Christopher LaRosa, Nathan Stang, and Matthew Recio have been named the first-, second- and third-prize winners, respectively, of this year’s NOTUS Student Composition Contest. All are current doctoral students majoring in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
IU ensemble puts on outstanding show for contemporary fans
By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer Often, I’m of two minds when I have heard and watched the Indiana University New Music Ensemble at work. Its director and conductor, David Dzubay, is a marvel of a musician, being also a composer of undeniable and well-deserved respect. For the ensemble, he knows how to select students with… Read more »
Two Alumni Give Successful Performance at the UN
Violist Namjoong Kim (MM, AD’05) performed at the podium of the UN during the during the closing ceremony of 2016 Youth Assembly at the UN. Her stage began with performing ‘Sing for Solace, Peace and Hope’ for solo viola by Yoomi Paick (Composition, DM’08), and ended with Nclassic performing Holberg suite arranged by Yoomi Paick… Read more »
IU Jacobs Student Paul Mortilla Wins 2016 BMI Student Composer Award
64th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced Published: 05.19.2016 The BMI Foundation (BMIF), in collaboration with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), has announced the nine young classical composers, ages 15 to 27, who have been named winners of the 64th annual BMI Student Composer Awards. Renowned American composer and permanent Chair of the… Read more »
Matthew Recio and Christopher LaRosa winners of 2016 NOTUS Student Composition Contest
Matthew Recio and Christopher LaRosa have been named the first- and second-prize winners, respectively, of this year’s NOTUS Student Composition Contest. Recio’s first-prize work is “How to Survive Vesuvius” for mixed chorus a cappella. A second-year graduate student, he is pursuing a Master of Music degree in composition at the Jacobs School, where his principal… Read more »
David Dzubay awarded Fromm commission
Professor of Composition David Dzubay is one of 14 composers to recently receive a 2015 Fromm commission. He will use the award to compose String Quartet No. 2 for the Pacifica Quartet, most likely premiering in 2017. The commissions represent one of the principal ways that the Fromm Music Foundation seeks to strengthen composition and… Read more »
Jacobs composers at 2015 SCI National Conference
Don Freund, professor of composition, was the featured guest composer at the Florida Contemporary Music Festival and the University of Florida (UF) School of Music hosting of the Society of Composers, Inc. 50th Anniversary National Conference November 12-14. Included on the program were performances of his “Fanfare of Celebration and Commemoration” for six trumpets, “Jug Blues and… Read more »
Concerts to feature composers from four universities
By Brooke McAfee Musicians from four universities in the Midwest will collaborate in two days of concerts to present the work of student composers at the Midwest Composer’s Symposium, presented by the Jacobs School of Music. “The whole idea is to make a connection, to share the composing experience and to make the Midwest area… Read more »
Doctoral student Phillip Sink wins 2015 Hermitage Prize
The Hermitage Artist Retreat continued its partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) in Aspen, Colo., and awarded this year’s Hermitage Prize to up-and-coming composer Phillip Sink during the festival’s composers’ showcase. First awarded in 2013, the prize is given to a promising composer who is enrolled as a composition student at the AMFS. Selected… Read more »
David Dzubay wins 2015 Sackler Composition Prize
Professor David Dzubay, chair of the Composition Department, has been named the recipient of the 11th Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize presented by the University of Connecticut (UConn), a $25,000 award to compose a new work for a specific area of musical arts that will be performed by UConn students and faculty and… Read more »