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 »
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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 »
Wallinga, Ko (MM ’12), and Grafe (BM ’11) Win 2015 BMI Student Composer Awards
Current student, Patricia Wallinga, and alumni Tonia Ko (MM, 2012) and Max Grafe (BM, 2011) have been named winners in the 63rd annual BMI Student Composer Awards, a competition open to young classical composers throughout the Western Hemisphere. Renowned American composer and permanent Chair of the Student Composer Awards, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, BMI President and… Read more »
Elizabeth Ogonek (BM ’09) Selected by Riccardo Muti as CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence
Elizabeth Ogonek (BM ’09) has been selected by Riccardo Muti for the position of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composers-in-Residence. Ogonek and one other composer, Samuel Adams, will hold a three year term with the CSO beginning with the 2015/2016 year. Throughout their composer-in-residence tenure, Adams and Ogonek will receive commissions for works to be… Read more »
Alumnus Elliott Bark wins Korean National Composer Prize
Alumnus Elliott Bark’s “(Com)Passionate Music for Guitar and String Quartet”–commissioned and recorded by the Petar Jankovic Ensemble for its new album, “(Com)Passionate,”–received the 2014 Korean National Composer Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for Korean composers. “(Com)Passionate Music” is a 12-minute, complex, and very engaging new work. The first movement is full of raw energy and passion… Read more »
Andrew Simpson (DM ’95) Composes Score for “The General” to Show at IU Cinema
Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton’s fild “The General” will now feature a new orchestral score by Andrew Simpson (DM ’95) which will be performed live at IU Cinema November 8th and 9th at 7 pm. This is the Midwest premier. The first 100 IUB students to present their University ID will recieve free admission and… Read more »
Eötvös awarded Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation commission
Melody Eötvös (DM ’14) has been selected by the League of American Orchestras and Earshot for an orchestral commission supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. The Toulmin commission is a part of a new program to provide commissions and premieres for scores composed by women. Eötvös was selected from among six composers who took part in… Read more »
Update from Sang Mi Ahn (DM ’14)
Sang Mi Ahn’s Metabolism was realized in a sound installation called “Sound Planetarium” in three different locations (Tours, Bourges, and Orélans) in France during the Arts & Science Days (JAS 2014). In July, her Convergence was performed by Theofilos Sotiriades at The 3rd International Summer Music Academy in Kavala, Greece and also performed by Lindsay… Read more »
Ara Cho (MM ’13) Wins 4th Ilshin Composition Prize
Ara Cho (MM ’13) won the 4th Ilshin Composition Prize, which included the premiere of a new composition at the Seoul Spring Festival. With an additional prize of ten thousand dollars, her piece “The Star” was performed by Ensemble TIMF for Seoul Spring Festival in Korea. Cho’s teachers of composition include Jiesun Lim, Soyeon Lee,… Read more »
Justin Merritt (MM ’99, DM ’03) featured on new releases
Justin Merritt (MM ’99, DM ’03) has 3 new CDs of his music available: “American Lyricism” by pianist Christ Atzinger,” Blender” by pianist Matthew McCright, and “Norge Mitt Norge” by the St. Olaf Choir. Merritt studied composition with Samuel Adler, Sven-David Sandstrom, Claude Baker, Timothy Kramer, Don Freund, and electronic and computer music with Jeffrey… Read more »