Professor Walter Huff – who for the past several summers has been on the staff at the Ravinia Festival returns for the 2024 season. In addition, Prof. Huff is also serving as Guest Chorus Director with the Chicago Symphony and Chicago Symphony Chorus for a concert version of Mozart’s opera seria Idomeneo – an… Read more »

Peter Kadeli, current doctoral candidate in Choral Conducting, has accepted two new important posts in Washington D.C. Beginning in fall 2024, Peter becomes the Head of Sacred Music, Director of Choral Activities, and Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at The Catholic University of America, Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art. Kadeli’s faculty profile at The Catholic… Read more »

Our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Carolann Buff, recipient of a 2024 Inclusive Excellence Award from Indiana University. The award was established in 2021 by the Bloomington Faculty Council’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and generously funded by the Office of the Provost and… Read more »

Jacobs alum, Dr. Hana Cai, is appointed Associate Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University. Hana’s appointment begins July 1, 2024, and she will be the principal conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society, work with the combined choruses of Harvard, and direct the Holden Voice Program, which offers vocal training to members of the choruses…. Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 12, 2023 IU Jacobs School of Music – Bloomington, IN IU Jacobs School of Music Composition students Erin C. Blake and Daniel Jingyang Cui have been named First and Second-Prize winners, respectively, of the 2024 NOTUS Student Composition Contest. First Prize winner Erin C. Blake is a composer who is… Read more »

Photo credit for all photos goes to Coleman Gipson Photography This past Saturday, November 11, 2023, NOTUS was honored to perform the final concert for NCCO10, a national gathering of choral conductors, directors, singers, composers, and administrators. It was a wonderful opportunity to share new music by living composers with this community, and especially to do… Read more »

Lawrence Abernathy, Jacobs DM candidate and current Director of Choirs at Washburn University, has been named winner of the 2023 American Prize in Conducting – The Dale Warland Award in Choral Conducting, college/university division. From the American Prize website. “The American Prize Dale Warland Award in Choral Conducting celebrates the artistry of one of the… Read more »

      DM alumnus in Choral Conducting, Bernie McDonald, has been appointed Director of Opera and Associate Professor of Opera at the Florida State University College of Music. Dr. McDonald writes: “I’m pleased to announce my appointment as Director of Opera and Associate Professor of Opera at the Florida State University College of Music…. Read more »

NOTUS has been selected to be one of the performing ensembles for the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s 10th Biennial Conference at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia: “Coming Home.” DiOrio and NOTUS will present a program of music titled “America in Progress,” which includes selections from NOTUS’ recent album What Is Ours. Featured composers include Reena… Read more »

  Dr. Carolann Buff has been invited to present her paper “Will the real Philippus please stand up?” at the International Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference in Munich Germany this summer.  The paper focuses on the anonymity and the musical canon of the late Middle Ages. The conference runs from July 24 – 28 and… Read more »