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The Jacobs School of Music will present a concert band performance conducted by visiting professor Marcellus Brown, assistant professor of music Tiffany Galus and wind conducting doctoral candidate Esther Tupper.
As the overture plays, silhouettes dance across a large panel of intricately decorated windows before giving way to a jubilant ball in full swing. As the guests dance and drink, so too is the audience invited into the fast and hilarious world of “The Merry Widow.”
Welcome back! Here is all the information you need for Bloomington’s music scene from Sept. 19 to 24:
Walking into the glow of the stage lights at the Musical Arts Center, the sounds of soft jazz only grew louder, revealing a live band tucked into the corner of a set from “The Merry Widow.” Patrons enjoyed the music with drinks and appetizers all while admiring the dark nightclub set, adorned with flourishes of gold and silver— all creating a magical evening at the MAC Gala.
Bloomington locals and IU students gathered for free live music and hot air balloon rides at 7 p.m. Thursday evening in Dunn Meadow during the fifth annual Lotus in the Meadow outdoor concert. IU Late Nite and the Indiana Memorial Union partnered with the Lotus Festival to host the event.
The first thing I sensed at the beginning of Metal Night was not the sound of instruments tuning or vocalists screaming, but rather the smell of fresh burgers on the side of the road. The Reef, a local house show venue, had hired a burger stand to work their second Metal Night. The show consisted of a lineup of four Indiana-based bands that fit into the metal spectrum. My friend, Alex Pirowski, grabbed a burger and a Baja Blast from the stand as we entered the backyard.
On Dec. 10, 2021, over 50 people flooded a basement two blocks south of campus. Even with people crammed inches away from vocalists Ollie Grcich and Lucas Hallal, people were listening through open windows from the yard outside.
In a nearly packed Auer Hall on Wednesday, an audience waited with bated breath to witness the premiere of Act I of the “The Mensch,” a new opera composed by Lauren Bernofsky, co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and the Borns Jewish Studies Program at IU.
The IU Auditorium will bring a series of high-energy, eclectic and beloved productions to Bloomington this semester. With a full slate of musical acts, the fall season will feature performances from Step Afrika!, Patti LuPone and more.
WFIU Public Radio and the Department of Jazz Studies at the Jacobs School of Music are once again collaborating to co-host the third annual Swing in September — a free outdoor concert series featuring a variety of musical acts ranging from swing bands to jazz vocalists.
Bloomington underground venue, The Orbit Room, will host touring indie singer Official Claire at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Bloomington musicians TV Mike and Matt Lundquist will also perform.
With summer just around the corner, local bands are scrambling to give their fans something to stream over the summer. Almost all these bands include a horn section in their recent releases — or they should consider using one for their upcoming performances. Let’s dive into the newest music from Bloomington bands.
IU Professor of Jazz Studies Brent Wallarab will be presenting a newly arranged work entitled “The Gennett Suite” at 7:30 p.m. on April 29 at the Musical Arts Center. The event will be emceed by David Brent Johnson of WFIU.
The Jewish Theatre of Bloomington will present the play “Madeleines” at 7:30 p.m. May 4, 6, 11, 13 and 3 p.m. May 7 at The Waldron Arts Center Fire Bay — located at 122 S. Walnut St.
IU’s African American Dance Company presented its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. April 15 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Currently directed by Stafford C. Berry Jr., the ensemble has performed at IU since 1974, combining numerous traditions of Black dance.
At nearly 80 degrees, Friday’s midwestern heat edged out to be unbearable. It somehow seemed pleasant, though, with the beautiful music of IU’s Bloomington Delta Music Club, which was putting on its annual BDMC Presents event in Dunn Meadow.
From the show’s opening numbers, which decree that “life is happiness, indeed” and that this is “the best of all possible worlds,” the audience is immediately taken into the absurd satire of such a blindingly optimistic mindset — a satire which is masterfully executed in “Candide.”
The African American Dance Company will be holding its annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. April 15 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
Several of IU’s student comedy groups came together April 7-8 in Ballantine Hall to present Funny 501 — an annual two-day festival that highlights the student comedy scene with groups specializing in stand-up, sketch and improv comedy.
IU Theatre’s production of “Something Rotten!” will premiere at 7:30 p.m. on April 14 at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. The musical comedy, full of fantastical wordplay and Broadway references, will run until April 22.
