On October 1, 2025, Peter Kadeli, Doctoral Graduate in Choral Conducting at the Jacobs School of Music, was named 2nd Place winner of Dale Warland Award in Choral Conducting University Division. Each year The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts selects their winners based on performance levels of the highest caliber. Among several significant… Read more »

Euna Joh, Daroo Lee, and Steven Naylor Named Winners of NOTUS Composition Contest FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 8, 2025 IU Jacobs School of Music – Bloomington, IN IU Jacobs School of Music Composition students Euna Joh, Daroo Lee, and Steven Naylor have been named First-Prize winners of the 2026 NOTUS Student Composition Contest. Euna… Read more »

Michelle Kwok, recent DM graduate of the Jacobs Choral Department, has been appointed Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at The College of William & Mary. She will direct the Botetourt Chamber Singers and the Barksdale Treble Chorus, leading both ensembles on local and international tours to Germany, Austria & Prague in Spring 2026. In… Read more »

    Lawrence Abernathy, DM alumnus of the Jacobs School Choral Department, is the artistic director of the newly formed Astra Ensemble in Kansas City, MO. Although this ensemble is in its nascent stages, its members have years of experience singing in choral groups such as The Crossing, Chanticleer, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Kansas City Chorale… Read more »

JaeEun Kim (Choral Conducting, DM) has been reappointed as Associate Director of the National Chorus of Korea, that country’s only government-affiliated professional choir. More about the NCK and its history can be found here. This professional, high-profile chorus performs over 60 concerts a year, and in her first year, she contributed to 45 performances across… Read more »

We congratulate Lawrence Abernathy on his recent appointment as Interim Director of Choral Studies at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. Abernathy has served as Director of Choirs/Assistant Professor of Music at Washburn University, a position he secured prior to completing his DM in Choral Conducting at the Jacobs School in 2024. His appointment at… Read more »

Thank you to all who contributed in helping make the Jacobs Choral Department presence a huge success! A special thanks goes to the Jacobs Communications and Development Offices for their generous support with our Alumni Reception and The Singing Hoosiers publicity.   Congratulations to The Singing Hoosiers and Dr. Chris Albanese on a fantastic performance… Read more »

Ok and Barda/Hocking Named Winners of NOTUS Composition Contest FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 11, 2024 IU Jacobs School of Music – Bloomington, IN IU Jacobs School of Music Composition students Jieun Ok and Courage Barda/Eli Hocking (submitting jointly) have been named First and Second-Prize winners, respectively, of the 2025 NOTUS Student Composition Contest. First… Read more »

  Dr. Carolann Buff’s article “Envisioning a More Inclusive Choral Literature Curriculum” has been published in the Fall 2024 issue of The Choral Scholar & American Choral Review. A link to the article can be found here: Choral Journal Fall 2024. Recently there has been an increasing awareness of a significant lack of diversity and… Read more »

Recent doctoral graduate, Dr. Raoul Carlo (Miggi) Angangco, has established a Filipino-American chorus in the San Francisco Bay Area and prepares for its inaugural concert. LALÒ (LAH-loh or /’la.lo/), under the artistic direction of Dr. Raoul Carlo (Miggi) Angangco, is a new Filipino-American choral ensemble based in the Bay Area. LALÒ brings together seasoned choral artists—singers, composers,… Read more »