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 »
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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 »
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 »
Video game music composition guru Chance Thomas at Jacobs School of Music Feb. 16
“Composing music for video games is one of the top-10 fastest growing jobs in America.” (USA TODAY, Geekwire) That’s music to the ears of composition students. But only those who speak its singularly sophisticated scoring language will earn the opportunity to compete for these jobs. For interested students and members of the public alike, the… Read more »
Corey Rubin winner of 2015 NOTUS Student Composition Contest
Corey Rubin has been named the winner of this year’s NOTUS Choral Composition Contest. Rubin’s prize-winning work is After-Glow for mixed chorus a cappella. A second-year graduate student, he is pursuing a Master of Music in Composition at the Jacobs School, and his teachers have included Claude Baker, Don Freund, and Sven-David Sandström. He is… Read more »
Composition Department prizes announced
The faculty of the Jacobs School of Music Composition Department is pleased to announce results for the following annual internal competitions. 2014 “DEAN’S PRIZE” COMPOSITION COMPETITION Category A (Orchestra or Wind Ensemble, $500 prize): Sang Mi Ahn, Valley of Dry Bones, for orchestra Category B (Chamber/Ensemble, $1000 prize and commission for a new work to be… Read more »
Kenji Kuriyama Receives Performance at 2014 SCI National Conference
Kenji Kuriyama’s trio for flute, cello, and piano Redemption was performed at the 2014 SCI National Conference at Ball State University, Sursa Hall on March 23rd.
Corey Rubin featured at 2014 GAMMA-UT Conference
Corey Rubin’s Eulogy for “This Way to the Monkeys” for clarinet, cello, and piano, was featured at the fourteenth annual GAMMA-UT conference at the University of Texas at Austin on March 29. The work was performed by students from the UT Butler School of Music. http://gammaut.music.utexas.edu/GAMMAUT/Home.html
Curtis Smith’s “Echoes” Premiered at 2014 NASA Convention
The second quartet collaboration between composer Curtis Smith and saxophonist Casey Grev (see photo) was premiered March 22nd, by Grev’s Echo Quartet, at the University of Illinois as part of the North American Saxophone Alliance convention. The quartet is scheduled for performances in April and May at Michigan State University. http://curtisnsmith.net/concert-works/echoes/
Update from Samuel Wells
Samuel Wells was the guest artist and composer of the 2014 Montana State University Brass Weekend, where the MSU Wind Symphony gave the premier performance of Castle Rock for band and electronics. Sam has also had performances at the 2014 National Student Electronic Music Event and the 2014 SEAMUS National Conference. In April, Sam will… Read more »