & Paul Borg, piano duo; Kuttner Quartet; John Woodward, double bass; and Aaron Wonson, piano

University Student Organization

Repertoire N. Burgmüller: Duo in E-Flat Major, Op. 15 (1834)C. M. Weber: Seven Variations on a Theme from Silvana, Op. 33 (1811)Reinecke: Fantasiestücke, Op. 22 (1845)Lutosławski: Dance Preludes ...Read more

Student Recital & Guest Panel – Recital: Students of the Piano Department | Panel: “Performing Ives’s ‘Concord Sonata’” – Jeremy Denk, Gilbert Kalish, and Steven Mayer, panelists

Guest Master Class – Stefan Jackiw, violin

Repertoire V. Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout (2020)Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39 (1898-99) About the Conductor Now in her twenty-first season with the Greenwich Village Orchestr...Read more

Guest Recital – Stefan Jackiw, violin; Jeremy Denk, piano | With source hymns and songs performed by the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir (Ryan Rogers, director); Commentary by Jeremy Denk an...Read more

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

Guest Master Class – Jeremy Denk, piano

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Concert Band and Symphonic Band – Jason H. Nam & Eric M. Smedley, conductors; Commentary by J. Peter Burkholder

Guest Master Class – Steven Mayer, piano

About the Artists Al-Farabi is a world-class ensemble of Arab and Jewish musicians who blend traditional classical Western music with Middle Eastern instruments and melodies. In the performance, ...Read more

Five Friends Guest Master Class Series | Guest Master Class – William Sharp, baritone | “Songs of Charles Ives”

About the Director Brent Wallarab is David N. Baker Professor of Jazz Studies and associate professor of music in jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Since 1991, he has...Read more

Guest Recital – William Sharp, baritone; Steven Mayer, piano; Caroline Goodwin, actor; Joseph Horowitz, writer/producer

With Chloe Robbins and Hung-Hsuan Tang, bassoon

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

Featuring Chih-Yi Chen, piano; Jeff Nelsen, horn; and Brandon Vamos, cello

About the Artist Cornelia Sommer is a bassoonist, arranger, and educator dedicated to sharing music with diverse audiences and expanding the bassoon’s repertoire. Previously principal bassoonis...Read more

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Kryukov: Sonata in F Minor, Op. 15 (1921/33)Stravinsky/Arakelyan/Wyrczynski: The Rite of Spring (1913/48) A...Read more

“A Season of Spontaneity”

Jacobs Mainstage Season

Jacobs Mainstage Season

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Hadley: My beloved spake (1938)Lasso: Osculetur me (1582)Casals: Nigra sum (1942)Aleotti: Surge, propera ami...Read more

Jacobs Mainstage Season

Jacobs Mainstage Season

The Postmodern Jazz Quartet | Presented by WFIU and the Jazz Studies Department of the IU Jacobs School of Music Rain Location: Recital Hall

Sergio Ospina Romero, “On Biographies, Anti-Biographies, Afterlives, and Music”

Presented by the Jazz Studies Department

Repertoire Ives: Set for Theatre Orchestra (c.1914)J. Wolfe: A Wild Furze (2017)Zohn-Muldoon: Barbaverde (2024)Le Boeuf: Imprints (2022) About the Director David Dzubay’s compositions have ...Read more

Repertoire Hoffmeister: Duetto concertante No. 5 in A MajorC. M. Weber: Grand duo concertant, Op. 48 (1816)Busoni: Sonata No. 1 in D Major, BV 138 About the Artists Hungarian-born clarinetist...Read more

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Featuring commentary by J. Peter Burkholder

This performance is supported in part by a grant from the Jacobs School of Music Diversity and Equity Committee. Repertoire Okpebholo: Oh, Freedom (2013)Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (1932-...Read more

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Guest Lecture – Eric Drott (University of Texas at Austin), “Music and Asset Aesthetics” | Music Theory Colloquium

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Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Flagello: Bravado (2023)J. S. Bach/Elgar/Nowlin: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537Etezady: Anahita (200...Read more

Repertoire Larsen: Trio in Four Movements (2005)Yuchun Hu: The Remnant Souls (2024, world premiere)Tian Zhou: Hidden Grace (2023)Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind (1992)Debussy: Sonata (1915) ...Read more

Guest Lecture – Eric Drott (Music Theory, University of Texas at Austin), “Music Streaming, Music Data, and the Work of Social Reproduction”

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! About the Artist Han Lash is associate professor of music in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of ...Read more

Presented by the Latin American Music Center

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

Documentary film featuring Joseph Horowitz, J. Peter Burkholder, Steven Mayer, William Sharp, James B. Sinclair, and Judith Tick; produced by Joseph Horowitz for Naxos with visuals by Peter Bogdanoff

“¡Ole!”: Music of Composers from Spain and the Americas

***Free with ticket

“Upper Strings Only”

“Songs of Charles Ives”

Faculty/Guest/Student Recital – Featuring readings and performances by Jacobs faculty, students, and alumni

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“What Sweeter Music”

The Big Push | Presented by WFIU and the Jazz Studies Department of the IU Jacobs School of Music Rain Location: Recital Hall

Join us for the annual Beginning-of-Year Faculty Roundtable and Reception at the Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts and Humanities, located at Maxwell Hall. 

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Kirby Haugland, “Listening to Fidelio in Occupied Vienna”

“Canturía de mi sangre” | Presented by the Latin American Music Center

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.