Second year doctoral student, Sam Grace, has been awarded the First Decade Award from his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College. The prestigious award will be presented next September, in recognition of his professional choral work with MPLS (imPulse) and other significant contributions to the choral world. From the Gustavus Adolphus website: First presented in… Read more »
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Dr. Chris Albanese receives Teaching Award!
Dr. Chris Albanese receives Indiana University 2021 Trustee’s Teaching Award. Read about the announcement here. Congratulations Dr. Albanese!
Recognition for Jacobs’ ACDA Student Chapter
The Jacobs School of Music ACDA Student Chapter has received an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Outstanding ACDA Student Chapter Award Competition. The award was established in 1978 to recognize one ACDA Student Chapter each year for its activities that support the advancement of choral music. The Jacobs ACDA Student Chapter is mentored and guided… Read more »
Maria Hagan, Semi-Finalist in the 2021 American Prize
Conductor Maria Hagan, Doctoral candidate in Choral Conducting, has been named a semi-finalist in the 2021 American Prize. The American Prize is a national competition established in 2009, rewarding people in the performing arts for the best recorded performances on the professional, collegiate and secondary school levels. Ms. Hagan’s entry was her performance of the… Read more »
“Hoosiers Live at Home” to air on WFIU
Join Indiana University’s Singing Hoosiers for Hoosiers Live At Home, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 28 on WFIU. Recorded asynchronously last fall, the show features story telling and sketch comedy, along with classic and contemporary musical favorites.
2020 Grad, Dr. Joshua Harper, Published in The Choral Scholar
Dr. Joshua Harper (D.Mus. ’20) was recently published in The Choral Scholar. The Journal is a peer-reviewed, national publication for research surrounding choral music, published by the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO). His article is entitled Drawing the Line: Caroline Shaw’s Use of Baroque Dance Forms in Partita for 8 Voices. Dr. Harper is currently… Read more »
1st year MM student, Nicholas Sienkeiwicz, Published in The Choral Journal
Congratulations to Nicholas Sienkiewicz, whose articleThe Biochemical Power of Choral Singing was published in the October issue of the ACDA’s Choral Journal.
2020 Grad, Dr. Sam Ritter, Finalist in ASCAP Composer Competition
Sam Ritter (DM ’20) was recently named a finalist among over 400 submissions in the ASCAP Foundation’s Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Competition for his work “What Room Does Fear Have.” Premiered in January of 2019, “What Room Does Fear Have” is scored for chorus, string orchestra, 2 solo french horns, and mezzo-soprano solo…. Read more »
NOTUS – World Premiere Virtual Recording Release
On Thursday, Aug. 6th, NOTUS released the World Premiere Virtual Recording of Moira Smiley’s Wire You Here. Recorded by IU students in isolation, this world premiere virtual release of IU alumnus Moira Smiley‘s Wire You Here features NOTUS, and students Leigha Amick, Elijah Bowen, Agatha Blevin, Mason Spencer, and Adrian Golay. Produced by the composer, Jacobs… Read more »
Dr. Chris Albanese & Prof. Walter Huff to Present at the National ACDA Conference 2021
Congratulations to Jacobs School of Music Professors Chris Albanese, Director of the Singing Hoosiers, and Walter Huff, Faculty Director of Opera Choruses and Chorus Master. They will present an Interest Session at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Dallas, Texas, March 17 – 20, 2021. Their presentation is entitled: An Opera Star, a Belter, and a… Read more »