Produced in association with the American Composers Forum Tuesday, March 29Play today’s show | How to listenDavid Dzubay’s “Ra” OK, if you say “band music,” most people think “marching bands — sporting events.” So if someone tells you there is a band work entitled “Ra,” you might automatically respond: “sis-boom-ba.” But that’s not at… Read more »
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Student composer Eric Lindsay a finalist in major national competition
Congratulations to composing student Eric Lindsay, who is one of three finalists in the Finale National Composition Contest, a partnership between MakeMusic, the American Composers Forum, and the ensemble eighth blackbird! Additional Jacobs students and alumni were given honorable mentions as well! See article below: MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS)… Read more »
Don Freund’s “Romeo and Juliet: A Shakespearian Music-Drama” performed 5 times by JSoM student troupe
All Shakespeare! All sung! Twelve current Jacobs School voice students have formed a troupe to perform Don Freund’s Romeo and Juliet: A Shakespearian Music-Drama in 5 different venues in late March and early April. The production is under the direction of IU Department of Theatre MFA John Maness. Don Freund is serving as music director and pianist. Producers are… Read more »
IU Student Composers at The Bishop
IU Student Composers at The Bishop 8pm, Friday, March 4. The Bishop Nightclub, 123 South Walnut St. Mahlon Berv – Woodwind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn) Judith Gilbert, Flute | Rachel Edwards, Oboe | Tyler Willis, Clarinet | Jesse Clevenger, French Horn | Emily Schoendorf, Bassoon Gabriel Lubell – Texts from Last Night (voice and… Read more »
JSOM shines at Florida national conference
The Jacobs School of Music was well represented at the national conference of the Society for Electroacousic Music in the U.S. held at the University of Miami this past week. Electronic works by the Center for Electronic and Computer Music directors, Profs. Jeffrey Hass and John Gibson were performed by Michelle Yeunhae Lie (DM, violin)… Read more »
Melody Eotvos wins Kuttner Quartet Composition Competition
Melody Eotvos’s “Olber’s Dance in the Dark” has been named winner of the 2010 Kuttner Quartet Composition Competition. Her piece will be performed April 2, 2011, at 8:30pm in Ford-Crawford Hall.
Alumnus Eric Nathan receives ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize for thesis composition
Congratulations to alumnus Eric Nathan, who received the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize for his thesis composition “Icarus Dreamt”. “Icarus Dreamt” has also won such awards as the 2010 Aspen Music Festival and School’s Jacob Druckman Prize for orchestral composition and the 2008 William Schuman Prize in the BMI Student Composer Awards. “Icarus Dreamt” has been… Read more »
Michael Woods’ latest projects
Michael Woods’, MM’80, latest projects include giving a fall concert of 10 new selections each year for the last 10 years. He recently finished a new work for orchestra that is based on jazz influences and black church shouts.
Michael Zupko composer-in-residence with Fulcrum Point
Alumnus Mischa Zupko, MM ’98, DM ’03, is serving as the 2010-11 composer-in-residence with Chicago’s Fulcrum Point New Music Project directed by Stephen Burns. Zupko’s residency includes several performances of his work, collaborative projects with video artists, and pre-concert and post-concert discussions as well as a host of educational outreach projects within the Chicago Public School system. He… Read more »
Tim Miller accepts teaching position at IU Southeast
Tim Miller recently accepted a teaching position at Indiana University Southeast for the 2011-12 school year. He will be teaching beginning and twentieth-century ear-training classes, Theory III, and giving composition lessons. His piece Sketches on Scars was recently premiered at the 2010 Midwest Composer’s Symposium held at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory.