Jacobs School of Music

World harp competition heads to Jacobs School

Sunday, June 9,2013 12:34 p.m.

The ninth USA International Harp Competition will take place Wednesday, July 10 at the Jacobs School of Music and is expected to draw more than 50 professional harpists to Bloomington, the largest number of contestants since the competition’s inception.

Jacobs School to be featured in national commercial

By Amanda Jacobson · Wednesday, May 22,2013 6:49 p.m.

The Jacobs School of Music will participate in the first of many tapings for a series of national commercials promoting the entire IU school system.

Soprano and Grammy Award Winner Sylvia McNair to speak at Baccalaureate

By Amanda Jacobson · Thursday, May 2,2013 11:44 p.m.

Sylvia McNair, a soprano who has performed for the likes of Pope John Paul II and Hillary Clinton, will give the address at this year's Baccalaureate celebration Friday morning.

Janos Starker, famed cellist, professor dies

By IDS staff · Sunday, April 28,2013 12:12 p.m.

Janos Starker, a distinguished professor at the Jacobs School of Music, died Sunday at age 88.

Jacobs School of Music to honor the catalog of Hoosier jazz legend

Thursday, April 18,2013 10:16 p.m.

At 8 p.m. Saturday, the Jacobs School of Music will pay tribute to jazz great Cole Porter, one of Indiana’s most famous musicians, at the Musical Arts Center.

SNL drum kit donated to Jacobs School of Music

By Jeff LaFave · Wednesday, April 17,2013 11:54 p.m.

Shawn Pelton, a percussionist featured in the Saturday Night Live house band, donated one of his drum kits to the Jacobs School of Music.

ISO comes to celebrate 'Spring'

By IDS staff · Thursday, April 4,2013 10:50 p.m.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. April 14 at the Musical Arts Center to celebrate the piece’s 100-year histor

Jacobs School of Music presents IU Jazz Ensemble concert

By Sarah Zinn · Monday, March 25,2013 10:39 p.m.

TheJacobs School of Music presented their Jazz Ensemble at the Buskirk Chumley theater Monday night.

Best of both worlds

By Audrey Perkins · Tuesday, March 19,2013 11:53 p.m.

This year’s IU Ballet Theater spring performance will combine two eras of dance into one cohesive show.

Violinist Grigory Kalinovsky named new IU Jacobs School of Music professor

By Alyssa Schor · Tuesday, March 5,2013 10:03 p.m.

The Jacobs School of Music will have a new professor of music in fall 2013, violinist Grigory Kalinovsky.

Kalinovsky to join string faculty

By Alyssa Schor · Tuesday, March 5,2013 4:24 p.m.

The Jacobs School of Music will have a new professor of music in fall 2013.

IU Student Composers Association, the Jacobs School of Music and the Department of Communication and Culture presents "Double Exposure"

By Tori Lawhorn · Sunday, March 3,2013 11:59 p.m.

This event was the second annual “Double Exposure” project, presented by the IU Student Composers Association, the Jacobs School of Music and the Department of Communication and Culture. This was first initiated by the IU Cinema to introduce students to the collaboration of multiple forms of art — film, music and sound.

Tomás Lozano serenades IU with 'Ballads'

By Jeff LaFave · Tuesday, Feb. 19,2013 11:06 p.m.

When he was a child in Spain, Tomás Lozano’s grandmother sang him to sleep.Now, the Bloomington resident performs the same ballads across the world.

Lin returns for lecture

By Jeff LaFave · Monday, Jan. 28,2013 11:41 p.m.

Composer Jie-Sun Lim, who earned her Ph.D. in composition from IU in 1990, returned to give a lecture to Jacobs School of Music students and faculty.

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